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(a) The minimum area of sleeping rooms in institutional units shall be not less than the following:
100 square feet per single patient bedroom;
120 square feet per single psychiatric bedroom;
80 square feet per bed in multiple patient bedroom;
40 square feet per crib;
30 square feet per bassinet.
Institutional units shall not have more than four beds per adult patient sleeping room, except hospital special care units.
In nursing homes and sheltered care facilities patient bedrooms shall be a minimum of ten feet between walls or a wall and any built-in furniture or storage space.
(b) Special standards for infants and children under 18 years of age are in long-term care facilities:
30 square feet of floor area per bassinet;
40 square feet of floor area per small crib;
60 square feet of floor area per large crib.
Not more than eight children shall sleep in a bedroom.
(c) The minimum area of patient sleeping rooms in institutional units shall not include any space taken up for closets, built-in wardrobes, bathrooms and vestibules.
(Prior code § 53-7)
(a) Minimum ceiling height of all habitable rooms in institutional units shall be no less than eight feet.
(b) In any room, beams or furred spaces constituting not more than 20 percent of the ceiling area may have a height of not less than seven feet.
(c) In nursing homes and sheltered care facilities corridors used by patients shall have a minimum ceiling height of seven feet eight inches.
(Prior code § 53-8)
(a) There shall be a minimum of one elevator in buildings of two or more stories in height.
(b) At least one of the required elevators shall have a minimum platform size of five feet, three inches by seven feet, nine inches between finished walls. The minimum clear opening of the car door shall be four feet.
(c) In nursing homes and sheltered care facilities with 80 or more beds above the first floor, at least one additional passenger elevator shall be provided.
(d) Hospitals with a bed capacity of from 60 to 200 beds, above the first floor, shall not have less than two elevators. Hospitals with a bed capacity of from 201 to 350 beds above the first floor, shall not have less than three elevators.
(Prior code § 53-10; Amend Coun. J. 6-14-95, p. 2841; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 175)
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All existing and newly constructed nursing homes shall be equipped with an automatic air-cooling system or equipment capable of maintaining the interior temperature and relative humidity level required by Section 13-192 -205* of this Code. The licensee or his designee shall monitor the interior temperature and humidity level in all living quarters, dining areas, bathrooms, common rooms and connecting corridors on a regular basis, and shall provide air cooling as needed to maintain the interior temperature and humidity level specified in that section.
(Added Coun. J. 9-27-00, p. 41657, § 2)
* Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-9-03, p. 3609, § 1, repealed Ch. 13-192, which pertained to mechanical refrigeration.
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