South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-84 - Standards for Licensing Community Residential Care Facilities
Sec2 61-84.2200 - EXITS
Section 61-84.2200.2201 - Number and Locations of Exits (I)

A. The facility shall maintain halls, corridors and all other means of egress from the building to be free of obstructions.

B. Each resident room shall open directly to an approved exit access corridor without passage through another occupied space or shall have an approved exit directly to the outside at grade level and accessible to a public space free of encumbrances.

EXCEPTION: When two resident rooms share a common "sitting" area that opens onto the exit access corridor.