Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 510 - PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS › Subchapter G - PHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS › Section 510.124 - Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General. All facilities with two or more
				  floor levels shall have at least one electrical or electrical hydraulic
				  elevator. Elevators shall also give access to all building levels normally used
				  by the public. Escalators and conveyors are not required but, when provided,
				  shall comply with these requirements and the requirement of § 18-3 of the
				  National Fire Protection Association 101, Code for Safety to Life from Fire in
				  Buildings and Structures, 2000 edition (NFPA 101), published by the National
				  Fire Protection Association. All documents published by the NFPA as referenced
				  in this section may be obtained by writing or calling the NFPA at the following
				  address and telephone number: Post Office Box 9101, 1 Batterymarch Park,
				  Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-9101, (800) 344-3555.
(b) Requirements for new elevators,
				  escalators, and conveyors. New elevators, escalators and conveyors shall be
				  installed in accordance with the requirements of A17.1, Safety Code for
				  Elevators and Escalators, 1996 edition, published by the American Society of
				  Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American National Standards Institute
				  (ANSI). All documents published by the ASME/ANSI as referenced in this section
				  may be obtained by writing the ANSI, United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th
				  Street, New York, N.Y.10017.
(1) Cars and
				  doors. Cars of "hospital type" elevators shall be at least 5 feet 8 inches wide
				  by 8 feet, 6 inches deep. The car door opening shall be not less than 4 feet
				  wide and 7 feet high.
(2) Leveling.
				  All elevators shall be equipped with an automatic leveling device of the
				  two-way automatic maintaining type with an accuracy of one-half inch.
(3) Operation. All elevators, except freight
				  elevators, shall be equipped with a two-way service key-operated switch to
				  permit cars to bypass all landing button calls and be dispatched directly to
				  any floor.
(4) Accessibility of
				  controls and alarms. Elevator controls, alarm buttons, and telephones shall be
				  accessible to wheelchair occupants.
(5) Type of controls and alarms. Elevator
				  call buttons, controls, and door safety stops shall be of a type that will not
				  be activated by heat or smoke.
(6)
				  Location. Conveyors, elevators, dumbwaiters, and pneumatic conveyors serving
				  various stories of a building shall not open to an exit.
(7) Elevator machine rooms. Elevator machine
				  rooms that contain solid-state equipment for elevators having a travel distance
				  of more than 50 feet above the level of exit discharge or more than 30 feet
				  below the level of exit discharge shall be provided with independent
				  ventilation or air conditioning systems required to maintain temperature during
				  fire fighters' service operation for elevator operation. The operating
				  temperature shall be established by the elevator equipment manufacturer's
				  specifications and shall be posted in each such elevator machine room. When
				  standby power is connected to the elevator, the machine room ventilation or air
				  conditioning shall be connected to standby power.