Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
Bureau of Fire Services
Adult Foster Care Facilities
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section R. 400.18103 - Definitions

(a) "Act" means 1979 PA 218, MCL 400.701 to 400.737

(b) "Adult foster care facility" has the same meaning as defined in the act.

(c) "Approved" means acceptable to the bureau of fire services, unless specifically indicated otherwise in these rules.

(d) "Authority having jurisdiction" means the bureau of fire services, an employee of the bureau of fire services, or an employee of a city, village, or township delegated to enforce the code under section 2b of the act.

(e) "Code" means national fire protection association standard no. 101, 2006 edition, entitled "life safety code."

(f) "Congregate facility" means an adult foster care facility with the approved capacity to receive more than 20 adults for foster care.

(g) "Conversion" means either of the following:

(h) "Cosmetic remodeling" means surface changes made solely to the wall, floor, or ceiling, that do not decrease the fire rating of the wall, floor, or ceiling, including the replacement of windows and doors.

(i) "Department" means the Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(j) "Evacuation capability" means the ability of residents, occupants, and staff, as a group, to evacuate the adult foster care facility. Evacuation capability may be classified as "prompt," "slow," or "impractical."

(k) "Existing facility" means a facility that was licensed before the effective date of these rules or a change in facility ownership without a conversion of the facility.

(l) "Grade" means a reference plane that represents the average of finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls. When the finished ground level slopes away from the exterior walls, the reference plane shall be established by the lowest points within the area between the building and the lot line or, when the lot line is more than 6 feet (1,829 mm) from the building, between the building and a point 6 feet (1,829 mm) from the building.

(m) "Impractical" means that a facilitys evacuation capability is such that the facility cannot be evacuated in less than 8 minutes.

(n) "Interconnected" means that the entire fire alarm system is connected together so that, when 1 alarm device is activated, a general alarm will sound which shall be audible in all habitable areas.

(o) "Licensee" means the agency, association, corporation, company, organization, person or persons, or department or agency of the state, county, city, or other political subdivision that has been issued a license to operate an adult foster care facility.

(p) "Listed" means the material listed by an approved independent nationally recognized testing laboratory acceptable to the bureau of fire services.

(q) "Large facility" means an adult foster care facility with the approved capacity to receive at least 13 but not more than 20 adults for foster care.

(r) "Maintenance" means repair that is required to keep the building and its component parts in an operative condition at all times. "Maintenance" includes the replacement of a buildings components when, for any reason, they become undependable or inoperable, but does not include remodeling.

(s) "New" means a facility licensed after the effective date of these rules or a facility licensed before the effective date of the rules that changes license category.

(t) "Prompt" means that a facilitys evacuation capability is such that the facility can be evacuated in 3 minutes or less.

(u) "Remodeling" means an alteration or change of fire-rated assembly, or the installation of new equipment required by these rules.

(v) "Resident" means a person who is receiving adult foster care and resides in an adult foster care facility.

(w) "Slow" means that a facilitys evacuation capability is such that the facility can be evacuated in less than 8 minutes, but more than 3 minutes.

(x) "Small facility" means an adult foster care facility with the approved capacity to receive at least 7 but not more than 12 adults for foster care.

(y) "Story above grade" means any story that has its finished floor surface entirely above grade, except that a basement shall be considered as a story above grade when the distance from grade to the finished surface of the floor above the basement is more than 6 feet (1,829 mm) for more than 50% of the total perimeter.

(z) "Twin-twenty" means 2 20-bed facilities that are attached or located inside the same building, separated from each other by not less than a 2-hour fire wall.

(aa) "Usable floor space" means floor space under a ceiling not less than 6 feet 6 inches in height, excluding closets.