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WAC 388-97-3160

Night lights in new construction.

The nursing home must install in each resident room a night light that is:
(1) Flush mounted on the wall;
(2) Designed to prevent viewing the light source from thirty inches or more above the floor;
(3) Located to provide safe pathway lighting for the staff and residents; and
(4) Controlled by a switch at each resident room entrance door or by a master switch.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.51 and 74.42 RCW and 42 C.F.R. 489.52. WSR 08-20-062, § 388-97-3160, filed 9/24/08, effective 11/1/08.]