S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-93.2400.2405

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

Section 61-93.2400.2405 - Emergency Generator Service

A. Residential Facilities shall have an emergency generator and shall provide certification that construction and installation of emergency generator service complies with requirements of all adopted state, federal, or local codes, ordinances, and regulations.

B. Residential Facilities shall have an emergency generator that provides emergency electrical service during interruption of the normal electrical service and shall be provided 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;

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

9. Fire pump (if applicable);

10. Equipment for heating and cooling 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; and

15. Patient records when solely electronically based.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-93.2400.2405

Added by State Register Volume 44, Issue No. 06, eff. 6/26/2020.