Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4645 - HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
STRUCTURAL WORK FOR ALL HOSPITALS
Part 4645.2500 - DESIGN DATA
The buildings and all parts thereof shall be of sufficient strength to support all dead, live, and lateral loads without exceeding the working stresses permitted for construction materials in generally accepted good engineering practice. Special provisions shall be made for machines or apparatus loads which would cause a greater load than the specified minimum live load. Consideration shall be given to structural members and connections of structures which may be subject to severe windstorms. Floor areas where partition locations are subject to change shall be designed to support, in addition to all other loads, a uniformly distributed load of 25 pounds per square foot.
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.55; 144.56