North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation › Subchapter J - JAILS, LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES › Section .1500 - CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR EXISTING FACILITIES › Section 14J .1503 - DOORS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) All doors that open into booking or
				  control areas of jails shall be security doors as specified in Rules.1514 and
				  .1515 of this Section, unless other exterior security is provided, including
				  either a sally port, a controlled gate, or fencing.
(b) Exit doors shall be security type doors
				  and they shall be keyed to both sides.
(c) The number of exits, the width and
				  location of exit doors, and the swing of exit doors shall comply with North
				  Carolina State Building Code.
(d)
				  Sally port doors shall be of the security type and shall be installed in
				  accordance with approved plans and specifications.
(e) Swinging plate doors of approved type as
				  specified in Rule.1515(a) to (c) of this Section shall be provided with a
				  speaking panel and an observation port when employed on safety vestibules and
				  in other locations as may be approved in plans and specifications.
(f) Swinging plate doors with a prison type
				  lock or hollow metal doors of approved types with an observation port shall be
				  used at entrances to inspection corridors. Hollow metal doors shall have
				  heavy-duty lock with multiple tumblers.
(g) An approved grill, a hollow metal
				  security door, or a plate security door shall be used at all entrances to
				  security areas (see Rule.1515 of this Section).
(h) Grill doors to individual rooms shall be
				  made of open hearth steel only if it is enclosed in a tool-resisting
				  perimeter.
(i) Pipe chase access
				  doors or plates shall be made of approved security-type plate or hollow metal
				  (Rule.1516 of this Section) according to approved plans and
				  specifications.
(j) Access doors in
				  all inmate occupied areas shall be equipped with observation ports and food
				  passes according to approved plans and specifications.
(k) In all areas occupied by female inmates,
				  observation ports shall be equipped with an operating hatch that may be closed
				  from the outside and secured to provide privacy.
(l) If electro-mechanical capability is used
				  in a security door installation within the confinement area, the control box
				  shall provide a mechanical over-ride in the event of power failure.
(m) All door-locking mechanisms shall be of
				  the approved type (see Rule.1517 of this Section) and installed according to
				  approved plans and specifications.
(n) Elevator doors opening into jail areas
				  shall be secure and located so as to be under observation and control of
				  officers.
(o) The controls for
				  sally port doors shall be located within the booking control area to provide
				  constant surveillance by supervisory personnel.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 153A-220;
					 153A-221;
Eff. June
					 1, 1990;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. January 5,
					 2016.