All cabinets must be fully enclosed with backs, bottoms, sides, and tops on wall cabinets; and backs, bottoms, and sides on base cabinets, with certain specified exceptions on kitchen sink fronts, sink bases, oven cabinets, and refrigerator cabinets.

All cabinets designed to rest on the floor must be provided with a toe space at least two inches deep and three inches high.

All utility cabinets must meet the same construction requirements as base and wall cabinets.

Doors must be properly aligned, have means of closure, and close without excessive binding or looseness.

All materials must ensure rigidity in compliance with performance standards.

Face frames, when used, must provide rigid construction.

For frameless cabinets, the ends, tops/bottoms, and back shall be of thickness necessary to provide rigid construction.

Corner or lineal bracing must be provided at points where necessary to ensure rigidity and proper joining of various components.

All wood parts must be dried to a moisture content of 10 percent or less at time of fabrication.

All materials used in cabinets must be suitable for use in the kitchen and bath environment where they may be exposed to grease, solvents, water, detergent, steam and other substances usually found in these rooms.

All exposed plywood and composition board edges must be filled and sanded, edge-banded, or otherwise finished to ensure compliance with the performance standards.

All exterior exposed parts of cabinets must have nails and staples set and holes filled.

All exposed construction joints must be fitted in a workman-like manner consistent with specifications.

Exposed cabinet hardware must comply with Builders Hardware Manufacturing Association finishing standards.