Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5122 - Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services › Chapter 5122-30 - Licensing of Residential Facilities › Section 5122-30-14 - Sleeping and living space

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Each facility
			 shall have a minimum of eighty square feet per resident for a single occupancy
			 bedroom, and a minimum of sixty square feet per resident for a multiple
			 occupancy bedroom. Regardless of the availability of the square footage, in
			 class one facilities no more than four residents may share a bedroom and no
			 more than two residents may share a bedroom in class two and three facilities.
			 In facilities with child or adolescent residents, multiple occupancy bedrooms
			 shall be used only for residents of the same sex.
Any facility licensed by the department
				on the effective date of this rule that does not meet the requirements of this
				paragraph shall be exempt from the minimum space requirement so long as room
				was used as a bedroom as of the effective date of this rule, and the facility
				does not decrease the size of the bedroom and remains continuously
				licensed.
(B)
								Each resident shall be provided with a comfortable bed,
			 with springs or other means of support, and mattress in good and sanitary
			 condition. Rollaway beds, hide-a-beds, or cots may not be used. Waterproof
			 mattress covers shall be provided for residents needing them. In facilities
			 with child or adolescent residents, bunk beds may be utilized, but shall be
			 equipped with safety rails on the upper tier for residents under age ten, or
			 for any resident whose condition indicates the need for such protection. No
			 beds shall be bunked higher than two tiers.
(C)
								Bedrooms for
			 residents shall not be in areas such as cellars, basements, hallways, dining
			 rooms, porches, or attics, except that a walk-out finished basement bedroom is
			 permissible. The bedroom(s) shall not be on a floor higher than a second floor
			 unless approved, in writing, by a fire safety inspector. Each bedroom shall be
			 adequately ventilated, and shall have at least one screened window to the
			 outside. Bedroom window exceptions may only be granted by local building code
			 officials or certified fire authorities.
(D)
								Bedrooms for
			 non-ambulatory individuals shall be on a floor that exits directly to the
			 ground level.
(E)
								The entrance to a resident's bedroom shall not be
			 through another bedroom or bathroom. Each resident's bedroom should have a
			 standard door that can be securely closed. The bedroom shall have sufficient
			 space to accommodate the unobstructed passage of wheelchairs and walkers
			 between beds and other items of furniture.
(F)
								Resident may
			 share a bedroom only with other residents.
(G)
								Any locks on
			 bedroom doors shall meet both of the following requirements:
(1)
									Any lock to
			 residents' bedroom entrance doors shall be capable of being opened from the
			 inside without the use of a key, such as by pushing a panic bar, releasing a
			 deadbolt, or using similar means. The lock shall also be capable of being
			 opened from the outside. The facility shall provide each resident with a key to
			 his or her bedroom if it has a keyed lock; and
(2)
									If resident
			 bedrooms have locks, the facility shall have duplicate keys or a master key
			 available and accessible to the staff members on duty at all times for use in
			 cases of emergency;