N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-15.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 8:43A-15.2 - Drills, tests, and inspections

(a) Drills of emergency plans shall be conducted on each shift at least quarterly. The facility shall maintain documentation of all drills, including the date, hour, description of the drill, participating staff, and signature of the person in charge. The drills on each shift shall include at least one drill for emergencies due to fire and one drill for emergencies due to disasters other than fire, such as storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat, or radiological accident.

(b) The facility shall perform semi-annual visual inspections and annual operational tests of the building's manual-pull alarm system and shall maintain documentation of inspections, test dates, locations of manual-pull alarms tested, persons testing the alarms, and results of the tests.

(c) Fire extinguishers shall be examined annually and maintained in accordance with manufacturers' requirements, National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A.) 10, as amended and supplemented, and N.J.A.C. 5:70, the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code.

(d) The facility shall request, at least annually, that a fire inspection be performed by the local fire code authority, and the request shall be documented. The date of inspection, the results, and the inspector or agent conducting the inspection shall be documented.

(e) There shall be at least a semiannual inspection of the fire detection system. The date of inspection, the results, and the inspector or agent conducting the inspection shall be documented.

(f) There shall be at least a semiannual inspection of the automatic sprinkler system, if applicable. The date of inspection, the results, and the inspector or agent conducting the inspection shall be documented.

(g) There shall be at least monthly testing of emergency lighting. A logbook shall be maintained which shall include the date of each test, the results, and the person conducting the test.

(h) There shall be an elevator inspection, if applicable, in accordance with 5:23-12.3 of the Elevator Safety Subcode. The date of inspection, the results, and the licensed official or inspector conducting the inspection shall be documented.

(i) There shall be at least an annual inspection of the heating and ventilation system. The date of inspection, the results, and the inspector or agent conducting the inspection shall be documented.

(j) The temperature of the hot water used in the facility shall be tested and documented in accordance with the policies and procedures of the facility.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-15.2

Amended by R.2008 d.24, effective 1/22/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 2309(a), 40 N.J.R. 702(a).
In (b), substituted "semi-annual visual inspections and annual operational" for "quarterly", and "manual-pull" for "manual pull" twice, and inserted "inspections,".
Notice of readoption with technical change, effective 1/3/2022.
See: 54 N.J.R. 60(a).