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 Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015)
 Chapter449 Medical and Other Related Facilities
  INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES
  Construction and Operation: Facilities for Persons With an Intellectual Disability or Persons With a Developmental Disability

  NAC449.7328. Elevators.  

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  •      1. All facilities with services for patients or bedrooms located on floors other than the floor of the main entrance must have elevators.

         2. At least one elevator of the type used in hospitals must be provided if 1 to 59 patients are located on floors other than the floor of the main entrance. Two elevators must be provided if 60 to 200 patients are located on floors other than the floor of the main entrance. Three elevators must be provided if 201 to 350 patients are located on floors other than the floor of the main entrance. For facilities with more than 350 beds, the number of required elevators will be determined by a study of the plan of the hospital and the estimated need for vertical transportation.

         3. The cars of the elevators must have inside dimensions that will accommodate a patient’s bed and attendants and must be at least 5 feet (1.52 meters) wide and 7 1/2 feet (2.29 meters) deep.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R066-04, eff. 8-4-2004)