Utah Admin. Code R432-4-13 - Outpatient Unit Features
(1) If a
building entrance is used to reach outpatient services, the applicant or
licensee shall ensure the entrance is:
(a) at
grade level;
(b) clearly marked;
and
(c) located to minimize the
need for outpatients to pass through other program areas.
(2) The applicant or licensee shall ensure
the outpatient surgery discharge location provides protection from the weather
by providing canopies that extend from the building to permit sheltered
transfer to a vehicle.
(3) The
applicant or licensee may utilize a shared lobby in a multi-occupancy building
if the design prohibits unrelated traffic within or through units or suites of
the licensed health care facility.
Notes
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All housing, treatment, and diagnostic areas and facilities utilized by a patient admitted to a licensed health care facility shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of R432-4 if:
(1) the area will be used by one or more patients who are physically or mentally incapable of taking independent life saving action in an emergency;
(2) the prescribed or administered treatment renders the patient incapable of taking independent life saving action in an emergency; or
(3) the patient is incapable of taking independent life saving action in an emergency due to physical or chemical restraints.