Each licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home, rest home with nursing supervision and residential care home shall position beds in a manner that promotes resident care and that provides at least a three-foot clearance at the sides and foot of each bed. Such bed position shall (1) not act as a restraint to the resident, (2) not create a hazardous situation, including, but not limited to, an entrapment possibility, or obstacle to evacuation or being close to or blocking a heat source, and (3) allow for infection control.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-521b

  • Hospital: means an establishment for the lodging, care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other abnormal physical or mental conditions and includes inpatient psychiatric services in general hospitals. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490
  • rest home: means a community residence that furnishes, in single or multiple facilities, food and shelter to two or more persons unrelated to the proprietor and, in addition, provides services that meet a need beyond the basic provisions of food, shelter and laundry and may qualify as a setting that allows residents to receive home and community-based services funded by state and federal programs. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490
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