194A.703 Requirements for living units.
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(1)Each living unit in an assisted living community shall:
(a)Be at least two hundred
(200)square feet for single occupancy, or for double
occupancy if the room is shared with a spouse or another individual by mutual
agreement;
(b)Include at least one
(1)unfurnished room, a lockable entry door unless in a
secured dementia care unit, a private bathroom with a tub or shower,
provisions for emergency response, a window to the outdoors, and a telephone
jack;
(c)Unless living units are in a secured dementia care unit, have an individual
thermostat control if the assisted living community has more than twenty
units; and
(d)Have temperatures that are not under a resident's direct control at a minimum
of seventy-one
(71)degrees Fahrenheit in winter conditions and a maximum
of eighty-one
(81)degrees Fahrenheit in summer conditions if the assisted
living community has twenty
(20)or fewer units, or the living units are in a
secured dementia care unit.
(2)Each resident shall be provided access to central dining, a laundry facility, and a
central living room.
(3)Each assisted living community shall comply with applicable building and life
safety codes as determined by the building code or life safety code enforcement
authority with jurisdiction.