New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS
Part 14 - ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES FOR ADULTS
Section 8.370.14.43 - HAZARDOUS AREAS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Hazardous areas include: Fuel fired equipment rooms (not a typical residential kitchen), bulk laundries or laundry rooms with more than 100 sq. ft., storage rooms more than 50 sq. ft. but less than 100 sq. ft. not storing combustibles, storage rooms with more than 100 sq. ft. storing combustibles, chemical storage rooms with more than 50 sq. ft., garages and maintenance shops/ rooms.
A. Hazardous areas on the same floor as, and in or abutting, a primary means of escape or a sleeping room shall be protected by either:
B. Boiler, furnace or fuel fired water heater rooms: For facilities with four or more residents: all boiler, furnace or fuel fired water heater rooms shall be protected from other parts of the building by construction having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour. Doors to these rooms shall be one and three-quarter inches solid core.