10A NCAC 13K .1209      HOSPICE INPATIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL ELECTRICAL

(a)  All main water supply shut off valves in the sprinkler system shall be electronically supervised so that if any valve is closed an alarm will sound at a continuously manned central station.

(b)  No two adjacent emergency life safety branch lighting fixtures shall be on the same circuit.

(c)  Receptacles in bathrooms shall have ground fault protection.

(d)  Each patient bed location shall be provided with a minimum of eight single or four duplex receptacles.

(e)  Each patient bed location shall be supplied by at least two branch circuits, one from the equipment branch and one from the normal system.

(f)  The fire alarm system shall be installed to transmit an alarm automatically to the fire department that is legally committed to serve the area where the facility is located, by the direct and reliable method approved by local ordinances.

(g)  In patient areas, fire alarms shall be gongs or chimes rather than horns or bells.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131E‑202;

Eff. June 1, 1991;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 22, 2018;

Amended Eff. October 1, 2021.