Life Safety (LS) (Nursing Care Center / Nursing Care Center)
Smoke alarms - Physician/Staff Sleeping Rooms
Publish | January 01, 0001
What is the requirement for smoke alarms in non-patient sleeping rooms?
While The Joint Commission does not survey for the requirements of Chapter 28/29 Hotels and Dormitories of the Life Safety Code, the principals contained those chapters are used to accommodate a non-patient overnight stay condition, therefore per 28/29.3.4.5, a single-station smoke alarm is required in all staff/physician sleeping rooms in accordance with 9.6.2.10. Single station operated smoke alarm is required, not a smoke detector that relies upon activation of the fire alarm system. Therefore per 9.6.2.10.4, alarms shall sound only within the individual area, and not activate the building fire alarm system unless otherwise permitted by the AHJ, and remote annunciation is permitted. [LS.02.01.34]
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