NY Educ L § 807-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 17 - Instruction in Certain Subjects 807-B - College Fire Inspections.

§ 807-b. College  fire  inspections.  1.  It  shall be the duty of the   college authorities in general charge of the operation of any public  or   independent  college  to  cause  the buildings under the jurisdiction of   such college containing classroom, dormitory, fraternities,  sororities,   laboratory,  physical  education,  dining or recreational facilities for   student use to be inspected at least annually  for  fire  hazards  which   might  endanger  the  lives of students, teachers and employees therein.   Inspections of all public and independent college  buildings,  with  the   exception  of  those within a city having a population of one million or   more, shall be conducted by the state  office  of  fire  prevention  and   control  or  a  designee  of the state fire administrator. An inspection   report shall be produced by the  inspecting  agency  for  each  building   inspected.2.  The  annual  fire  inspection  for public and independent colleges   shall be made when the college is in session.3. The office of fire prevention and control is  authorized  to  adopt   rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for the content and   frequency  of  such  inspections  in  order  to  ensure  compliance with   applicable fire safety standards. In the event violations of  applicable   codes,  rules and regulations pertaining to fire safety are found during   inspections, the office of fire prevention and control is authorized  to   take   appropriate  actions  to  ensure  that  violations  are  promptly   remedied.4. The state fire administrator shall prescribe the format of the fire   inspection  report.  In  prescribing  such   format   the   state   fire   administrator  shall consider standards for fire safety set forth in the   uniform fire prevention and building  code  and  other  applicable  fire   safety standards.5.  Within  ninety  days  of completing such inspection, the office of   fire prevention and control or its designee shall file  a  copy  of  the   report  with  the  office  of  the  college  authorities  and  with  the   commissioner.  All such reports so filed shall be kept as records for at   least three years after which period they may be destroyed.  A  copy  of   such  report  shall  also  be  filed with the chief, or other comparable   officer, of any fire  department  or  fire  corporation  which  has  the   regular duty of fighting fire in the building inspected.6.  The  office  of  fire prevention and control or its designee shall   make recommendations to the college  authorities  with  respect  to  any   problems  relating  to  building  fire safety noted in such reports. The   commissioner may inspect or cause to be inspected at any reasonable time   for fire prevention and fire protection purposes the buildings  required   to  be  inspected by this section. The commissioner may impose a fine of   up to five hundred dollars  per  day  upon  any  public  or  independent   college which fails to remedy, to the satisfaction of the office of fire   prevention  and  control,  any violation noted in a report within thirty   days of receiving a copy of such report.7. Every  public  or  independent  college  building  required  to  be   inspected  by  the office of fire prevention and control or its designee   may also be examined for fire protection purposes at any reasonable time   bya. the chief of the fire department of the city, town, village or fire   district in which the college building is located,b. the chief of a fire corporation having its headquarters  outside  a   village or fire district, if the college building is located in the area   described in the certificate of incorporation of such company,c.  the  chief  of  the fire department or fire company affording fire   protection to a fire district, fire protection district, or  fire  alarm    district  pursuant  to a contract, if the college building is located in   any such district,d.  the  member  of  any  fire  department  or  fire company listed in   paragraphs a, b or c of this subdivision assigned by the chief.8. Any person, or any public or other corporation for which  any  such   persons  acts,  shall  not  be liable for any error, omission or lack of   thoroughness in the making of the  inspection  and  report  required  or   permitted by this section.9.  The term "college authorities", as used in this section, means the   board of trustees, board of  directors,  or  other  governing  board  in   general charge of the operation of any such college.10.  The  term "public college" shall mean and include "state-operated   institutions", "statutory or contract colleges" and "community colleges"   as defined in section three hundred fifty of this chapter.11. The term "independent college"  shall  mean  colleges  other  than   those included within subdivision ten of this section.