Section 440IAC7.5-6-3. Environment

   (a) Residents in semi-independent living facilities shall reside in residences with no more than six (6) persons. The actual capacity of a residence shall be determined after evaluation of the facility in accordance with standards established in this rule. A single building may have up to twenty-five (25) semi-independent living facility residences or up to twenty-five percent (25%) of a building occupied by semi-independent living facility residences, whichever is greater.

  (b) A semi-independent living facility may be an apartment or house.

  (c) A semi-independent living facility shall comply with local health and safety codes.

  (d) The agency shall apply to the division for a waiver, setting forth the justification to allow an individual to reside in a mobile home as a semi-independent living facility.

  (e) Mobile homes or manufactured housing constructed after 1984 must meet the standards of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards".

  (f) No mobile home that was manufactured before 1985 may serve as a semi-independent living facility. This requirement may not be waived. (Division of Mental Health and Addiction; 440 IAC 7.5-6-3; filed Jun 10, 2002, 2:25 p.m.: 25 IR 3142; readopted filed Nov 5, 2008, 3:50 p.m.: 20081119-IR-440080742RFA; readopted filed Jul 21, 2011, 9:39 a.m.: 20110817-IR-440110249RFA)