Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 131 - FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter G - PHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Section 131.145 - Mobile, Transportable, and Relocatable Units
Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 131.145
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section.
(1) Mobile unit--Any
pre-manufactured structure, trailer, or self-propelled unit equipped with a
chassis on wheels and intended to provide shared medical services to the
community on a temporary basis. Some of these units are equipped with expanding
walls and designed to be moved on a daily basis.
(2) Relocatable unit--Any structure, not on
wheels, that is built to be relocated at any time and provide medical services.
These structures vary in size.
(3)
Transportable unit--Any pre-manufactured structure or trailer, equipped with a
chassis on wheels, intended to provide shared medical services to the community
on an extended temporary basis. These units are designed to be moved
periodically, depending on need.
(b) General. When mobile, transportable and relocatable units are utilized to provide patient treatment services on the facility premises, these units shall be treated as buildings and constructed to the required occupancy as follows.
(1) When
such units are provided for diagnostic, imaging, treatment or procedural
services to patients who are litter borne, under general anesthesia, or
incapable of self-preservation, the unit shall be constructed in accordance
with Chapter 20 of the National Fire Protection Association 101, Life Safety
Code, 2003 edition (NFPA 101), relating to health care occupancy, published by
the National Fire Protection Association. All documents published by the NFPA
as referenced in this section may be obtained by writing or calling the NFPA at
the following address and telephone number: P.O. Box 9101, 1 Batterymarch Park,
Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-9101, (800) 344-3555.
(2) When such units provide diagnostic,
imaging, treatment, or procedural services to patients who are not litter
borne, not under general anesthesia, and are capable of self-preservation, the
unit may be constructed in accordance with Chapter 38 of NFPA 101 (relating to
Business Occupancy).
(c) Common elements.
(1) Site requirements.
(A) Sites shall have a level concrete or
asphalt pad and be designed for the structural loads of the unit.
(B) The sites shall provide hazard-free
drop-off zones and adequate parking for patients. The site and location of the
unit shall not restrict access for fire or emergency vehicles.
(C) Each site shall provide access to the
unit for the handicapped, and wheelchair and stretcher patients.
(D) The location of the unit shall be such
that engine exhaust fumes from the unit are kept away from any fresh air intake
of the facility.
(E) When a mobile,
transportable, or relocatable unit does not move on a regular basis, i.e. every
90 days and the facility provides diagnostic and imaging services, the facility
shall provide a permanent connected enclosure appropriately for the climate
from the facility to the unit. These types of units shall be provided with the
following equipment and systems physically connected to the facility:
(i) fire alarm system;
(ii) sprinkler system;
(iii) electrical system and the essential
electrical system;
(iv) water and
waste water system;
(v) medical gas
systems; and
(vi) nurses calling
systems.
(2)
Support services. Support services shall meet the requirements of this chapter
for new construction. These support services and areas shall be provided either
within the mobile, transportable, or relocatable unit or located within the
facility adjacent to the unit served.
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