N.M. Admin. Code § 8.370.18.52 - CORRIDORS
A. Ambulatory
surgical centers:
(1) Minimum corridor width
shall be six feet.
(2) In operating
room and surgical suites where patients are transported on stretchers or beds,
corridors will have a width of eight feet.
B. All other facilities: minimum corridor
width shall be five feet except work corridors less than six feet in length may
be four feet in width.
C.
Facilities will often be contained within existing commercial or residential
buildings and less stringent corridor widths may be allowed other than those
contained in Subsection B of
8.370.18.52 NMAC above if not in
conflict with building or fire codes and approved by the licensing authority
prior to occupying the facility.
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