R432-8-4. General Construction, Ancillary Support Facilities

R432-4-23 applies with the following modifications:

(1) Corridors. Corridors in patient use areas shall be a minimum six feet wide.

(2) Door leaf width for patient room doors and doors to patient treatment rooms shall be a minimum three feet.

(3) Ceiling finishes. Ceiling construction in patient and seclusion rooms shall be monolithic.

(4) Bed pan flushing devices are optional.

(5) Windows, in rooms intended for 24-hour occupancy, shall be operable.

(6) Emergency Electrical Service.

(a) An on-site emergency generator shall be provided.

(b) The following services shall be connected to the emergency generator:

(i) life safety branch, as defined in section 517-32 of the National Electric Code NFPA 70;

(ii) critical branch, as defined in 517-33 of the National Electric Code NFPA 70;

(iii) equipment system, as defined in 517-34 of the National Electric Code NFPA 70;

(iv) telephone;

(v) nurse call;

(vi) heating equipment necessary to provide adequate heated space to house all patients under emergency conditions;

(vii) one duplex convenience outlet in each patient bedroom;

(viii) one duplex convenience outlet at each nurse station;

(ix) duplex convenience outlets in the emergency heated area at a ratio of one for each ten patients.

(6) Nurse Call System.

(a) A nurse call system is optional.

(b) If a nurse call system is installed, provisions shall be made for the easy removal or covering of call buttons.