Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 80087 - 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 clients, employees 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 clients shall be protected against hazards within the facility through provision of the following:

(1) Protective devices 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) General permanent or portable storage space shall be available for the 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 and Chapters 2, and 4 through 7.

(e) All licensees serving children or serving clients who have physical handicaps, mental disorders, or developmental disabilities shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools, including swimming pools (in-ground and above-ground), fixed-in-place wading pools, hot tubs, spas, fish ponds or similar bodies of water through a pool cover or by surrounding the pool with a fence.

(1) Fences shall be at least five-feet high and shall be constructed so that the fence does not obscure the pool from view. The bottom and sides of the fence shall comply with Division 1, Appendix Chapter 4 of the 1994 Uniform Building Code. In addition to meeting all of the aforementioned requirements for fences, gates shall swing away from the pool, self-close and have a self-latching device located no more than six inches from the top of the gate. Pool covers shall be strong enough to completely support the weight of an adult and shall be placed on the pool and locked while the pool is not in use.

(A) If licensed prior to June 1, 1995, facilities with existing pool fencing shall be exempt from the fence requirements specified in Section 80087(e)(1) until such fence is replaced or structurally altered. If the licensee replaces or alters the fence, it shall be required to meet the fence requirements specified in Section 80087(e)(1).

(2) Where an above-ground pool structure is used as the fence or where the fence is mounted on top of the pool structure, the pool shall be made inaccessible when not in use by removing or making the ladder inaccessible or erecting a barricade to prevent access to decking. If a barricade is used, the barricade shall meet the requirements of Section 80087(e)(1).

(f) All in-ground pools, and above-ground pools which cannot be emptied after each use shall have an operative pump and filtering system.

(g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to clients shall be stored where inaccessible to clients.

(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 pin.

(A) Firing pins shall be stored and locked separately from firearms.

(3) Ammunition shall be stored and locked separately from firearms.

(h) Medicines shall be stored as specified in Section 80075(m) and (n) and separately from other items specified in Section 80087(g) above.

(i) The items specified in Section 80087(g) above shall not be stored in food storage areas or in storage areas used by or for clients.

(j) A licensee of a Group Home or Adult Residential Facility that has been approved to utilize secured perimeters shall comply with Health and Safety Code section 1531.15(i) and California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Division 2, Chapter 3, Subchapter 4, Article 12, Section 56071(c):

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 80087

1. New subsections (h)-(j) filed 5-21-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 21).
2. Amendment of subsections (f)-(f)(2) filed 8-14-96; operative 9-13-96 (Register 96, No. 33).
3. Amendment of subsections (d), (h) and (i) filed 8-9-2002; operative 9-8-2002 (Register 2002, No. 32).
4. Repealer of subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsections (e)(1)(A), (e)(2), (h) and (i) filed 12-13-2006; operative 1-12-2007 (Register 2006, No. 50).
5. New subsection (j) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-9-2017 as an emergency; operative 2-9-2017 (Register 2017, No. 6). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-8-2017 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-9-2017 order transmitted to OAL 8-3-2017 and filed 9-15-2017 (Register 2017, No. 37).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1530 and 1531.15, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1501, 1531 and 1531.15, Health and Safety Code.

1. New subsections (h)-(j) filed 5-21-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 21).
2. Amendment of subsections (f)-(f)(2) filed 8-14-96; operative 9-13-96 (Register 96, No. 33).
3. Amendment of subsections (d), (h) and (i) filed 8-9-2002; operative 9-8-2002 (Register 2002, No. 32).
4. Repealer of subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsections (e)(1)(A), (e)(2), (h) and (i) filed 12-13-2006; operative 1-12-2007 (Register 2006, No. 50).