Are molded plastic/resin chairs appropriate for use in facilities?
These chairs are not appropriate as interior furnishing from a resident’s rights perspective or a safety perspective. Typically sold as lawn, deck, porch or patio chairs, they are not intended as standard living room, dining room or bedroom furniture and would not meet the requirement of “one comfortable chair” in the resident’s bedroom [10A NCAC 13F .0306(b)(5) and 10A NCAC 13G .0315(b)(5)]. However, a resident may have his/her own chair of this type as a personal furnishing if he/she so desires. As a safety issue, plastic/resin can crack and break and the rear legs of these chairs have been known to break when tilted back under weight. There is also the added risk of instability on hard services because of the tendency to slide.
