Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R9-10-1711 - Emergency and Safety StandardsA. An administrator shall ensure that: 1. A first aid kit is available at a health care institution;2. If a firearm or ammunition for a firearm are stored at a health care institution: a. The firearm is stored separate from the ammunition for the firearm; andb. The firearm and the ammunition for the firearm are: i. Stored in a locked closet, cabinet, or container; andii. Inaccessible to a patient;3. If applicable, there is a smoke detector installed in: a. A bedroom used by a patient,b. A hallway in a health care institution, andc. A health care institution's kitchen;4. A smoke detector required in subsection (A)(3): a. Is maintained in operable condition; andb. Is battery operated or, if hard-wired into the electrical system of a health care institution, has a back-up battery;5. A health care institution has a portable fire extinguisher that is labeled 1A-10-BC by the Underwriters Laboratory and is available to a personnel member;6. A portable fire extinguisher required in subsection (A)(5) is: a. If a disposable fire extinguisher, replaced when the fire extinguisher's indicator reaches the red zone; orb. Serviced at least once every 12 months and has a tag attached to the fire extinguisher that includes the date of service;7. A written evacuation plan is maintained and available for use by personnel members and any patient in a health care institution;8. An evacuation drill is conducted at least once every six months; and9. A record of an evacuation drill required in subsection (A)(8) is maintained for at least 12 months after the date of the evacuation drill.B. An administrator shall: 1. Obtain a fire inspection conducted according to the time-frame established by the local fire department or the State Fire Marshal,2. Make any repairs or corrections stated on the fire inspection report, and3. Maintain documentation of a current fire inspection.Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1711
Adopted effective July 24, 1978 (Supp. 78-4). Section repealed; new Section adopted effective July 6, 1994 (Supp. 94-3). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014.