1. (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:

   1. (a) corridors in-patient use areas are a minimum six feet wide;
   2. (b) door leaf width for patient room doors and doors to patient treatment rooms are a minimum three feet;
   3. (c) ceiling construction in patient and seclusion rooms are monolithic;
   4. (d) bed pan flushing devices are optional;
   5. (e) windows, in rooms intended for 24-hour occupancy are operable;

   6. (f) an on-site emergency generator shall be provided with the following services connected to it:

      1. (i) life safety branch;
      2. (ii) critical branch;
      3. (iii) equipment system;
      4. (iv) telephone;
      5. (v) nurse call;
      6. (vi) heating equipment necessary to provide adequate heated space to house all patients under emergency conditions;
      7. (vii) one duplex convenience outlet in each patient bedroom;
      8. (viii) one duplex convenience outlet at each nurse station; and
      9. (ix) duplex convenience outlets in the emergency heated area at a ratio of one for each ten patients;
   7. (g) a nurse call system is optional; and
   8. (h) if a nurse call system is installed, provisions shall be made for the easy removal or covering of call buttons.
2. (2) If the licensee chooses to have a dual major service, then both of the appropriate specialty hospital construction rules apply.

KEY: health care facilities

Date of Last Change: July 6, 2023

Notice of Continuation: February 23, 2024

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-202