10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 118, § 11.B

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 144-118-11.B - Physical Environment

09/01/07 11.B.1. Each client's bedroom must have direct access to a corridor, without requiring one to pass through a bathroom or another client's room.

11. B. 2. Single bedrooms for the accommodation of clients must contain a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of usable floor space. Multiple bedrooms must contain a minimum of eighty (80) square feet of available floor space per bed. Available floor space shall be calculated only for those areas having a ceiling height of at least six (6) feet. Available floor space does not include corridors, passageways and vestibules.

11. B. 3. No room may have more than two (2) beds except in placements developed prior to January 1, 1978, which may have no more than three (3).

09/01/07 11.B.4. Bedroom windows must have a minimum window glass area equal to 1/10 of the available floor space. The windows must be openable and be equipped with functioning window shades or their equivalent, except in air conditioned buildings, or if a bedroom is below grade level, one (1) window in each room must be operable and usable as a second means of escape by the client(s) occupying the room.

09/01/07 11.B.5. Bedroom windows must be grade level on a vertical plane, located on an exterior wall, and have an unobstructed view.

10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 118, § 11.B