(1) In overnight youth shelters:

(a) The number of beds allowed at an overnight youth shelter or emergency respite center is established in consultation with the department of health for each facility. Youth of different genders may share common sleeping areas if a visual barrier at least five feet high separates the youth; and

(b) Youth less than eighteen years old must be separated from youth eighteen through twenty years old by having a staff or volunteer supervise open space or have a physical barrier to prevent contact.