Minnesota Administrative Rules

4658.5505 INTERIOR LIGHTING; EXISTING CONSTRUCTION.

A source of interior lighting must be provided in every room in the nursing home. Each resident bedroom must be provided with a reading light for each occupant. Lighting levels in all areas of the nursing home must be suitable to tasks the resident chooses to perform or the nursing home staff must perform. A nursing home may install rheostats to provide varying levels of illumination in resident areas.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144A.04; 144A.08

History:

21 SR 196

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007