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1225.5.1.2.3 Patient Room Beds
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Patient rooms shall
be of such shape and dimensions to allow for the
performance of routine functions, including the easy
transfer of patients to and from bed to wheelchair or
wheeled stretcher. Patient rooms shall provide
direct access to a toilet room without entering or
passing through a patient bed area. Maximum occupancy
shall be two patients per patient room.
Exception: Where renovation of existing individual
patient rooms is undertaken in facilities built
under the 2013, or prior, California Building
Code, maximum room capacity shall be no more
than the present capacity, to a maximum of four
patients per patient room. Placement of beds
shall not be more than three deep from the exterior
window.