Section 87887 - Buildings and Grounds(a) The facility shall be clean, safe sanitary and in good repair at all times for the safety and well-being of residents, employees, volunteers and visitors. (1) The licensee shall take measures to keep the facility free of flies and other insects.(2) The licensee shall provide for the safe disposal of water and other chemicals used for cleaning purposes.(b) All residents shall be protected against hazards within the facility through provision of the following:(1) Protective devises including but not limited to nonslip material on rugs.(c) All outdoor and indoor passageways, stairways, inclines, ramps, open porches and other areas of potential hazard shall be kept free of obstruction.(d) Bedrooms shall meet, at a minimum, the following requirements;(1) Not more than two residents shall sleep in a bedroom.(2) Securable storage space for personal items.(e) General permanent or portable storage space shall be available for storage of facility equipment and supplies.(1) Facility equipment and supplies shall be stored in this space and shall not be stored in space used to meet other requirements specified in this chapter.(f) All licensees serving residents who have physical handicaps, mental disorders, or developmental disabilities shall ensure the inaccessibility of swimming pools, wading pools, fish ponds or similar bodies of water through fencing, covering or other means when not in use. (1) Licensees serving residents as specified in (f) above shall have at least a five-foot fence around swimming pools or shall have a pool covering inspected and approved by the Department. Fencing shall be so constructed that it does not obscure the pool from view, and is self-latching at the top of the gate.(2) Above ground pools shall be made inaccessible when not in use by removing or making the ladder inaccessible or erecting a barricade to prevent access to decking.(g) All in-ground pools, and above-ground pools which cannot be emptied after each use shall have an operative pump and filtering system.(h) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to residents shall be stored where inaccessible to residents. (1) Storage areas for poisons, and firearms and other dangerous weapons shall be locked.(2) In lieu of locked storage of firearms, the licensee may use trigger locks or remove the firing pins. (A) Firing pins shall be stored and locked separately from firearms.(3) Ammunition shall be stored and locked separately from firearms.(i) Medications shall be stored as specified in Sections 87915 and 87920.(j) The items specified in Subsection (h) above shall not be stored in food storage areas or in storage areas used by or for residents.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 87887
1. New section filed 6-7-91 as an emergency; operative 6-7-91 (Register 91, No. 38). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-7-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 12-3-91 as an emergency; operative 12-3-91 (Register 92, No. 9). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 4-1-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-3-91 order transmitted to OAL 4-1-92 and filed 5-13-92 (Register 92, No. 23).
4. Editorial correction of subsections (i) and (j) (Register 2002, No. 14). Note: Authority cited: Section 1568.072, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1568.02 and 1568.072, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 6-7-91 as an emergency; operative 6-7-91 (Register 91, No. 38). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-7-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 12-3-91 as an emergency; operative 12-3-91 (Register 92, No. 9). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 4-1-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-3-91 order transmitted to OAL 4-1-92 and filed 5-13-92 (Register 92, No. 23).
4. Editorial correction of subsections (i) and (j) (Register 2002, No. 14).