Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-12 - Small Health Care Facility-4 to 16 Beds-Construction Rule
Section R432-12-16 - Heat and Noise Reduction
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The licensee shall ensure rooms containing heat producing equipment including a furnace, heater, washer, or dryer, are insulated and ventilated to prevent floors of overhead occupied areas and adjacent walls from exceeding a temperature of 10 degrees Fahrenheit or 6 degrees Celsius above the ambient room temperature of such occupied areas.
(2) For noise reduction precautions in a small health care facility, the licensee shall ensure:
TABLE 2 SOUND TRANSMISSION LIMITATIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITES AIRBORNE SOUND TRANSMISSIONS |
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Class Sound Transmission Class (STC)(a) |
Partitions |
Floors |
Residents' room to residents' room |
35 |
40 |
Public Space to residents' room(b) |
40 |
40 |
Service areas to residents' room(c) |
45 |
45 |
(3) Sound transmission class (STC) listed in Table 2 is determined by tests in accordance with methods set forth in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) recommended standards in the plans review of Section R432-4-12.