(A) State standards adopted. The President and Board of Trustees adopt in its entirety the minimum standards, rules and regulations for the licensing of nursing homes in the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act, ILCS Chapter 210, Act 45, and all amendments thereto presently effective.
(B) Accommodation regulations.
(1) (a) Each room occupied or to be occupied by a resident shall be of such dimensions as shall give each person not less than 400 cubic feet of air space. Every such room shall have at least one window connecting with the external air for each four beds. The windows shall be of such dimensions as to secure each resident at least 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air per hour by ventilation, or in case the window shall not secure 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air per hour by natural ventilation, then each room shall in addition thereto be fitted with such appliances for ventilation as shall secure to each resident at least 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air per hour.
(b) Each bed shall have at least 40 square feet of floor space, and in every room or dormitory containing more than one bed, the beds shall be arranged as to leave a passageway of not less than two feet horizontally on all sides of each bed.
(2) Each ward or wing in the home shall have running water furnished in one or more places, either in the ward or convenient thereto so that the same may be adequate and convenient to the occupants thereof. The plumbing, water closets and bathrooms and other sanitary appliances and equipment shall be constructed in accordance with village regulations relating thereto. The floor of the cellar or basement in the building used as a home shall be properly cemented so as to be watertight.
(3) The halls of each floor shall be open to external air with suitable windows and shall have no room or other obstruction at either end thereof, unless sufficient light and ventilation is otherwise provided for the halls, and the building as a whole shall be provided with adequate and proper fire escapes, stairways or inclines for exit.
(4) All homes including the culinary department, dining rooms, laundry, laboratory, morgue and post-mortem rooms connected with the same shall be equipped from May 15 to November 15 with doors, screens and other appliances necessary for the exclusion of flies.
(C) License revocation. In the event of a conviction of any person for a violation of any of the provisions of the aforementioned relating to the safety and accommodations of its residents, it shall be the duty of the health officer or any other village designee to close the home and to cause its vacation pending the repairs, alterations or additions necessary to make it safe and proper for the occupancy of its residents and to make it comply with all state, federal and local regulations.
(`70 Code, § 12-63) (Ord. 535, passed 11-10-92)