The nursing home must provide twenty-four hour access to a telephone for resident use which:
(1) Provides auditory privacy;
(2) Is accessible to a person with a disability and accommodates a person with sensory impairment;
(3) Is not located in a staff office or at a nurse's station; and
(4) Does not require payment for local calls.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.51 and
74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-2300, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.]