Section 57.33. Sleeping arrangements.

 

(1)  Each resident shall be provided with a separate bed. A child of a resident who is a custodial parent shall also have his or her own crib, bed, or bassinet as appropriate for the needs of the child and may not share a bed with his or her parent.

(2)  A resident who is 18 years of age or older may not share a bedroom with a child who is under 18 years of age, unless the resident who is 18 years of age or older is continuing to share a bedroom with a child he or she had already been sharing the bedroom with before turning 18 years of age.

(3)  No resident may share a bedroom with a licensee, staff member, volunteer, household member, or with a visitor to the premises.

(4)  Male and female residents may not share the same bedroom.

(5)  No more than 4 residents shall occupy any bedroom. For a group home initially licensed after January 1, 2006, no more than 2 residents shall occupy a bedroom.

(6)  A room that others must pass through to get to another part of the group home shall not be used as a bedroom for a resident.

(7)  Regular sleeping provisions for residents may not be in any building, apartment, or other structure that is separate from the group home structure or in an unfinished attic, unfinished basement, in a hall or in any other room that is not typically used for sleeping purposes. No household member may be permitted to regularly sleep in any of these areas in order to accommodate a resident.

CR 04-067 : cr. Register September 2005 No. 597 , eff. 1-1-06; EmR1106 : emerg. am. (1), eff. 9-16-11; CR 11-026 : am. (1) Register December 2011 No. 672 , eff. 1-1-12; EmR1414 : emerg. am. (2), eff. 8-1-14; CR 14-054 : am. (2) Register April 2015 No. 712 , eff. 5-1-15.