(a) The rules required by this chapter must include the following requirements:

1. (1) In all hotels, motels, and buildings containing three (3) or more sleeping rooms that rent for a fee, an emergency sign must be permanently affixed to the back of each guestroom or room door and by the entrance to a required exitway where there is an interior door with corridors to the exitway.
2. (2) In all apartments covered by this chapter, an emergency sign must be permanently affixed in a prominent location.

(b) The emergency signs required by subsection (a) must contain the following information:

1. (1) Instructions on practical emergency procedures in case of fire or other emergency.
2. (2) In hotels, motels, and buildings containing three (3) or more sleeping rooms that rent for a fee only, a statement describing the number of doors (to the left or right) to a fire exit.

(c) In addition, the rules required by this chapter must include requirements for the letter size, color, content, location, and overall size of the emergency signs required by this chapter.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.139, SEC.1.