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 553.133 - Means of Egress Requirements for an Existing Large Type A Assisted Living Facility
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) An existing large Type A assisted living facility must meet the requirements of 33.3.2, Means of Egress, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies, except as described in this section.
(b) The provisions of 33.3.2.11.2, Lockups, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies, are not permitted.
(c) An existing large Type A assisted living facility must ensure doors meet the requirements of 33.3.2.2.2, Doors, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies, and the additional requirements of this section.
(d) An existing large Type A assisted living facility providing spaces for use by residents on floors other than the ground floor must provide at least two separate approved stairs and must ensure stairs used as a means of egress meet the requirements of 33.3.2.2.3, Stairs, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies.
(e) An existing large Type A assisted living facility must ensure means of egress are marked according to the requirements of 33.3.2.10, Marking of Means of Egress, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies.
(f) An existing large Type A assisted living facility containing more than 25 sleeping rooms must provide emergency lighting, according to the requirements of 33.3.2.9, Emergency Lighting, in NFPA 101, Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Occupancies, unless each sleeping room has a direct exit to the outside at the finished ground level.
