Elevators
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, §§ 3, 71, and 72Department of Public Health
- (A) Each facility with residents housed on other than the street floor shall provide at least one elevator of hospital type.
- (B) Each facility with a capacity of more than 82 beds above the street floor shall provide no less than two elevators, one of which shall be of hospital type.
- (C) Each facility of one-story construction, in which ancillary resident services are located in the basement or below grade, shall provide a hospital type elevator to accommodate resident transportation to those areas.
- (D) The interior cab dimension shall be not less than 5' 0" x 7' 6" and the door opening not less than 44 inches.