WAC 388-78A-3050   Day rooms.  (1) The boarding home must provide one or more day room areas in which residents may participate in social and recreational activities. Day room areas include, but are not limited to:

     (a) Solariums;

     (b) Enclosed sun porches;

     (c) Recreation rooms;

     (d) Dining rooms; and

     (e) Living rooms.

     (2) The boarding home must provide a total minimum floor space for day room areas of:

     (a) One hundred fifty square feet, or ten square feet per resident, whichever is larger, in boarding homes licensed on or before December 31, 1988; or

     (b) One hundred fifty square feet, or twenty square feet per resident, whichever is larger, in boarding homes licensed after December 31, 1988.

     (3) The boarding home must provide day room areas with comfortable furniture and furnishings that meet the residents' needs.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-3050, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]