Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 150.000 - Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities
Section 150.740 - Elevators

(A) Each facility with residents housed on other than the street floor shall provide at least one elevator of hospital type.

(B) Each facility with a capacity of more than 82 beds above the street floor shall provide no less than two elevators, one of which shall be of hospital type.

(C) Each facility of one-story construction, in which ancillary resident services are located in the basement or below grade, shall provide a hospital type elevator to accommodate resident transportation to those areas.

(D) The interior cab dimension shall be not less than 5' 0" x 7' 6" and the door opening not less than 44 inches.