Title: Section 715-2.5 - Construction standards for ambulatory surgery facilities

715-2.5 Construction standards for ambulatory surgery facilities.

(a) Ambulatory Surgery facilities shall comply with Chapter 20, "New Ambulatory Health Care Occupancies", of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2000 edition. This material is described in more detail in section 711.2(a) of this Title.

(b) Where an ambulatory surgery facility includes medical gas installations and clinical vacuum systems and is part of a larger building that does not comply with or exceeds the fire safety requirements applicable to installation of medical gases and clinical vacuum systems described in NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2000 edition, and NFPA 99, Standard for Health Care Facilities, 1999 edition, there shall be not less than one hour fire-related separation between the ambulatory surgery facility and other parts of the building.

(c) Ambulatory surgery facilities shall comply with Chapter 3.7, "Specific Requirements for Outpatient Surgical Facilities", of Part 3, "Ambulatory Care Facilities", of Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, 2000 edition. Chapter 3.8, "Specific Requirements for Office Surgical Facilities", of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, 2010 edition, shall not apply to any ambulatory surgery facilities. Chapter 3.9, “Specific Requirements for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Facilities”, of Part 3, "Ambulatory Care Facilities", shall apply to any part of a multi-service ambulatory surgery facility, or a complete single-specialty ambulatory surgery facility dedicated to gastrointestinal or endoscopy procedures. The referenced materials in this clause are described in more detail in section 711.2(b)(8) of this Title.