Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-500 - Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Center Rules
Section R432-500-30 - Sanitation Facilities
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The licensee shall provide:
(2) Any toilet and bathroom doors used by patients and opening inward toward the bath or toilet room shall also allow the door to be removed from the outside of the bath or toilet room.
(3) The use of exposed element portable heaters is prohibited.
(4) If virulent agents are tested in the facility, the licensee shall provide a shielded exhaust hood or other equivalent protective device.
(5) The licensee shall ensure:
(6) The licensee shall provide facilities and equipment for the sanitary storage and treatment or disposal of any categories of waste, including hazardous and infectious wastes if applicable, using techniques acceptable to the department of Environmental Quality, and the local health department with jurisdiction.
(7) The licensee shall ensure trash chutes, laundry chutes, and dumb waiters are safe and sanitary, and trash and laundry chutes, elevators, dumb waiters, message tubes, and other systems do not pump contaminated air into clean areas.