Section 449.7352 - Nursing units1. Nursing units must be limited to 60 beds. The maximum room capacity is two patients.2. The minimum area for a room, exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes and vestibules of less than one-half of the width of a room, is 100 square feet (9.29 square meters) in rooms with one bed and 80 square feet (7.43 square meters) per bed in multibed rooms. In multibed rooms, there must be at least 3.66 feet (1.12 meters) of clear area at the foot of each bed and at least 5 feet (1.5 meters) of clear area between each bed. No more than two beds may be beside one another, parallel to the wall with a window.3. Each patient must have access to a toilet and lavatory without entering the general corridor. One toilet and lavatory may serve no more than four beds and no more than two patients' rooms.4. Each patient must have a wardrobe, locker or closet with clear internal dimensions of at least 1.83 feet (55.9 centimeters) by .83 feet (25.4 centimeters) with a shelf and enough vertical height to hang full-length garments.5. A patient's room must not be located more than 120 feet (36.58 meters) from: (a) The nurses' station; and(b) The clean and soiled workrooms.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.7352
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R066-04, eff. 8-4-2004