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Laws and Regulations: VA Manual M-7
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VA MANUAL M-7
553.1
Manual M-7, titled "Planning Criteria for Medical Facilities", is prepared by
the Veterans Administration, Department of Medicine and Surgery. It is
the general space criteria for all VA hospital planning and is in
conformance with Bureau of the Budget policy (Circular A-57)
553.2
Manual M-7 represents a complication of extensive investigation and the
collected judgment of many persons within the VA. It is periodically re-
evaluated and revised to respond to changing medical technology and
data gathered from various VA field stations.
553.3
It is the intent of the Prototype Design to conform to the criteria expressed
in Manual M-7 as well as those changes currently under study. It is
essential, however, that the building system allow a range of options,
which will accommodate future changes in planning criteria. Therefore,
current VA planning criteria, such as M-7, represent only one option within
the system. (See Section 634 for recommendations concerning a review
of M-7.)
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