Statutes, codes, and regulations
New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTHChapter 43 - STANDARDS FOR LICENSURE OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES LOCATED WITH, AND OPERATED BY, LICENSED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 3A - PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Section 8:43-3A.7 - Lighting and electricity

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43-3A.7

Download
PDF
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 8:43-3A.7 - Lighting and electricity
(a) A bedside light shall be available for each bed, in addition to one permanently installed outlet for each bed and ceiling lights or other fixtures suitable for lighting the entire room.
(b) The individual rooms used for sleeping purposes by residents shall have sufficient natural and artificial light. The total glass area of such rooms shall not be less than eight percent of the floor area.
(c) All rooms used by residents, except sleeping rooms, shall be lighted by natural or artificial light at all times.
(d) Emergency lights shall be available at all times for hallways, corridors and stairways. An automatic standby generator or self-charging battery emergency lights shall be employed.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43-3A.7