S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-93.2600.2613

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-93.2600.2613 - Patient Rooms

A. Residential Facilities shall provide the following equipment in each Patient room for each Patient:

1. A comfortable single bed having a mattress with moisture-proof cover, sheets, blankets, pillow and pillowcases. Roll-away type beds, cots, bunkbeds, and folding beds are not permitted. Facilities are permitted to remove a Patient bed and place the mattress on a platform or pallet, or utilize a recliner, upon approval by the Physician or other Authorized Healthcare Provider and documentation is provided in the Individual Plan of Care. (II)

2. A closet or wardrobe, a bureau consisting of at least three (3) drawers, and a compartmentalized bedside table or nightstand to adequately accommodate each Patient's personal clothing, belongings, and toilet articles. Facilities are permitted to utilize built-in storage.

3. A comfortable chair for each Patient occupying the room. If the available square footage of the Patient room will not accommodate a chair for each Patient or if the provision of multiple chairs impedes Patient ability to freely and safely move about within their room, Facilities shall provide at least one (1) chair and make additional chairs available for temporary use in the Patient's room for visitors.

B. Facilities that use hospital-type beds shall maintain at least two (2) lockable casters on each bed, located either diagonally or on the same side of the bed.

C. Facilities shall not place beds in corridors, solaria, or other locations not designated as Patient room areas. (I)

D. Facilities shall ensure Patient rooms have a maximum of three (3) beds. Facilities with mothers with children shall ensure Patient rooms have a maximum of one (1) licensed bed and two (2) cribs or beds. (II)

E. Facilities shall not have any Patient rooms in a basement.

F. Facilities shall not provide access to a Patient room through another Patient room, toilet, bathroom or kitchen.

G. Facilities shall provide bed pans, urinals, hot water bottles, and any other equipment necessary to meet Patient needs. Facilities are permitted to have portable toilets in Patient rooms only at night or in case of temporary illness, and shall keep them stored at all other times. Facilities are permitted to permanently position a portable toilet at a Patient's bedside if the toilet is sanitary and the Patient room is private and of a sufficient size. (II)

H. Facilities are permitted to utilize side rails when required for safety and when ordered by a Physician or other Authorized Healthcare Provider. (II)

I. Facilities shall ensure privacy when personal care is being given to a Patient in a semi-private room.

J. Facilities shall consider Patient compatibility in the assignment of rooms for which there is multiple occupancy.

K. Facilities shall have at least one (1) private room available in the Facility in order to provide assistance in addressing Patient compatibility issues, Patient preferences, and accommodations for Patients with communicable disease.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-93.2600.2613

Added by State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.