049-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-20

Current through April 27, 2019
Section 3-20 - Bedrooms

(a) The facility and foster home shall have sufficient bedroom space to allow at least seventy-five (75) square feet for the first occupant of a bedroom, and fifty (50) square feet for each additional occupant.

(b) Windows in rooms designated sleeping areas shall be adequate for emergency escape or rescue. For all facilities required to have fire inspection those windows shall be approved by the certifying fire authority.

  • (i) Exception: facilities licensed as Juvenile Detention Centers or secure Residential Treatment Centers.

(c) Each child shall be provided with room and board and is to be assigned a bedroom which shall include, as a minimum, an individual bed, mattress, mattress cover, pillow, supply of bed linen and space for the storage of personal items. There shall be no more than four (4) children to a facility or foster home bedroom.

(d) Children of the opposite sex shall not sleep in the same room. In the case of foster homes, children of the opposite sex may sleep in the same bedroom, if they are biological siblings and if under age eight (8), unless written approval is given by the DFS caseworker stating that it is in the children's best interest to share a room.

(e) Staff and foster parents shall never share a bed or bedroom with a child in care.

049-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-20

Amended, Eff. 11/8/2017.