Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.10535 - Means of egress
Rule 535.
(1)
Means of egress shall be considered the entire way and method of passage to
free and safe ground outside a facility. All required means of egress shall be
maintained in an unobstructed, well-defined, easily traveled condition at all
times.
(2) In an existing facility,
each resident-occupied room or area shall have access to not less than 2
independent, properly separated, approved means of egress or have a doorway
leading directly to the outside at grade.
(3) In multistory secure and large
facilities, at least 1 means of egress from each floor shall be direct to the
outside or shall be through an enclosed stairway which is properly separated
from floors below and which exits directly to the outside at grade or through a
previously approved escape window.
(4) In a small facility where ambulatory
residents use a floor above the street level, 1 of the 2 required means of
egress may be an approved escape window from each resident-occupied room which
provides direct access to the ground and which has a sill height that is not
more than 5 feet above the ground below or which provides access to an approved
fire escape.
(5) In a newly
constructed, remodeled, or converted facility, each resident-occupied story,
including a resident-occupied basement, shall have not less than 2 independent
approved means of egress separated by not less than 50% of the longest
dimension of the story. Where possible, resident sleeping rooms shall be
located between approved means of egress.
When this is not possible, each exit shall be arranged so that a corridor or aisle does not have a pocket or dead end of more than 20 feet and so that not more than 4 residents have sleeping rooms with exit access on such corridor or aisle. There shall not be a hazardous area on such a dead-end corridor or aisle.
(6) In a newly constructed, remodeled, or
converted large or secure facility, additional means of egress, in addition to
the minimum of 2 required from each story, are required if the maximum possible
occupancy is more than 100 residents per story. There shall be at least 1
additional means of egress for each 100 additional residents per story. Means
of egress shall be of such number and so arranged that it is not necessary to
travel more than 100 feet from the door of a resident-occupied room to reach
the nearest approved protected exitway from that story.
(7) An elevator shall not be approved as a
required means of egress.
(8) A
means of egress shall not be used to house residents or for storage of any kind
and shall not be obstructed or hidden from view by ornamentation, curtains, or
other appurtenances.
(9) Each
required means of egress from floors where nonambulatory residents are
permitted shall discharge at grade or shall be equipped with a ramp which
terminates at grade level. Ramps shall not exceed 1 foot of rise in 12 feet of
run and shall have sturdy handrails. Once at grade, nonambulatory residents
shall have a surface that is sufficient to permit them to move a safe distance
from the facility.
(10) In a small
facility that houses 1 or more nonambulatory residents, required aisles that
form part of a required means of egress from portions of the facility housing
such residents shall be not less than 48 inches wide in a new facility and not
less than 44 inches wide in a converted facility and shall have doors that are
a minimum of 36 inches wide.
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