Minnesota Administrative Rules

4658.4140 PROVISION OF RESIDENT TOILET ROOMS; NEW CONSTRUCTION.

Each resident toilet room must be directly accessible from the bedroom. A toilet room may serve two bedrooms, but no more than four beds, if residents are of the same sex. Hinged doors must swing out, or must be double acting and provided with an emergency-type release stop. Privacy door locks must be of a type which can be opened by staff in an emergency. Sliding doors must be surface mounted. Folding doors and pocket doors are prohibited.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.04; 144A.08

History:

21 SR 196

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007