North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation
Subchapter J - JAILS, LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES
Section .1500 - CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES
Section 14J .1516 - ACCESS DOORS AND PANELS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Swinging access doors to pipe and utility spaces shall be at least one foot, eight inches x four feet in size and made of 3/16 inch steel plate.
(b) Removable access panels shall be made of 3/16 inch open-hearth steel plate and shall be large enough to permit entrance.
(c) Access panels shall be secured to the wall either by 3/8 inch hex-head screws tapped into the panel opening frame and spaced not more than eight inches on center, or they shall be secured by metal lugs at the bottom of the panel and a deadlock at the top, both of which shall be mounted at the back side of the panel to provide further security.
Authority
G.S.
153A-220;
153A-221;
Eff. June
1, 1990;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 5,
2016.
