Care Facilities 

Care Facility Classifications (Links to Requirements)

• R2.1:  Residential Facilities (RF) and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) Accommodates more than six (6) non-ambulatory clients, ambulatory clients permitted.

• R2.1.1:  Residential Facilities (RF) and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) Accommodates six (6) or less non-ambulatory, ambulatory clients permitted.

• R2.2:  Residential Facilities (RF) and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE)  Accommodates more than six (6) ambulatory may include a maximum of six (6) non-ambulatory.

• R2.2.1:  Residential Facilities (RF) and Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly (RCFE) Accommodates six (6) or less ambulatory clients with a maximum of 2 non-ambulatory.

• R2.3:  Facilities providing hospice care throughout for more than six (6) b ed ridden clients.  Licensing Categories are limit ed to; A) Congregate Living Health Facilities for the Terminally Ill and B) Residential Care Facilities for the Chronically Ill.

• R2.3.1:  Facilities providing hospice care throughout for six (6) or less bedridden clients.  Licensing Categories are limited to: A) Congregate Living Health Facilities for the Terminally Ill and B) Residential Care Facilities for the Chronically Ill.

• R3: Large family daycare.

• R4:  Residential group care facility for ambulatory, non-restrained persons who may have a mental or physical impairment accommodating more than five (5) and not more than 16 clients, excluding staff.

• R6:  Residential group care facilities which provide care and/or supervisory services.  Restraint shall not be practiced and is limited to: A) Halfway houses such as community correctional centers, B) Community Correction Reentry Centers, C) Community Treatment Programs, D) Work Furlough Programs, and E) Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery/treatment facilities.  Divisions are defined as follows:

1. R6.1: Division 6 Occupancies with more than six (6) non-ambulatory residents.

2. R6.1.A: Division 6 Occupancies with six (6) or less non-ambulatory residents.

3. R6.2: Division 6 Occupancies with more than six (6) ambulatory residents.

4. R6.2.A: Division 6 Occupancies with six (6) or less ambulatory residents.

 Day Care Facility  

• R3:  Dwellings (as defined in Chapter 2, Section 205) used for large family day-care and lodging houses for 8 to 14 persons.  Licensing categories include but are not limited to: A) Adult Day-care Facilities, B) Family Day-care Homes, C) Adult Day-support Center, D) Day-care Center for Mildly Ill Children, E) Infant Care Center and, F) School Age Child Day-care Center.

• E-3:  Non-Residential used for day care centers of more than 14 persons.  Licensing Categories are Adult, Day, Family, School Aged Day Care, or Infant Care, or Adult Day Support.

 Educational Facility

• E-1:  Education through 12^th grade 50 or more persons 12 or more hours per week or 4 hours per day.

• E-2:  Education through 12^th grade less than 50 persons 12 or more hours per week or 4 hours per day.

 Institutional Facility  

• I-1.1:  Nurseries providing full-time care for children under age 6 or hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes where medical care is provided for more than 6 children

• I-1.2:  Health Care Facilities for ambulatory patients capable of self preservation accommodating more than 6 persons.

• I-2:    Nursing homes providing full-time care for children age 6 and over, or nursing homes for ambulatory patients where medical care is provided for 6 or more children/patients.

• I-3:    Where restraint is practiced . i.e., jails, sanitariums, prisons, reformatories, mental hospitals, etc.