Room off kitchen counts as bedroom?

[Paul Winka]

I'd like to get both opinions and some supporting regulations regarding this matter of bedroom count in a property. Of course someone can sleep in a room off the kitchen (or in the kitchen itself!), but that's not what I am getting at. It's more of if it's generally common and accepted, and if there is a regulation against it, to cite that.

Could a room off a kitchen count as a bedroom? 
Could the entrance room of a house be a bedroom and still have it count in the total # of bedrooms? 
Could a living room be "labeled" a bedroom to up the bedroom count, i.e. 4 bed / 2 bath / no living room as opposed to 3/2 with living room? 

@Bill Gulley had mentioned in another post that having a bedroom off the kitchen would violate the "no passing from one room to get to another rule". It makes for a weird, dysfunctional floor plan, I totally agree. 

Thanks for your input.