{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-534.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-534.02","heading":"Environmental health standards.","body":"(a)\nPersons responsible for maintenance of the physical plant, including housekeeping, shall be specifically identified.\n\n(b)\nTreatment rooms shall have a minimum clear floor area sufficient to permit removal of a patient by stretcher. A lavatory or sink with handwashing facility with controls appropriate for mode sterility technique used by the facility shall be provided.\n\n(c)\nIllumination shall provide at least the equivalent of 100 foot candles of light at the examining table, as well as in the surgical area.\n\n(d)\nThere shall be a preventive maintenance program for mechanical equipment and medical devices. This program of prevention maintenance should include, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled inspection of medical equipment.\n\n(e)\nThere shall be convenient handwashing facilities and/or necessary control valves to minimize the potential of cross contamination.\n\n(f)\nAn environmental monitoring program, which shall include environmental surveillance and infection surveillance, shall be established and followed routinely.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 5. Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice and Home Care Licensure.","Subchapter I-A. Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Licensure.","Part D. Center Equipment and Maintenance."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-534.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"509195208a3568211dd7eb4c991edcad1a16a4d7149cd107ba47049fbbb9eeb7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-534.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-535.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}