Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Ambulatory means a person who is capable
of achieving mobility sufficient to exit without the physical assistance of
another person. An equivalency to Ambulatory may be approved under the
conditions stated in Subsections
R710-3-4(2)(h),
R710-3-4(3)(f),
or
R710-3-4(4)(j).
(2) Assisted Living Facility
means:
(a) a Type 1 Assisted Living Facility,
which is a residential facility subject to licensure by the Utah Department of
Health, that provides a protected living arrangement for ambulatory,
non-restrained persons who are capable of achieving mobility sufficient to exit
the facility without the physical assistance of another person;
(b) a Type 2 Assisted Living Facility, which
is a residential facility subject to licensure by the Utah Department of
Health, that provides an array of coordinated supportive personal and health
care services to residents who meet the definition of semi-independent; or
(c) a Residential
Treatment/Support Assisted Living Facility, which creates a group living
environment for four or more residents contracted by the Division of Services
to People with Disabilities and subject to licensure by the Utah Department of
Human Services, and provides a protected living arrangement for ambulatory,
non-restrained persons who are capable of achieving mobility sufficient to exit
the facility without the physical assistance of another person.
(d) Assisted Living Facilities shall be
classified by size as follows:
(i) Type 1, 2,
and Residential Treatment/Support Limited Capacity Facility means an assisted
living facility accommodating five or less residents, excluding staff.
(ii) Type 1, 2, and Residential
Treatment/Support Small Facility means an assisted living facility
accommodating at least six and not more than 16 residents, excluding staff.
(iii) Type 1, 2, and Residential
Treatment/Support Large Facility means an assisted living facility
accommodating more than sixteen residents, excluding staff.
(3) Authority Having
Jurisdiction (AHJ) means the State Fire Marshal, his duly authorized deputies,
or the local fire enforcement authority.
(4) Board means Utah Fire Prevention Board.
(5) Compromised Ambulatory
Capacity means physical or mental incapacitations that inhibit a persons
ability to exit a facility unassisted.
(6) IBC means International Building Code.
(7) ICC means International Code
Council, Inc.
(8) IFC means
International Fire Code.
(9)
Licensing Authority means the Utah Department of Health or the Utah Department
of Human Services.
(10)
Semi-independent means a person who is:
(a)
physically disabled but able to direct his or her own care; or
(b) cognitively impaired or physically
disabled but able to evacuate from the facility with the physical assistance of
one person.
(11) SFM
means State Fire Marshal.
