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 713-3 - Standards For Nursing Home Construction Projects Completed Or Approved Between July 2, 1990 And December 31, 2010 › Section 713-3.21 - Details and finishes

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Details and finishes shall be designed to provide a
						  high degree of safety for the occupants and shall minimize the incidence of
						  accidents with special consideration for residents who will be ambulatory.
						  Hazards such as sharp corners shall be avoided.
(a) All details shall comply with the
						following requirements:
(1) Compartmentation,
						corridors widths, exits, automatic extinguishment systems, and other details
						relating to fire prevention and fire protection shall comply with requirements
						of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2000 edition. Further details concerning this
						referenced material are contained in section
						711.2(a) of this
						Title.
(2) 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.
(3) All
						rooms containing bathtubs, sitz baths, showers or water closets that are
						subject to use or occupancy by residents, shall be equipped with doors and
						hardware which will permit access from the outside in any emergency. When such
						rooms have only one opening or are small, the doors shall be capable of opening
						outwards or be otherwise designed to be opened without need to push against a
						resident who may have collapsed within the room.
(4) The minimum width of all openings to
						rooms needing access for beds or stretchers shall be three feet eight
						inches.
(5) Doors on all openings
						between corridors and rooms or spaces subject to occupancy, except elevator
						doors, shall be swing type. Opening to showers, baths, residents' toilets, and
						other small wet-type areas not subject to fire hazard are exempt from this
						requirement.
(6) Doors, except
						doors to spaces such as small closets that 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 spaces
						subject to occupancy.
(7) Doors,
						sidelights, borrowed lights, and windows in which the glazing extends down to
						within 18 inches 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 of recreation rooms and exercise rooms unless required otherwise for
						fire safety. Glazing materials as noted above shall be used for shower doors
						and bath enclosures.
(8) Thresholds
						and expansion joint covers shall be made flush with the floor surface to
						facilitate use of wheelchairs and carts.
(9) Grab bars shall be provided for all
						residents' showers, tubs and sitz baths. All grab bars shall have sufficient
						strength and anchorage to sustain a concentrated load of 250 pounds.
(10) Recessed soap dishes shall be provided
						in showers and bathrooms.
(11)
						Handrails for use by residents shall be provided on both sides of corridors. A
						clear distance of 1-1/2 inches shall be provided between the handrail and the
						wall.
(12) Ends of handrail and
						grab bars shall be constructed to prevent snagging the clothes of
						residents.
(13) The location and
						arrangement of handwashing facilities shall permit their proper use and
						operation. Particular care shall be given to the clearances required for
						blade-type operating handles. Lavatories intended for use by residents shall be
						installed to permit use by residents in wheelchairs.
(14) Mirrors shall be arranged for convenient
						use by residents in wheelchairs as well as by residents in a standing
						position.
(15) Paper towel
						dispensers and waste receptacles shall be provided at all handwashing
						fixtures.
(16) Ceiling heights
						shall be as follows:
(i) Boiler rooms shall
						have ceiling clearances not less than two feet six inches above the main boiler
						header and connecting piping.
(ii)
						Rooms containing ceiling-mounted equipment shall have height required to
						accommodate the equipment.
(iii)
						All other rooms shall have not less than 7 feet 10 inch ceilings. Suspended
						tracks, rails and pipes located in path of normal traffic, including resident
						room vestibule ceilings, shall be not less than six feet eight inches above the
						floor.
(17) Recreation
						rooms, and similar spaces where impact noises may be generated shall not be
						located directly over resident bed areas unless special provisions are made to
						minimize such noise.
(18) Rooms
						containing heat-producing equipment, such as boiler or heater rooms, and
						laundries, shall be insulated and ventilated to prevent any floor surface above
						from exceeding a temperature 10° F above the ambient room
						temperature.