SECTION 554.323. Housekeeping Services

(a) The facility must provide sufficient housekeeping and maintenance personnel, equipment, and supplies to maintain the interior, exterior, and grounds of the facility in a safe, clean, orderly, and attractive manner. In a nursing facility, an employee must be designated as responsible for housekeeping services.

(b) Occupied resident rooms must be cleaned and put in order at least daily.

(c) Storage areas must be kept safe and free from accumulations of extraneous materials such as refuse, discarded furniture, and newspapers. Combustibles, such as cleaning rags and compounds, must be kept in closed metal containers and labeled.

(d) Attics, mechanical rooms, boiler rooms, and other similar areas must not be used for storage purposes.

(e) All bleaches, detergents, disinfectants, insecticides, and other poisonous substances must be kept in a safe place accessible only to employees. They must not be kept in containers previously containing food or medicine. Containers must be labeled.

Source Note: The provisions of this §554.323 adopted to be effective July 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 4408; transferred effective January 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register December 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 8871