S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-78.2200.2202

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-78.2200.2202 - Emergency Generator Service

A. Hospice Facilities shall provide certification that construction and installation of emergency generator service complies with requirements of all adopted codes.

B. In addition to compliance with codes adopted in this regulation, a Hospice Facility shall include an emergency generator to deliver emergency electrical service during interruption of the normal electrical service to the distribution system as follows:

1. Exit lights and exit directional signs;

2. Exit access corridor lighting;

3. Lighting of means of egress and staff work areas;

4. Fire detection and alarm systems;

5. In patient care areas;

6. Signal system;

7. Equipment necessary for maintaining telephone service and all life safety systems;

8. Elevator service that will reach every patient floor when rooms are located on other than the ground floor;

9. Fire pump;

10. Equipment for heating patient rooms;

11. Public restrooms;

12. Essential mechanical equipment rooms;

13. Battery-operated lighting and a receptacle in the vicinity of the emergency generator;

14. Alarm systems, water flow alarm devices, and alarms required for medical gas systems;

15. Patient records when solely electronically based.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-78.2200.2202

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 04, eff. 4/22/2016.