PURPOSE: This rule specifies the requirements for fire safety, general safety and operating features in a hospital.
- (1) Each hospital shall comply with the “Operating Features” requirements of Chapter 31 of NFPA 101, 1994. New hospitals or portions of hospitals constructed or remodeled after the effective date of this amendment shall be maintained so that the building and its various operating systems comply with NFPA 99, 1993 and NFPA 101, 1994. Existing hospital facilities constructed prior to the effective date of this amendment shall maintain and operate the building in compliance with the design and safety regulations in effect at the time of their construction.
- (2) Each hospital shall be maintained in good repair to facilitate the maintenance of an appropriate health care delivery environment and to minimize hazards. 19 CSR 30-20
- (3) Each hospital shall develop a mechanism for the identification and abatement of occupant safety hazards in their facilities. Any safety hazard or threat to the general safety of patients, staff or the public shall be corrected.
- (4) Each hospital shall develop and maintain current a disaster plan which is specified to its facility for response to man-made or natural disasters. Annex 1 of NFPA 99, 1993 shall be used as a guide in the preparation and revision of the hospital’s health care disaster plan.
AUTHORITY: sections 192.006 and 197.080, RSMo 2000.* This rule previously filed as 19 CSR 30-20.021(3)(K). Original rule filed June 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008.
*Original authority: 192.006, RSMo 1993, amended 1995 and 197.080, RSMo 1953, amended 1993, 1995.