Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-6 - Assisted Living Facility General Construction
Section R432-6-21 - Building Systems

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-6-21

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) Facilities and equipment shall be provided for the sanitary storage and treatment or disposal of all categories of waste, including hazardous and infectious wastes if applicable, using techniques acceptable to the State Department of Environmental Quality, and the local health department having jurisdiction.

(2) The following engineering service and equipment shall be provided for effective service and maintenance functions:

(a) rooms for mechanical equipment or electrical equipment;

(b) a storage room for building maintenance supplies;

(c) yard equipment and supply storage areas located so that equipment may be moved directly to the exterior of the building without passing through building rooms or corridors;

(d) central storage for supplies, equipment and miscellaneous storage in large and small facilities; and

(e) in large facilities, a separate maintenance room or office.

(3) In small and large facilities a housekeeping room shall be located on each floor of the assisted living facility. In large facilities this room shall have a floor receptor or service sink. All housekeeping rooms shall be mechanically exhausted.

(4) Sound Control for large assisted living facilities must be designed and constructed to meet the noise reduction criteria as outlined in Table 1.

TABLE 1

Sound Transmission Limitations

Airborne Sound Transmisions Class

Partitions

Floors

Residents' room to residents' room

35

40

Public space to residents' room

40

40

Service areas to residents' room

45

45
(a) Sound transmission class shall be determined by tests in accordance with methods set forth in ASTM Standard E 90 and ASTM Standard E 413. Where partitions do not extend to the structure above, sound transmission through ceilings and composite STC performance must be considered.

(b) Public space includes lobbies, dining rooms, recreation rooms, treatment rooms, and similar space.

(c) Service areas include kitchens, elevators, elevator machine rooms, laundries, garages, maintenance rooms, boilers and mechanical equipment rooms, and similar spaces of high noise. Mechanical equipment located on the same floor or above resident's rooms, offices, and similarly occupied space shall be effectively isolated from the floor.

(d) Recreation rooms, exercise rooms, equipment rooms and similar spaces where impact noises may be generated may not be located directly over residents' rooms.

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