Utah Admin. Code R432-12-19 - Ventilation

(1) The licensee shall ensure each room and area in the small health care facility provides for positive ventilation that includes:

(a) natural window ventilation for non-sensitive areas and resident rooms that may be used when weather permits and mechanical ventilation is provided for interior areas and during periods of temperature extremes; and

(b) fans serving exhaust systems are located at the discharge end and are conveniently accessible for service.

(2) The licensee shall ensure

(a) fresh air intakes are located as far as possible from exhaust outlets of ventilating systems, combustion equipment stacks, plumbing vents, or from areas that may collect vehicular exhaust or other noxious fumes;

(b) furnace rooms are provided with enough outdoor air to maintain equipment combustion rates and to limit workstation temperatures to an effective temperature of 90 degrees F or 32.5 degrees C;

(c) when the ambient outside air temperature is higher than 90 degrees F, the maximum temperature does not exceed 97 degrees F or 36 degrees C;

(d) exhaust hoods in food preparation centers are compliant with Rule R392, the Utah Department of Health and Human Services Food Service Sanitation Regulations and hoods over cooking ranges are equipped with grease filters;

(e) non-resident as well as resident areas where specific requirements are not given shall be ventilated in accordance with the recommended standards reviewed in Section R432-4-12;

(f) air from areas with odor problems, including toilet rooms, baths, soiled linen storage and housekeeping rooms, shall be exhausted to the outside and not recirculated;

(g) Level II facility fans and dampers are interconnected so that activation of dampers will automatically shut down everything except exhaust fans;

(h) supply and return systems are in ducts; and

(i) common returns using corridors or attic spaces as plenums are not used.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R432-12-19

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-22, effective 11/9/2023