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Exception No. 1: Key-locking devices that restrict access to the room
from the corridor and that are operable only by staff from the corridor
side shall be permitted. Such devices shall not restrict egress from the
room.
Exception No. 2: Door-locking arrangements shall be permitted in
health care occupancies, or portions of health care occupancies,
where the clinical needs of the patients require specialized security
measures for their safety, provided that keys are carried by staff at all
times.
3. Exit access doors from hospital and nursing home sleeping rooms,
diagnostic and treatment rooms or areas such as X-ray, surgery and
physical therapy, all doors between these spaces and the required
exits, and all exit doors serving these spaces shall be at least one
hundred twelve (112) centimeters. Doors to residential-custodial
sleeping rooms and door to nursery sleeping rooms and all exit doors
serving these spaces shall be at least ninety one centimeters (91 cm)
wide.
4. Any door in a fire separation, horizontal exit or a smoke partition may
be held open only by an electrical device which complies with
Section 10.2.5.3. Each of the following systems shall be so arranged as
to initiate the self-closing action throughout the entire health care
facility.
a. The required alarm system
b. The required automatic fire detection system
c. An approved automatic fire suppression system,
5. Doors in stair enclosures and in walls surrounding hazardous areas shall
not be equipped with hold-open devices.
E. Stairs and Smokeproof Enclosures
Every stair and smokeproof enclosure shall be in accordance with Section
10.2.5.4.
F. Horizontal Exits
A horizontal exit shall be in conformance with Section 10.2.5.6and/or as
modified in this subsection.
1. At least two and eight-tenths (2.80) square meter per occupant in a
hospital or nursing home or one and four-tenths (1.40) square meter
per occupant in a residential-custodial care institution shall be
provided on each side of the horizontal exit for the total number of
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