Section 140.1002 - Physical Plant Environment Requirements in Limited Services Clinics(A) Notwithstanding general access requirements from the Facility Guidelines Institute's Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, a limited services clinic located on the premises of another entity is not required to provide separate exterior entrances or designated parking or to provide a patient waiting area or reception area separate from the public area of the host entity.(B) Notwithstanding general space requirements from the Facility Guidelines Institute's Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities, each limited services clinic shall have a minimum floor area of 56 square feet for each examination room, exclusive of fixed casework.(C) Those provisions of the Facility Guidelines Institute's Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities that pertain to services a particular limited services clinic does not provide (e.g., venipuncture) shall not apply to the limited services clinic.(D) Each limited services clinic shall provide a hand sanitizer dispenser outside each treatment room.(E) In accordance with 105 CMR 140.203, each limited services clinic must provide consultation, examination, treatment and dressing areas appropriate to the services provided by the clinic. Any limited services clinic intending to substantially alter or expand the scope of services provided at a clinic location must notify the Department and conform with appropriate physical plant requirements prior to implementation of any such change. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1276, eff. 12/19/2014.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1443, eff. 5/14/2021.