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194A.703 Requirements for living units.

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Page 1 of 1 194A.703 Requirements for living units. (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 <br>agreement; (b) Include at least one (1) unfurnished room with a lockable door, private bathroom with a tub or shower, provisions for emergency response, window to <br>the outdoors, and a telephone jack; (c) Have an individual thermostat control if the assisted-living community has more than twenty (20) units; and (d) Have temperatures that are not under a client's direct control at a minimum of seventy-one (71) degrees Fahrenheit in winter conditions and a maximum of <br>eighty-one (81) degrees Fahrenheit in summer conditions if the assisted-living <br>community has twenty (20) or fewer units. (2) Each client 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 <br>authority with jurisdiction. Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.