Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 24 - Mental Health › Part 2 - Operational Standards for Mental Health, Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Community Service Providers › Chapter 13 - Health and Safety › Rule 24-2-13.2 - Local Fire, Health and Safety Codes

Current through June 25, 2024
A. All service
				locations must meet state and local fire, health, and safety codes with
				documentation maintained at each site, as follows:
1. Each service location must be inspected
				and approved by appropriate local and/or state fire, health and safety agencies
				at least annually (within the anniversary month of the last inspection), and
				there must be written records at each location of fire and health inspections.
				(Exclusion: Supported Living and Shared Supported Living service locations that
				are not owned or controlled by a certified agency provider and Host Homes.) MS
				State Department of Health inspections are not required for all service
				locations; only service locations outlined in Rule 13.2.A.10.
2. Safety inspections conducted by reputable
				fire safety agencies are permissible only for community living service
				locations in lieu of local or state inspection(s). Documentation of these
				inspections must be maintained at the service location. (Exclusion: Supported
				Living and Shared Supported Living service locations that are not owned or
				controlled by a certified agency provider and Host Homes.)
3. Documentation by appropriate fire and
				health authorities that noted citations have been corrected must be maintained
				at each location. (Exclusion: Supported Living and Shared Supported Living
				service locations that are not owned or controlled by a certified agency
				provider and Host Homes.)
4.
				Service locations with an existing sprinkler system must have an annual
				inspection by a licensed company. This documentation must be maintained at the
				service location. (Exclusion: Supported Living and Shared Supported Living
				service locations that are not owned or controlled by a certified agency
				provider and Host Homes.)
5. Each
				service location must have an established method of scheduled fire equipment
				inspection that includes: (Exclusion: Supported Living and Shared Supported
				Living service location that are not owned or controlled by a certified agency
				provider and Host Homes.)
(a) An annual
				inspection by an outside source (i.e., fire marshal, fire department
				representative, fire/safety company) that results in a dated tag on each fire
				extinguisher.
6. Each
				service location must provide operable 2A-10B, C multi-purpose fire
				extinguishers in fixed locations that are readily accessible for use in the
				facility/home and document that all fire extinguishers are properly maintained
				and serviced. Facilities/homes must have evidence that fire extinguishers are
				being recharged or replaced, as needed, but at a minimum every six (6) years.
				Fire extinguishers that cannot be recharged for whatever reason must be
				replaced immediately.
7. Each
				service location must have, at a minimum, operable fire extinguishers and
				alarms/detectors located throughout the location in all areas where conditions
				warrant (i.e., flammable storage areas, kitchens, laundry areas, garages, gas
				water heater locations) and must be mounted in a secure manner.
8. Each service location must have, at a
				minimum, operable carbon monoxide detectors located in any building where
				natural gas or any other source of carbon monoxide emission is used or where
				there is an open flame (e.g., gas heater, gas water heater, etc.). One (1)
				carbon monoxide detector must be located in every one thousand (1,000) square
				foot area or less.
9. Each service
				location must provide evidence and documentation of a systematic pest control
				program. This documentation must be maintained at each location. For apartment
				settings, the agency provider must show documentation that the apartment
				complex provides pest control. (Exclusion: Supported Living and Shared
				Supported Living service locations that are not owned or controlled by a
				certified agency provider and Host Homes.)
10. Crisis Residential Units and Primary
				Substance Use Rehabilitation and Treatment Services with certified capacities
				of sixteen (16) or more participants shall obtain a Food Service Permit from
				the MS State Department of Health.