South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-93 - Standards for Licensing Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
Sec2 61-93.2600 - PHYSICAL PLANT
Section 61-93.2600.2604 - Exits (I)
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
A. If exit doors and cross-corridor doors are locked, the requirements under Special Locking Arrangements shall be met as applicable to the code listed in Section 1900.
B. Facilities shall maintain halls, corridors, and all other means of egress from the building free of obstructions.
C. Facilities shall not assign Patients needing physical or verbal assistance to exit the building to rooms located above or below the floor of exit discharge.
D. Facilities shall ensure that each Patient room opens directly to an approved exit access corridor without passage through another occupied space or has an approved exit directly to the outside at grade level and accessible to a public space free of encumbrances. When two (2) Patient rooms share a common "sitting" area, the "sitting" area shall open onto the exit access corridor.
