Section 787.18 - Lighting and Power System(a) All rooms, attics, basements, passageways, and other spaces shall be provided with artificial illumination, as set forth in Part 3, Title 24, California Code of Regulations.(b) All client rooms shall have a minimum of 30 foot candles of light delivered to reading or working surfaces and not less than 20 foot candles of light in the rest of the room.(c) All accessible areas of corridors, storerooms, stairways, ramps, exits and entrances shall have a minimum of 20 foot candles of light.(d) Auxiliary lighting and power facilities shall be provided as required by Part 3, Title 24, California Code of Regulations. Flashlights shall be in readiness for use at all times. Open-flame type of light shall not be used.(e) The licensee shall provide and maintain an emergency electrical system in safe operating condition and in compliance with subsections (d), (e) and (f). The system shall serve all lighting, signals, alarms and equipment required to permit continued operation of all necessary functions of the mental health rehabilitation center for a minimum of six hours.(f) If the Department determines that an evaluation of the emergency electrical system of a mental health rehabilitation center or portion thereof is necessary, the Department may require the licensee to submit a report by a registered electrical engineer which shall establish a bias for alteration of the system to provide reasonable compliance with Part 3, Title 24, California Code of Regulations. Essential engineering data, including load calculations, assumptions and tests, and, where necessary, plans and specifications, acceptable to the Department, shall be submitted in substantiation of the report. When corrective action is determined to be necessary, the work shall be initiated and completed within an acceptable time limit.(g) The emergency lighting and power system shall be maintained in operating condition to provide automatic restoration of power for emergency circuits within ten seconds after normal power failure.(h) Emergency generators shall be tested at least every 14 days under full load condition for a minimum of 30 minutes.(i) A written record of inspection, performance, exercising period, and repair of the emergency electrical system shall be maintained on the premises and available for inspection by the Department.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 9, § 787.18
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 784.52 to new section 787.18 filed 8-21-97; operative 8-21-97 (Register 97, No. 34). Note: Authority cited: Sections 5675 and 5768, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 3 of Chapter 678 of the Statutes of 1994. Reference: Sections 5675 and 5768, Welfare and Institutions Code.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 784.52 to new section 787.18 filed 8-21-97; operative 8-21-97 (Register 97, No. 34).