Indiana Administrative Code
Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
Article 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 9 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions
Section 9-88 - Halls, windows, doors, and exits

(a) All stairways, halls, aisles, corridors, and exits shall be lighted at all times and free of any obstructions.

(b) All interior exit stairways shall be enclosed in accordance with 675 IAC unless equivalent fire protection is provided as determined under 675 IAC.

(c) Exits shall not pass through kitchens, storerooms, bathrooms, closets, or spaces used for similar purposes.

(d) The occupant load for which means of egress shall be provided for any floor shall be determined in accordance with 675 IAC.

(e) All buildings shall have openings consisting of windows or doors in accordance with 675 IAC.

(f) Windows which are hazardous to children shall be equipped with screens or guards which shall be attached in such a way that they may either be removed from the outside or broken into from the outside in case of fire.

(g) All exit doors shall be readily accessible and usable at all times, shall swing in the direction of exit travel, and shall discharge directly to the outside. Exit doors shall be equipped with panic hardware or the equivalent, when required, in accordance with 675 IAC.

(h) Every interior door shall be such that children can open the door from the inside, except that a confinement room may be locked as provided under section 58 of this rule.

(i) Bathroom door locks shall be designed to permit opening a locked door from the outside in an emergency. The opening device shall be readily accessible to the staff.