New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS
Part 17 - REQUIREMENTS FOR FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTERS
Section 8.370.17.41 - MINIMUM HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING STANDARDS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The facility shall provide and maintain heating, ventilating and air conditioning or air cooling systems sufficient to keep all facility occupants comfortable which include but are not limited to:
A. Heating, airconditioning or air cooling, piping, boilers and ventilation equipment furnished, installed and maintained to meet all requirements of applicable state and local mechanical, electrical and construction codes.
B. Use of a heating method that consistently provides a minimum indoor winter design capacity of 75 degrees fahrenheit with accessible temperature adjustment controls appropriate for all occupants' comfort.
C. A prohibition against the use of unvented heaters, open flame heaters or portable heaters.
D. An ample supply of outside air shall be provided in all spaces where fuel fired boilers, furnaces or heaters are located to assure proper combustion.
E. All fuel fired boilers, furnaces or heaters shall be connected to an approved venting system which takes all combustion products directly to the outside air.
F. Adequate ventilation at all times to provide fresh air and the control of unpleasant odors inside the facility.
G. A one hundred percent automatic cutoff control valve in event of pilot failure for all gas-fired heating equipment.
H. A system for maintaining all occupants' comfort during periods of hot weather.
I. Protection of all boiler, furnace or heater rooms from other parts of the building by construction having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour with doors that open to the interior being self-closing with a three-quarter hour fire resistance rating.
J. Filters having efficiencies as required by state codes for all central ventilation and air conditioning systems.
