Semiambulatory and nonambulatory patients. For rooms with semiambulatory or nonambulatory patients, mobility space at the end and one side of each bed may not be not less than 4 feet. Adequate accessible space for storage of a patient’s wheelchair or other adaptive or prosthetic equipment shall be provided and shall be readily accessible to the patient. In this paragraph, “semiambu- latory” means able to walk with difficulty or able to walk only with assistance of an aid such as crutches, a cane or a xxxxxx, and “non- ambulatory” means not able to walk at all.
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Samples: Hospice Regulations, HFS 131 Hospices Regulations, HFS 131 Hospices Regulations
