Section R9-10-1611. Adult Behavioral Health Respite Services

A provider shall ensure that:

1.        A bedroom for use by a recipient:

a.         Is separated from a hall, corridors, or other habitable room by floor to ceiling walls containing no interior openings except doors and is not used as a passage- way to another bedroom or habitable room;

b.        Provides sufficient space for an individual in the bedroom to have unobstructed access to the bed- room door;

c.         Contains for each recipient using the bedroom:

i.         A separate, adult-sized, single bed or larger bed with a clean mattress in good repair;

ii.        Clean bedding appropriate for the season; and

iii.      Storage space for personal effects and clothing such as shelves, a dresser, or chest of drawers; and

d.        If used for:

i.         Single occupancy, contains at least 60 square feet of floor space; or

ii.        Double occupancy, contains at least 100 square feet of floor space;

2.        A mirror is available to a recipient for grooming;

3.        A recipient does not share a bedroom with an individual who is not a recipient;

4.        No more than two recipients share a bedroom;

5.        If two recipients share a bedroom, each recipient agrees, in writing, to share the bedroom; and

6.        A recipient’s bedroom is not used to store anything that may be a hazard to the recipient or another individual.

Historical Note

Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Section R9-10- 1611 renumbered to R9-10-1612; new Section R9-10- 1611 renumbered from R9-10-1610 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, § 13; effective July 1, 2014 (Supp. 14-2).