(1) A signal system is required for the following facilities:
- (a) a large facility;
- (b) a facility with bedrooms on more than one floor; and
- (c) when staff are not continuously present on the same level as any resident.
(2) The signal system shall be designed to:
- (a) operate from each resident's living unit, and from each bathroom or toilet room;
- (b) transmit a visual or auditory signal or both to a centrally staffed location, or produce an auditory signal at the living unit loud enough to summon staff;
- (c) the signal system shall be designed to turn off only at the resident calling station; and
- (d) identify the location of the resident summoning help.
KEY: health care facilities
Date of Last Change: August 20, 2018
Notice of Continuation: January 23, 2023
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26-21-5; 26-21-16