Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 26 - KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES › Article 52 - CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTERS › Section 26-52-8 - Environmental requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) General
			 building requirements.
(1) Each applicant and
			 each licensee shall comply with the requirement that a crisis intervention
			 center is connected to public water and sewage systems, where available. If
			 public water and sewage systems are not available, each applicant and each
			 licensee shall obtain approval for any private water and sewage systems by the
			 health authorities having jurisdiction over private water and sewage systems
			 where the center is located. Each applicant and each licensee shall submit to
			 the department a certificate of approval and copies of any compliance
			 documentation issued by the public or private health authorities having
			 jurisdiction over the water and sewage systems where the center is located
			 stating that the crisis intervention center is approved for connection to the
			 public or private water and sewage systems.
(2) Each applicant and each licensee shall
			 use a licensed architect for the plans for any newly constructed building that
			 contains a crisis intervention center or for any addition or substantial
			 alteration to the interior or exterior of an existing building that contains a
			 center.
(A) Each applicant and each licensee
			 shall provide to the department copies of plans and outline specifications,
			 including plot plans, for a new building that contains a crisis intervention
			 center prior to commencement of construction. Each applicant and each licensee
			 shall provide to the department proof of compliance received from the Kansas
			 state fire marshal for any new building which certifies that the building that
			 contains a center complies with the building code requirements in
			 K.A.R.
			 22-1-2, the adopted codes and national fire
			 protection association (NFPA) standards in
			 K.A.R.
			 22-1-3, and the code footprint requirements
			 in K.A.R.
			 22-1-7. Each applicant and each licensee
			 shall provide to the department copies of the certificate of compliance or
			 approval from the appropriate state, county, and local authorities that the new
			 building meets building code requirements, zoning, and ordinance requirements
			 for the intended use as a crisis intervention center.
(B) Each applicant and each licensee shall
			 provide to the department copies of plans and outline specifications for any
			 proposed addition or substantial renovation to an existing building that
			 contains a crisis intervention center prior to initiation of construction. Each
			 applicant and each licensee shall provide to the department proof of compliance
			 received from the Kansas state fire marshal for any proposed addition or
			 substantial alteration to an existing building that contains a center, which
			 certifies that the addition or alteration to the existing building complies
			 with the building code requirements in
			 K.A.R.
			 22-1-2, the adopted codes and national fire
			 protection association (NFPA) standards in
			 K.A.R.
			 22-1-3, and the code footprint requirements
			 in K.A.R.
			 22-1-7. Each applicant and each licensee
			 shall provide to the department copies of the certificate of compliance or
			 approval from the appropriate state, county, and local authorities that
			 certifies the addition or substantial alteration of an existing building meets
			 applicable building code requirements, zoning, and ordinance requirements for
			 the intended use as a crisis intervention center.
(C) If construction on a crisis intervention
			 center is not begun within one year from the date of submission to the
			 department of the documentation required in paragraph (a)(2)(A) or paragraph
			 (a)(2)(B) of this regulation, or there is a substantial change in the plans for
			 the center previously submitted to the department, each applicant and each
			 licensee shall resubmit to the department the following:
(i) The current version of the plans for a
			 new building or an addition or alteration of an existing building prior to
			 initiation of construction of a center;
(ii) a current certificate of compliance from
			 the Kansas state fire marshal required by either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
			 paragraph (a)(2)(B) of this regulation; and
(iii) a current certificate of compliance or
			 approval from the appropriate state, county, and local authority required by
			 either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or paragraph (a)(2)(B) of this
			 regulation.
(D) Each
			 applicant and each licensee shall provide the department with copies of the
			 current certificate of compliance from the Kansas state fire marshal that the
			 completed construction of the building that contains a crisis intervention
			 center, or an addition or substantial alteration of an existing building that
			 contains a center complies with the building code requirements in
			 K.A.R.
			 22-1-2, the adopted codes and national fire
			 protection association (NFPA) standards in
			 K.A.R.
			 22-1-3, and the code footprint requirements
			 in K.A.R.
			 22-1-7 prior to occupancy of the new building
			 or an addition or substantial alteration of an existing building that contains
			 a center. Each applicant and each licensee shall provide the department with a
			 certificate of compliance or approval from any other appropriate state, county,
			 or local authority that the completed construction of the building or an
			 addition or substantial alteration of an existing building is approved for
			 occupancy for the intended use as a crisis intervention
			 center.