Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Fire Services › State Fire Safety Board › Health Care Facilities Fire Safety Rules › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 29.1803 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 3. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to
					 29.33.
(b) "Authority having
					 jurisdiction" means the director of the Michigan department of licensing and
					 regulatory affairs, an employee of the department of licensing and regulatory
					 affairs appointed by the director to implement the act, or an employee of a
					 city, village, or township delegated to enforce the code under the provisions
					 of section 2b, MCL 29.2b, of the act.
(c) "Code" means national fire protection
					 association standard no. 101, 2012 edition, entitled "life safety
					 code."
(d) "Cosmetic remodeling"
					 means surface changes made solely to the wall, floor, or ceiling, that do not
					 decrease the fire rating of the wall, floor, or ceiling, including the
					 replacement of windows and doors.
(e) "County medical care facility" means a
					 nursing care facility, other than a hospital long-term care unit, which
					 provides organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more unrelated
					 individuals who are suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or infirmity
					 and which is owned by a county or counties. For the purpose of these rules, a
					 county medical care facility is considered a nursing home.
(f) "Evacuation capability" means the ability
					 of residents, occupants, and staff, as a group, to evacuate the home for the
					 aged facility. Evacuation capability may be classified as "prompt," "slow," or
					 "impractical."
(g) "Existing
					 facility" means a facility that is licensed as a health care or mental health
					 care facility under the provisions of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1001 to 333.25211,
					 and 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, on or before December 23,
					 2014.
(h) "Existing board and care
					 home for the aged" means a facility that has provided information to the bureau
					 of community and health systems for verification that the facility was in
					 existence on or before February 11, 2018 and has been continuously
					 operating.
(i) "Freestanding
					 surgical outpatient facility" means a facility, other than the office of a
					 physician, dentist, podiatrist, or other private practice office, as defined by
					 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20104, that offers a surgical procedure and related care
					 which, in the opinion of the attending physician, can be safely performed
					 without requiring overnight inpatient hospital care. The term does not include
					 a surgical outpatient facility owned by, and operated as part of, a
					 hospital.
(j) "Freestanding
					 surgical outpatient facility, type I facility" means a freestanding surgical
					 outpatient facility that does not use anesthetics or medications which render a
					 person incapable of taking action in an emergency within 2 minutes of being
					 notified of an emergency.
(k)
					 "Freestanding surgical outpatient facility, type II facility" means a
					 freestanding surgical outpatient facility that uses anesthetics or medications
					 which render a person incapable of taking action in an emergency within 2
					 minutes of being notified of an emergency.
(l) "Health care facility" means a facility
					 as defined in section 20106 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106, and includes the
					 facilities defined in subdivisions (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o),
					 (p), (q), (t), (v), (w), (x), and (z) of this rule.
(m) "Home for the aged" means a supervised
					 personal care facility at a single address, other than a hotel, adult foster
					 care facility, hospital, nursing home, or county medical care facility that
					 provides room, board, and supervised personal care to 21 or more unrelated,
					 nontransient individuals 55 years of age or older. "Home for the aged" includes
					 a supervised personal care facility for 20 or fewer individuals who are 55
					 years of age or older if the facility is operated in conjunction with, and as a
					 distinct part of, a licensed nursing home. Home for the aged does not include
					 an area excluded from this definition by section 17(3) of the continuing care
					 community disclosure act, 2014 PA 448, MCL 554.917(3).
(n) "Hospital" means a facility that offers
					 inpatient, overnight care and services for observation, diagnosis, and active
					 treatment of an individual who has a medical, surgical, obstetric, chronic, or
					 rehabilitative condition that requires the daily direction or supervision of a
					 physician, as defined by 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106. The term does not include
					 a mental health hospital or a state-owned correctional facility.
(o) "Hospital long-term unit" means a nursing
					 care facility, owned and operated by and as part of a hospital, providing
					 organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more unrelated individuals
					 suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or infirmity.
(p) "Hospice" means a health care program
					 that provides a coordinated set of services rendered at home or in outpatient
					 or institutional setting for individuals suffering from a disease or condition
					 with a terminal prognosis.
(q)
					 "Hospice residence" is a facility that provides 24-hour hospice care to 2 or
					 more patients at a single location.
(r) "Impractical evacuation capability" means
					 that a facilitys evacuation capability is such that the facility cannot be
					 evacuated in less than 8 minutes.
(s) "Limited care facility" means a home for
					 the aged.
(t) "Mental hospital," or
					 "psychiatric hospital," means a freestanding establishment as defined by 1974
					 PA 258, MCL 330.1100b, that offers coordinated psychiatric services for the
					 observation, diagnosis, active treatment, and overnight care of persons who
					 have a mental illness, a chronic mental condition, or serious emotional
					 disturbance that requires the daily direction or supervision of physicians who
					 are licensed to practice in the state.
(u) "Mobile" means capable of removing or
					 protecting oneself from danger by one's own efforts.
(v) "Mobile and transportable health care
					 structures" mean trailers and motor homes. Mobile and transportable health care
					 structures shall comply with part 6 of these rules.
(w) "Modular units" means prefabricated units
					 that are placed on piers or foundations. Modular units shall comply with the
					 requirements of part 3 and part 4 of these rules.
(x) "Psychiatric unit" means a coordinate
					 psychiatric inpatient program of a hospital as defined in R 29.1803(n) that
					 provides services for the observation, diagnosis, active treatment, and
					 overnight care of individuals with serious mental illness, chronic mental
					 condition, or serious emotional disturbance that require the daily direction or
					 supervision of physicians who are licensed to practice in the state.
(y) "Non-mobile" means not capable of
					 removing or protecting oneself from danger by ones own efforts due to physical
					 or mental limitations.
(z) "Nursing
					 home" means a nursing care facility, including a county medical care facility
					 that provides organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more
					 unrelated individuals who are suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or
					 infirmity as defined by 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211. Nursing home
					 does not include a unit in a state correctional facility, a hospital, a hospice
					 residence, or veterans facility created under 1885 PA 152, MCL 36.1 to
					 36.12.
(aa) "Prompt evacuation
					 capability" means that a facilitys evacuation capability is such that the
					 facility can be evacuated in 3 minutes or less.
(bb) "Remodeling" means an alteration or
					 change of fire-rated assembly, or the installation of new equipment required by
					 these rules.
(cc) "Slow evacuation
					 capability" means that a facilitys evacuation capability is such that the
					 facility can be evacuated in less than 8 minutes, but more than 3
					 minutes.
(dd) "Typical smoke zone"
					 means the average size smoke zone within the facility.