New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter V - Medical Facilities › Subchapter C - State Hospital Code › Article 2 - Medical Facility Construction › Part 713 - Standards Of Construction For Nursing Home Facilities › Subpart 713-1 - Standards For Nursing Home Construction Projects Completed Or Approved Prior To August 25, 1975 › Section 713-1.9 - Mechanical requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Boilers
						shall have the capacity to supply the normal requirements of all steam and hot
						water systems and equipment. The number and arrangement of boilers shall be
						such that when one boiler breaks down or when routine maintenance requires that
						one boiler be temporarily taken out of service, the capacity of the remaining
						boilers shall be at least 70 percent of the total required capacity.
(b) The heating system shall be capable of
						maintaining all occupied areas at a minimum temperature of 75° F.
(c) Resident bedrooms shall have operable
						windows that can be used for ventilation.
(d) Bathing rooms, soiled workrooms, soiled
						linen rooms and janitors' closets shall have mechanical exhaust ventilation or
						a wall or, if approved by the department, window exhaust fan with back-draft
						louvers.
(e) Toilet rooms and
						physical therapy rooms shall have mechanical exhaust or window exhaust fan with
						back-draft louvers or, if approved by the department, operable windows which
						can be used for ventilation.
(f)
						Kitchen areas shall have a mechanical ventilating system to maintain an equal
						supply and exhaust and a minimum of 10 air changes per hour. Dishwashing areas
						shall have an exhaust system with a minimum of 10 air changes per hour. If all
						outside air is used, a filter with at least 35 percent efficiency shall be
						installed in the system. Supply air for the dishwashing area may be taken from
						the kitchen. All exhaust air shall be discharged directly to the
						outdoors.
(g) Supply air for
						central ventilation systems for resident care areas using outdoor air shall be
						equipped with filters having an efficiency of 35 percent.
(h) Nursing homes shall include an
						incinerator to treat infectious wastes or other department approved methods of
						infectious waste disposal. Incinerators and refuse chutes shall comply with
						NFPA 82, Standard on Incinerators and Waste and Linen Handling Systems and
						Equipment, as referenced in section
						711.2(a) of this
						Title, and shall meet the requirements for approval of the Department of
						Environmental Conservation.
(i) All
						handwashing fixtures used by medical and nursing staff and food handlers shall
						be trimmed with valves that can be operated without the use of hands. Hand
						operated faucets may be fitted on lavatories in residents' rooms and residents'
						toilets.
(j) Bedpan-flushing
						devices shall be provided on each resident floor.
(k) Vacuum breakers shall be installed on
						hose bibs and on all fixtures to which hoses or tubing can be attached, such as
						janitor's sinks and bedpan-flushing attachments.
(l) Water supply systems shall be provided to
						supply water at sufficient pressure to operate all fixtures and
						equipment.
(m) Domestic hot water
						systems shall provide adequate hot water at each outlet at all times. Hot water
						temperature at fixtures used by residents shall not exceed 110° F.
(n) Building sewers shall discharge into a
						community sewerage system, if available, or a department approved sewage
						treatment system.