Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE
Part XX - Nursing Homes
Chapter 1 - General Sanitary Provisions for Nursing Homes
Section XX-105 - Heating, Cooling, and Ventilating Systems [formerly paragraph 20:003]
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. [Formerly paragraph 20:003] All homes shall be provided with heating equipment adequate to maintain, in every room used by patients, a temperature of not less than 76 degrees Fahrenheit in the coldest weather. Each room having a bathtub, or shower, or toilet shall have a heater, or a duct to it from a heating system. The combustion chambers of all heating systems, and other fired equipment shall be vented to the atmosphere. Other parts of the heating, cooling, and ventilating system shall be so designed, built, and maintained as to ensure that the pressure in the space from which combustion air is drawn does not become negative with respect to the atmosphere.
B.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4(A)(2)(10) and R.S. 40:5(1)(2)(3)(10)(17).