Section R432-12-16 - Heat and Noise Reduction(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: (a) recreation rooms, exercise rooms, and similar spaces where impact noises may be generated are not located directly over resident-bed areas unless special accommodations are made to minimize such noise;(b) sound transmission limitations confirm to Table 2;(c) there is consideration of sound transmission through ceilings and composite sound transmission class (STC) performance where partitions do not extend to the structure above;(d) service areas requiring sound transmission determinations include kitchens, elevators, elevator machine rooms, laundries, garages, maintenance rooms, boiler and mechanical equipment rooms, and similar spaces of high noise; and(e) mechanical equipment located on the same floor or above residents' rooms, offices, nurses' stations, and similarly occupied space is effectively isolated from the floor. TABLE 2 SOUND TRANSMISSION LIMITATIONS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITES AIRBORNE SOUND TRANSMISSIONS |
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.Utah Admin. Code R432-12-16
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-22, effective 11/9/2023