No person shall be kept, cared for, or maintained as a patient in any room or ward of any hospital or rest home which provides less than 100 square feet for single rooms or 70 square feet per person for multipatient rooms. All beds shall be spaced not less than three feet apart except that beds used by tuberculosis patients shall be not less than four feet apart. Where a solid barrier at least six feet high is provided between beds, the distance between beds outlined herein shall not be required.
(Ord. 527, passed - -1958; Am. Ord. 3105, passed - -1986)