(1) If a person intends to convert a licensed nursing home building into a licensed boarding home, the building must meet all boarding home licensing requirements specified in this chapter and chapter
18.20 RCW unless the licensee has a contract with the department to provide enhanced adult residential care services in the boarding home per RCW
18.20.220.
(2) If the licensee provides contracted enhanced adult residential care services in the building converted from a licensed nursing home into a licensed boarding home, the boarding home licensing requirements for the physical structure are considered to be met if the most recent nursing home inspection report for the nursing home building demonstrates compliance, and compliance is maintained, with safety standards and fire regulations:
(a) As required by RCW
18.51.140; and
(b) Specified in the applicable building code, as required by RCW
18.51.145, including any waivers that may have been granted, except that the licensee must ensure the building meets the licensed boarding home standards, or their functional equivalency, for:
(i) Resident to bathing fixture ratio required per WAC
388-78A-3030;
(ii) Resident to toilet ratio required per WAC
388-78A-3030;
(iii) Corridor call system required per WAC
388-78A-2930;
(iv) Resident room door closures; and
(v) Resident room windows required per WAC
388-78A-3010.
(3) If the licensee does not continue to provide contracted enhanced adult residential care services in the boarding home converted from a licensed nursing home, the licensee must meet all boarding home licensing requirements specified in this chapter and chapter
18.20 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2830, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]