Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 52 - Residential Care Centers For Children And Youth › Appendix B - Facility accessibility requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
Facility Accessibility Feature
All residents able to walk without means of
								support such as canes, crutches or walkers
One or mor e r esidents able to walk only
								with support of canes, crutches or walkers, or unable to walk
a. Ramped or grade level for at least 2 primary
								entrances from street, alley or ancillary parking to a primary floor
Not Required
Required1
b. Accessible building entrance to a grade level
								floor within 30 of finished grade
Permitted
Required1
c. Accessible entrance door must be at least 36 in
								width
Not Required 
								2
Required
d. All interior passageway doors on primary floor
								must have at least a 28 wide clear opening
Permitted 
								2
Required
e. At least one of the following between interior
								floor levels: elevator , ramp or life
Not Required
Required3,4
f. Unobstructed interior access to all common-use
								areas.
Required
Required
g. Unobstructed interior access to bathing and
								toilet facilities.
Required5
Required5
h. Grab bars for toilet and bath fixtures
Not Required
Required6
i. Compliance with ch. SPS 362 Usable
								bathrooms
Not Required
Required5
j. Levered handles on all doors, bathroom water
								fixtures and other devices normally used by residents with manual strength or
								dexterity limitations
Required7
Required7
k. Accessible to drinking facilities
Required
Required
1 Ramped or grade level entrance or porchlift required if
				  residents are not capable of negotiating stairs.
2 Two-foot 6-inch passage way doors are permitted in existing
				  buildings.
3 An elevator, lift or ramp must meet the applicable DSPS
				  requirements.
4 May be omitted if use of other floors is restricted to
				  ambulatory or semiambulatory residents physically capable of negotiating stairs
				  or if there are no one-of-a-kind, common-use areas located on these
				  floors.
5 Must meet the resident to bathroom facilities ratio
				  requirements in s.
				  DCF
				  52.53.
6 Not required in rooms used only by ambulatory residents who
				  do not require any means of support through use of canes, crutches, walkers or
				  wheelchairs.
7 Required when other hardware creates a barrier or is
				  difficult to use safely by residents with manual strength or dexterity
				  limitations.
An exterior ramp is a sloping walk or structure having a
				  gradient greater than 1:20 that provides access to or a means of exit from a
				  building. An exterior ramp shall meet the following specifications:
a.
Width.
A minimum width of 48 inches, of
				  which not more than 4 inches on each side may be occupied by a handrail, and a
				  slip-resistant surface.
b.
Gradient.
A gradient not greater than a
				  1:12 slope.
c.
Handrails.
Graspable handrails as
				  follows:
- A ramp with a gradient greater than 1:20 but less than 1:12
				  shall have a handrail on at least one side of the ramp.
- A ramp with a gradient of 1:12 shall have handrails on both
				  sides of the ramp.
- A ramp shall have a handrail on a side where the adjacent
				  terrain exceeds a 1:4 downward slope away from the ramp.
d.
Handrail height.
A handrail mounted so
				  that the top is between 30 inches and 34 inches above the ramp surface.
e.
Midrails.
If open-sided, having an
				  intermediate parallel rail located at mid-height between a handrail and the
				  ramp surface.
f.
Handrail clearance.
A clear space of at
				  least 11/2 inches between a handrail and any adjoining wall.
g.
Ramp clearance.
The floor on each side of
				  an accessible doorway shall be level for a distance of 5 feet from the door,
				  and the ramp shall have a level platform at least 5 feet long where it turns
				  and at least 5 feet of level clearance at the bottom.
h.
Rest platform.
A ramp longer than 30 feet
				  in length shall have a 5-foot long level platform after each 30-foot length of
				  ramp.