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(A) The licensed agency shall meet the legal requirements of the governmental jurisdiction in which the licensed agency is located. The documentation for this standard shall include copies of all annual local licensing and inspection certificates indicating conformance to all local fire, health, building and zoning regulations. It shall also include any other certification or licensing requirements not mentioned in this description.
(B) The licensed agency shall conduct weekly sanitation, safety, and fire inspections of interior and exterior areas. The licensed agency shall implement a housekeeping and maintenance plan and be clean and in good repair.
(C) A minimum of fifty square feet of floor space per offender shall be provided in the sleeping area of the facility.
(D) Each offender shall be provided, at a minimum, the following: bed, mattress, bed linen, pillow and closet or locker space. For sanitation purposes, provisions shall be made to provide clean bed linens or to allow offenders to wash their bed linens weekly. Sufficient blankets shall be provided during cold weather. Agency staff shall inspect sleeping quarters weekly to insure that minimum needs are met.
(E) The licensed agency staff shall conduct and record, at least bi-weekly, unannounced searches of the facility for contraband that endangers the safety and security of the offenders, staff and community. The licensed agency may utilize an outside law enforcement entity to assist with searches. A log of unannounced searches shall be kept documenting the date and time of such searches, along with the result of such searches. This log shall be made available to the licensing agency upon request.
(F) The licensed agency shall maintain a shift log noting routine and unusual activities and any instructions requiring the attention of oncoming shifts. Entries shall be recorded in the log and initialed by agency staff.
(G) The licensed agency shall make available space for private counseling, group meetings and visitation.
(H) The licensed agency shall have, at a minimum, one operable toilet with privacy wall or door for every ten offenders, one operable wash basin with temperature controlled hot and cold running water for every six offenders and one operable shower or bathing facility with temperature controlled hot and cold running water for every ten offenders.
(I) The licensed agency shall have one operable washer and one operable dryer for every sixteen offenders, or equivalent laundry capacity shall be available within one mile of the facility.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/12/2006 and 01/12/2011
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2967.14, 2967.26
Rule Amplifies: 2967.14, 2967.26
Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/82, 4/17/93, 7/1/2002