Home Design Requirements

How HFRD classifies it

HFRD prints a scope-and-severity letter beside each citation, on the grid the federal nursing home survey uses: A to C is a deficiency with no actual harm and the potential for minimal harm, D to F no actual harm with the potential for more than minimal harm, G to I actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy, and J to L immediate jeopardy; within each band the letter rises from isolated to pattern to widespread. D is by far the most common.

Where it is cited

What the requirement says

HFRD’s requirement text as it appears on the inspection report, verbatim.

111-8-62-.12(6)(a) Bedrooms or Private Living Spaces. The following minimum standards for resident bedrooms or private living spaces must be met: (a) Bedrooms or private living spaces must have at least 80 square feet of usable floor space per resident. Usable floor space is defined as that floor space under a ceiling at least seven feet in height. However, licensed personal care homes approved prior to or on February 6, 1981 to operate with bedrooms or private living spaces with a minimum of 70 square feet of usable floor space per resident which have continuously operated since that date may continue to use the minimum 70 square feet standard. Where a home operating under this exception has its permit revoked, changes ownership, changes location, or undergoes extensive renovations, or for any other reason surrenders its permit, this exception regarding the minimum square footage is no longer available. ...