(a) Examination rooms shall be provided adequate to meet the volume of work to be accomplished, and each room shall provide a minimum of seventy (70) square feet of usable floor space. In new construction or renovations, eighty (80) square feet of usable floor space shall be provided.
(b) An examining room shall have a handwash lavatory within the room, equipped with a gooseneck inlet and wrist, knee or foot controls.
(c) A change area shall be provided for patients and provisions made for the safe storage of their personal effects.
(d) Operating or procedure rooms shall be provided adequate to meet the volume of work to be accomplished, and each room shall provide a minimum one hundred twenty (120) square feet of usable floor space. In new construction, one hundred fifty (150) square of usable floor space shall be provided.
(e) Explosive anesthetic agents shall not be used in the rooms.
(f) A supply of oxygen with appropriate masks or other means of administration shall be available in each operating room.
(g) The room shall be designed to permit transfer of a patient from the table to a stretcher and to permit sufficient clearance on either side and at the foot of the table with necessary equipment and supplies in place.
(h) A nurse call signal shall be provided from the procedure and examining room to a central control station.
(i) A scrub sink with gooseneck outlet shall be available in or adjacent to the procedure rooms.
(j) Single use soap, scrub brushes and towels shall be utilized in patient care areas.
(k) The room shall contain a suitable operating table and other equipment necessary for the types of procedures to be accommodated.
(l) Space for and sterilization equipment shall be provided to process all medical supplies which require sterilization between uses. Equipment shall have sufficient capacity to accommodate the work load of the facility, and controls acceptable to the Director shall be used to check effectiveness and assure sterilization.