Nursing homes and other healthcare facilities must provide full visual privacy for each resident, either through curtains, movable screens, or private rooms. Facilities initially certified after March 31, 1992 must have ceiling suspended curtains that provide total visual privacy in combination with adjacent walls and curtains. Facilities are free to use other means to provide full visual privacy, with those means varying according to the needs and requests of residents. Residents must be able to achieve full visual privacy without staff assistance. The National Fire Protection Association’s Life Safety Code 101 provides additional guidance. Facilities must not use physician statements as a basis for variance of the requirements for full visual privacy. Nursing homes and other healthcare facilities must observe whether each resident selected for a comprehensive or focused review has a means to achieve full visual privacy.
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