The nursing home must ensure that:
(1) Each resident care unit is located to minimize through traffic to any general service, diagnostic, treatment, or administrative area; and
(2) In new construction, the resident care unit, and the services to support resident care and nursing needs, are designed to serve a maximum of sixty beds on the same floor.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.51 and
74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-2220, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.]