Department Of Veterans Affairs
VA Space Planning Criteria (Chapter 272)
Washington, DC 20420
December 2006
C. Plan to minimize walking distances for patients from building main entrance to clinical
destination and from clinical waiting area to clinical exam or procedure space.
D. Centralize check-in/check-out for more efficient use of staff.
E. To create flexibility, provide patient care space to handle the widest range of patient
visits, reduce, to the extent possible, the amount of space customized for a single
patient visit type.
F. Co-locate groups of exam and office rooms so other service teams can use rooms, as
the demand fluctuates.
G. Create clinic modules with connecting corridors to allow internal circulation of patients
and staff; avoid crossing public circulation patterns to the greatest extent possible.
H. Design corridors a minimum of six (6) feet in width, to accommodate passage of two
(2) wheelchairs.
I.
In order to accommodate the designated equipment and a patient in a wheelchair,
Exam Rooms require a minimum clear dimension of 10'-0".
J. Office space for Psychologists covered in this chapter may be either centralized or
decentralized.
K. Refer to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Facilities Management
Handbooks, Standards, Standard Details, and Design Guides for technical criteria.
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