Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-19 - Hospice Care Programs › Section 3701-19-48 - Standards for pediatric respite care program facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each new pediatric respite care program
			 facility 
								will be inspected by the director to determine
			 compliance with provisions of this rule. The new pediatric respite care program
			 facility 
								won't admit patients until the director has determined
			 that the facility is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) The
			 pediatric respite care program facility 
								will meet all
			 applicable provisions of the Ohio fire code adopted pursuant to section
			 3737.82 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) The building or buildings
			 in which a pediatric respite care program facility is located
			 
								will
			 comply with the applicable provisions of the Ohio building code adopted by the
			 board of building standards pursuant to Chapters 3781., 3783., and 3791. of the
			 Revised Code, and have a certificate of occupancy issued by the appropriate
			 building authority.
(D) Each new
			 pediatric respite care program facility not using a public sewage disposal
			 system 
								will have its facility sewage disposal system
			 inspected and approved by the local health department in accordance with
			 Chapter 3701-29 of the Administrative Code.
(E) Each new pediatric respite care program
			 facility 
								will:
(1) Design and
			 maintain appropriate space providing optimal comfort and privacy for patients
			 and family members.
(2) Maintain
			 appropriate patient rooms designed and equipped for adequate nursing care,
			 comfort and privacy of patients that will:
(a) Be equipped with or conveniently located
			 near toilet and bathing facilities;
(b) Be at or above grade level;
(c) Contain an appropriate bed and other
			 appropriate furniture;
(d) Have
			 closet space providing security and privacy for clothing and personal
			 belongings;
(e) Measure at least
			 one hundred square feet for a single patient room or eighty square feet for
			 each patient for a multipatient room; and
(f) Be equipped for calling the staff member
			 on duty.
(3) Maintain
			 appropriate bathroom facilities and plumbing. The facility
			 
									will
			 provide:
(a) An adequate supply of hot water
			 at all times for patient use; and
(b) Plumbing fixtures with control valves
			 that automatically regulate the temperature of the hot water used by
			 patients.
(4) Provide
			 appropriate linens. The pediatric respite care program facility
			 
									will
			 provide at all times:
(a) A quantity of linen
			 for proper care and comfort of patients; and
(b) Linens must be handled, stored, processed
			 and transported in a manner that prevents the spread of infection.
(5) Have provisions for isolating
			 patients with infectious diseases.
(6) Provide meal service;
(a) The pediatric respite care program
			 facility providing its own meal service will:
(i) Obtain an appropriate food service
			 license, unless exempt in accordance with section
			 3717.42 of the Revised Code, or
			 contracting with another licensed food service provider;
(ii) Serve at least three meals or their
			 equivalent each day at regular times, with not more than fourteen hours between
			 a substantial evening meal and breakfast;
(iii) Procure, store, prepare, distribute and
			 serve all food under sanitary conditions;
(iv) Have a staff member trained or
			 experienced in food management or nutrition who is responsible for:
(a) Planning menus that meet the nutritional
			 needs of each patient, following the orders of the patient's physician and, to
			 the extent medically possible, the dietary allowances recommended by the
			 national academy of sciences;
(b)
			 Supervising the meal preparation and service to ensure that the menu plan is
			 followed;
(v) If the
			 pediatric respite care program has patients who require medically prescribed or
			 ordered special diets, have the menus for those patients planned by a
			 dietitian who supervises the preparation and serving
			 of meals to ensure that the patient accepts the special diet.