§ 82087. Buildings and Grounds.

(a) The program site 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 site free of flies and other insects.

(2) The licensee shall provide for the safe disposal of water and other chemicals used for cleaning purposes.

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

(A) Storage areas for poisons shall be locked.

(b) All clients shall be protected against hazards within the program site 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) The licensee shall provide a separate room or area for use by ill clients.

(e) General permanent or portable storage space shall be available for the storage of equipment and supplies.

(1) Program equipment and supplies shall be stored in this space and shall not be stored in space used to meet other requirements as specified in Sections 82087(h) and (i), 82087.4, Storage Space, and 82087.3, Indoor Activity Space.

(f) Licensees 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 meet the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 115923.

(A) If licensed prior to June 1, 1995, program sites with existing pool fencing shall be exempt from the fence requirements until the fence is replaced or structurally altered. If the licensee replaces or alters the fence, it shall meet the requirements.

(2) Fence 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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 82087(f)(1).

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

(h) There shall be office space available at the program site for private interviews conducted by staff.

(i) Rooms or areas for rest periods shall be provided.

(j) Sufficient parking area shall be available for safe arrival and departure of clients.

HISTORY

1. Amendment of section, including redesignation and amendment of former subsection 82587(e) as 82087(j), and amendment of Note filed 12-13-2006; operative 1-12-2007 (Register 2006, No. 50).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 1530 and 1530.1, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1501 and 1531, Health and Safety Code.