Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 553 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Subchapter D - FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
Division 6 - EXISTING LARGE TYPE A ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
Section 553.130 - General Requirements for an Existing Large Type A Assisted Living Facility
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 553.130
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) An existing large Type A assisted living facility must comply with the requirements for a slow evacuation capability facility in 33.3, Large Facilities, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies, where referenced by this division, except as permitted by subsection (b) of this section.
(b) An existing large Type A assisted living facility campus comprised of multiple buildings providing sleeping rooms for no more than 16 residents in any one building may comply with other provision in NFPA 101, as follows.
(1) Each individual building providing
sleeping rooms on the campus may comply with the requirements for a slow
evacuation capability facility in 33.2, Small Facilities, in NFPA 101, Chapter
33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies.
(2) Other buildings on the campus that are
part of the existing large Type A assisted living facility may be permitted to
comply with the requirements for other occupancies in NFPA 101, subject to
approval by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
(3) The provisions of this subsection do not
apply where any building provides sleeping rooms for more than 16
residents.
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