New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS
Part 18 - REQUIREMENTS FOR FACILITIES PROVIDING OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INFIRMARIES
Section 8.370.18.47 - HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Heating, air conditioning, piping, boilers, and ventilation equipment must be furnished, installed and maintained to meet all requirements of current state and local mechanical, electrical, and construction codes.
B. The heating method used by the facility must have a minimum indoor-winter-design capacity of 75 degrees farenheit with controls provided for adjusting temperature as appropriate for patient and staff comfort.
C. The use of unvented heaters, open flame heaters or portable heaters is prohibited.
D. An ample supply of outside air must 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 must be connected to an approved venting system to take the products of combustion directly to the outside air.
F. A facility must be adequately ventilated at all times to provide fresh air and the control of unpleasant odors.
G. All gas-fired heating equipment must be provided with a one-hundred percent automatic cutoff control valve in event of pilot failure.
H. The facility must be provided with a system for maintaining patients and staff's comfort during periods of hot weather.
I. All boiler, furnace or heater rooms shall be protected from other parts of the building by construction having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour. Door must be self-closing with 3/4 hour fire resistance.
J. Operating room supply air shall be provided from ceiling outlets near the center of the work area. Return air from floor level with at least two return inlets located as remote as possible shall be provided.
K. All central ventilation and air condition systems shall be provided filters having efficiencies greater than twenty-five percent. Operating rooms shall have ninety percent filter efficiencies.
