GroundRules
22VAC40-73-1070: Environmental precautions
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 22. Social Services
- Agency 40. Department of Social Services
- Chapter 73. Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities
- Part X. Additional Requirements for Facilities that Care for Adults with Serious Cognitive Impairments
- Article 2. Mixed Population
A. Special environmental precautions shall be taken by the facility to eliminate hazards to the safety and well-being of residents with serious cognitive impairments. Examples of environmental precautions include signs, carpet patterns and arrows that point the way, and reduction of background noise.
B. When there are indications that ordinary materials or objects may be harmful to a resident with a serious cognitive impairment, these materials or objects shall be inaccessible to the resident except under staff supervision.
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