Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.10539 - Doors

Rule 539.

(1) Doors to required means of egress shall comply with all of the following provisions:

(a) Be side-hinged and installed at floor level.

(b) Be not less than 36 inches wide in new and converted large and secure facilities and new small facilities, and not less than 30 inches wide in remodeled and converted small facilities, except as required by R 400.10535(10).

(c) Be not less than 78 inches high in new, remodeled, and converted facilities.

(d) In large and secure facilities, doors shall be hung to swing in the direction of egress, except for doors to single-occupant rooms and bathrooms.

(e) Be equipped with at least knob-type, properly operating, approved, positive-latching, nonlocking-against-egress-type hardware which insures the opening of the door with a single motion, such as turning a knob or applying normal pressure on a latch, except as otherwise provided by subrule (2) of this rule and R 400.10173.

(2) In secure facilities, locking hardware is permitted if resident sleeping rooms are equipped with approved electric locks with mechanical overrides or if staff are present and awake, fully dressed, on duty, and in possession of keys to release residents in an emergency.

(3) Doors that enter stairs and other vertical openings and doors to fire-rated enclosures shall not be held in an open position at any time by an under-door wedge or hold-open device.

(4) Interior doors to any enclosure that is required to have not less than a 1-hour-fire-resistance rating shall be B-labeled fire doors in labeled frames and shall be equipped with positive-latching hardware and self-closing devices.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.10539

1992 AACS