Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 615 - Ambulatory Surgical Centers › Subchapter 5 - Minimum Standards › Section 310:615-5-6 - Details and finishes

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Details.
(1) Minimum public
				corridor width shall be 6'-0', except corridors in the operating room section
				where patients are transported on stretchers or beds, shall be 8'-0'.
(2) Each building shall have at least two
				exits remote from each other. Other details relating to exits and fire safety
				requirements shall be in accordance with NFPA 101 and this Chapter.
(3) When the ambulatory surgical center is
				within another facility that does not comply with or exceeds the fire safety
				requirements of NFPA 101, there shall not be less than one hour separation
				between the ambulatory surgical center and the other sections.
(4) Items such as drinking fountains,
				telephone booths, vending machines, and portable equipment shall be located so
				as not to restrict corridor traffic or reduce the corridor width below the
				required minimum.
(5) Toilet rooms
				in surgery and/or recovery areas for patient use shall be equipped with doors
				and hardware that permit access from the outside in case of an
				emergency.
(6) The minimum door
				width for patient use shall be 2'-10'. Rooms needing access for beds or
				stretchers shall be 3'-8'. All rooms subject to occupancy by staff, patients or
				visitors shall comply with ANSI A117.1 or UFAS.
(7) Doors, except doors to spaces such as
				small closets which are not subject to occupancy, shall not swing into
				corridors in a manner that might obstruct traffic flow or reduce the required
				corridor width. Large walk-in type closets are considered as occupiable
				spaces.
(8) Doors, sidelights,
				borrowed lights, and windows in which the glazing extends down to within 18' of
				the floor (thereby creating possibility of accidental breakage by pedestrian
				traffic) shall be glazed with safety glass, wire glass, or plastic glazing
				material that will resist breaking and will not create dangerous cutting edges
				when broken. Similar materials shall be used in wall openings, play rooms and
				exercise rooms unless otherwise required for fire safety. Glazing materials
				used for shower doors and bath enclosures shall be safety glass or
				plastic.
(9) Paper-towel dispensers
				and waste receptacles shall be provided at all hand washing
				facilities.
(10) Where labeled fire
				doors are required, these shall be certified by an independent testing
				laboratory as meeting the construction requirements equal to those for fire
				doors in NFPA Standard 80. Reference to a labeled fire door shall be construed
				to include labeled frame and hardware.
(11) Radiation protection for x-ray and gamma
				ray installations shall comply with standards for hospital
				construction.
(12) Dumbwaiters,
				conveyors, and material-handling systems shall not open into a corridor or exit
				way but shall open into a room enclosed by construction having a fire
				resistance of not less than one hour and provided with Class C, 3/4 hour
				labeled fire doors. Service entrance doors to vertical shafts containing
				dumbwaiters, conveyors, and material-handling systems shall be not less than
				Class B, 1-1/2 hour labeled fire doors.
(13) Elevator shaft openings shall have Class
				B, 1-1/2 hour labeled fire doors.
(14) Minimum ceiling heights shall be 7'-10'
				with the following exceptions:
(A) Boiler
				rooms shall have ceiling clearance of not less than 2'-6' above the main boiler
				header and connecting piping.
(B)
				Radiographic and other ceiling mounted equipment shall have ceilings of
				sufficient height to accommodate the equipment and/or fixtures.
(C) Ceilings in corridors, storage rooms,
				rest rooms, and other minor rooms shall not be less than 7'-8'.
(D) Tracks, rails and pipes suspended along
				the path of normal traffic shall be not less than 6'-8' above the
				floor.
(15) Rooms
				containing heat-producing equipment shall be insulated and ventilated to
				prevent adjacent floor or wall surfaces from exceeding a temperature 10 degrees
				above ambient room temperature.
(16) An approved automatic smoke detection
				system shall be provided in all corridors, lobbies and general waiting areas.
				Location of smoke detectors shall be no greater than 30 feet spacing on centers
				and no more than 15 feet from any wall. All Automatic Smoke Detection Systems
				shall be electrically inter-connected to the fire alarm system.