Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 250 - HOSPITAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Subpart U - CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING HOSPITALS › Section 250.2640 - Details

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
All details and finishes shall comply with the
				  following:
a) Details
1) Compartmentation, exits, automatic
				extinguishing systems and other details relating to fire prevention and fire
				protection shall comply with requirements listed in the appropriate sections of
				NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, , for existing hospitals (for exception, see
				subsection (a)(2) of this Section).
2) Aisles, corridors, and interior ramps
				required for exit access from patient sleeping areas shall have a minimum clear
				width of 7 feet; any such aisles, corridors, and interior ramps located in
				other patient use areas shall have a minimum clear width of 6 feet.
3) Doors to patient rooms shall not be
				lockable from inside the room.
4)
				Doors on all openings between corridors and rooms or spaces subject to
				occupancy, except elevator doors, shall be swing type. Openings to showers,
				baths, patient toilets, and other small wet-type areas not subject to fire
				hazard are exempt from this requirement. Sliding doors with a break-and-swing
				feature are acceptable.
5) Glazing
				of existing doors, sidelights, borrowed lights, and interior windows shall
				comply with the Safety Glazing Materials Act.
6) Elevator shaft openings shall be class B
				11/2-hour-labeled fire doors or shall meet the requirements of NFPA 101, Life
				Safety Code, for vertical shaft enclosure.
7) Linen and refuse chutes shall meet or
				exceed the following requirements:
A) Service
				openings to chutes shall be kept locked if located in corridors or passageways.
				They may be located in a room of construction having a fire-resistance of not
				less than one hour.
B) Service
				openings to chutes shall have approved self-closing class B 11/2-hour-labeled
				fire doors.
C) Chutes shall
				discharge directly into collection rooms separated from incinerator, laundry,
				or other services. Separate collection rooms shall be provided for trash and
				for linen. The enclosure construction for such rooms shall have a fire
				resistance of not less than two hours, and the doors shall be not less than
				class B 11/2-hour-labeled fire doors. External discharge containers need not be
				enclosed.
D) Gravity chutes shall
				be vented through the roof with provisions for continuous ventilation as well
				as for fire and smoke ventilation. Fire and smoke ventilating openings may be
				covered with single strength sheet glass.
E) See NFPA 82, Standard on Incinerators and
				Waste and Linen Handling Systems and Equipment for other
				requirements.
8) Grab
				bars shall be provided at all patients' toilets, showers, tubs, and sitz baths.
				The bars shall have 11/2-inch clearance to walls and shall be securely
				anchored.
9) Location and
				arrangement of hand-washing facilities shall permit their proper use and
				operation. Clearance for blade-type operating handles shall be provided where
				required.
10) Mirrors shall not be
				installed at hand-washing fixtures in food preparation areas or in sensitive
				areas such as nurseries, clean and sterile supplies, and scrub sinks.
11) Paper towel dispensers and waste
				receptacles or electric hand dryers shall be provided at all hand-washing
				facilities except scrub sinks.