LEED NC vs LEED HC

Kerrie Racicot

LEEDuser Basic Member

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September 22, 2015

Hi there, We are working on project (an Ambulatory Care Center) that is primarily out-patient, however the ER is 24 hours and the Pharmacy is 24 hours. There are only 2 in-patient rooms in the entire 162,000 square foot buildings. Since most of the building is not 24-hour and is out-patient, can LEED NC be used? Thank you!

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Susan Walter

HDR

LEEDuser Expert

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Tue, 09/22/2015 - 19:18

Are you talking about having 2 'Same Day Stay' rooms or are they really doing a 2 bed inpatient unit? Language really matters here. Those 2 beds are licensed when ED beds are not. That license requires certain building features you may or may not have. Please get absolute clarification on those beds. The hours of operation for the ED and Pharmacy don't matter. Patients shouldn't be in ED over 23 hours and those instances are tracked, discussed, and monitored. If you have 2 Same Day Stay beds, you're all outpatient and good to go with NC which is what I would want to do. Here's hoping that someone is just using 'inpatient' to describe that they are different than ED. My opinion is that if you do have inpatient, the project is HC.