Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-3 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE STATE MINIMUM FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS › Rule 120-3-3-.03 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) "Ambulatory
				Health Care Occupancy." A building or portion thereof used to provide services
				or treatment simultaneously to four or more patients that (1) provides, on an
				outpatient basis, treatment for patients that renders the patients incapable of
				taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions without the
				assistance of others; or (2) provides, on an outpatient basis, anesthesia that
				renders the patients incapable of taking action for self-preservation under
				emergency conditions without the assistance of others. For the purpose of
				compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) an
				Ambulatory Health Care Occupancy is a building or portion thereof used to
				provide services or treatment for one or more patients that (1) provides, on an
				outpatient basis, treatment for patient(s) that renders the patient(s)
				incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions
				without the assistance of others; or (2) provides, on an outpatient basis,
				anesthesia that renders the patient(s) incapable of taking action for
				self-preservation under emergency conditions without the assistance of others
				"
(2) "Assistive device" means a
				device that may restrain movement which has been determined to be required by a
				licensed physician, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant working under a
				protocol or job description respectively and is applied for protection from
				injury or to support or correct the body alignment of the person, for the
				treatment of a person's physical condition, and may only be used as a treatment
				intervention where a specific written plan of care has been developed and the
				resident consents to such use.
(3)
				"Assisted living care" means the specialized care and services provided by an
				assisted living community which includes the provision of personal services,
				the administration of medications by a certified medication aide and the
				provision of assisted self-preservation."
(4) "Assisted Living Community (ALC)" means
				facility serving 25 residents or more that is licensed by the Georgia
				Department of Community Health and meets the requirements of an existing health
				care occupancy found in Chapter 19 of the
Life Safety Code
or
				the requirements established in Chapter 34 or 35 of the
Life Safety
				Code
as may be applicable for new or existing facilities."
(5) "Assisted self-preservation" as applied
				to an Assisted Living Community (ALC) means the capacity of a resident to be
				evacuated from an assisted living community to a designated point of safety and
				within an established period of time as determined by the Office of the Safety
				Fire Commissioner. Assisted self-preservation is a function of all of the
				following:
(A) the condition of the
				individual;
(B) the assistance that
				is available to be provided to the individual by the staff of the assisted
				living community, and
(C) the
				construction of the building in which the assisted living community is housed,
				including whether such building meets the safety requirements applicable to an
				existing Health Care Occupancy or an Assisted Living Community as established
				by Chapter 34 or 35 of NFPA 101,
Life Safety Code
, as may be
				applicable respectively to a new or existing facility, and other safety to life
				provisions as adopted by the Rules and regulations of the Safety Fire
				Commissioner." (Also see the definition for "Self-Preservation")