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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".40" citation="COMAR 10.16.06.40" title_num="10" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="06" heading="Sleeping Facilities in Resident Youth Camps.">
  <text>An operator shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except at a primitive camp, provide a bed, cot, or bunk for each individual;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Ensure that each bed, cot, or bunk has a sturdy frame allowing at least 12 inches of clear space from the floor;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Ensure that each individual at a primitive camp:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is provided with a sleeping bag; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Brings the individual's own sleeping bag;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Provide only clean and sanitary bedding to an individual, when bedding is provided;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Ensure that a clean, disinfected, vermin-free, hole-free mattress, completely covered with a clean sheet or a plastic mattress cover is provided for each individual;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Ensure that a mattress is disinfected annually;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Ensure that where double-deck bunk beds are used the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Clear space above the top of the lower bedding and below the bottom of the upper bunk is a minimum of 27 inches; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Distance from the top of the upper mattress to the ceiling is a minimum of 36 inches; and</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Except at a primitive camp, provide at least 30 square feet of floor space per occupant in sleeping areas, including space for aisles between beds.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>