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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".50" citation="COMAR 10.07.14.50" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="14" heading="Resident’s Room and Furnishings.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Resident Room.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>More than two residents may not share a resident room.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An assisted living program shall provide at least 80 square feet of functional space for single occupancy resident rooms and 120 square feet of functional space for double occupancy resident rooms.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Functional space in a resident room does not include the floor area of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Toilet rooms and bathing facilities;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Closets, wardrobes, bureaus, or lockers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Entrance vestibules; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The arc of any door, excluding closet doors, that opens into the room.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A room may not be used as a resident room if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The only access to the room is through a bathroom or other resident room; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In order to move from the room to a living room or dining room a person must first go outdoors.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>For a program with a licensed capacity of 17 or more beds, a room may not be used as a resident room if in order to move from the room to a living room or dining room, an individual is required to first pass through a kitchen.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Resident rooms shall be for the private use of the assigned resident or residents. A resident’s room shall have a latching door and may have a lock on the resident room side of the door at the licensee’s option.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>If a resident in a double occupancy room requests dividers, curtains, or screens between the beds to ensure privacy, the assisted living program shall furnish them.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A resident shall have access to a mirror either in the resident’s room or in the resident’s private bathroom, unless a health care practitioner documents in the resident’s record that access to a mirror would be detrimental to the health of the resident.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>A resident’s room shall have window shades or their equivalent.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>The assisted living program shall provide adequate closet or wardrobe space, conveniently located to allow each resident to keep personal clothing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Furnishings. Unless a resident brings personal furnishings, or as otherwise specified in the resident agreement, the assisted living program shall provide the following to each resident:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A bed, which may not be a rollaway, cot, or folding bed, but shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be at least 36 inches wide;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be in good repair;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Meet the resident’s medical needs; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A clean mattress sized to fit the bed frame; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>At least two clean pillows;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A bedside stand with a drawer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A chair;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>At least two dresser drawers in a chest of drawers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A bedside or over-the-bed lamp; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A sufficient supply of bath and bed linens.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A competent resident may waive the resident’s right to one or all of the furnishings listed in §B of this regulation by signing a waiver and having the waiver placed in the resident’s record.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The assisted living program shall inform a resident of all of the furnishings that the assisted living program provides. The resident may choose, at their cost, to provide a personal bed or other furnishings if they are not hazardous.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>