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

(1) Section R432-4-19 applies to construction of a substance use disorder specialty hospital and the licensee shall ensure compliance with the following modifications: (a) corridors in-patient use areas are a minimum six feet wide; (b) door leaf width for patient room doors and doors to patient treatment rooms are a minimum three feet; (c) ceiling construction in patient and seclusion rooms are monolithic; (d) bed pan flushing devices are optional; (e) windows, in rooms intended for 24-hour occupancy are operable; (f) an on-site emergency generator shall be provided with the following services connected to it: (i) life safety branch; (ii) critical branch; (iii) equipment system; (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; and (ix) duplex convenience outlets in the emergency heated area at a ratio of one for each ten patients; (g) a nurse call system is optional; and (h) if a nurse call system is installed, provisions shall be made for the easy removal or covering of call buttons. (2) If the licensee chooses to have a dual major service, then both of the appropriate specialty hospital construction rules apply.