Texas Administrative Code › Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION › Chapter 506 - SPECIAL CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter H - PHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS › Section 506.93 - Elevators

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General. All
				  buildings that have resident services located on other than the main entrance
				  floor shall have electric or electro hydraulic elevators. The elevators shall
				  be installed in sufficient quantity, capacity, and speed to ensure that the
				  average interval of dispatch time will not exceed one minute, and average peak
				  loading can be accommodated.
(b)
				  Requirements for new elevators. New elevators shall be installed in accordance
				  with the requirements of Health and Safety Code (HSC), Chapter 754, Elevators,
				  Escalators, and Related Equipment, and ASME/ANSI A17.1, Safety Code for
				  Elevators and Escalators, 1996 edition, published by the American Society of
				  Mechanical Engineers and the American National Standards Institute. All new
				  elevators shall conform to the Fire Fighters' Service Requirements of ASME/ANSI
				  A17.1, in accordance with National Fire Protection Association 101, (NFPA 101),
				  Code for Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures, 2000 edition,
				  § 7-4.4. All documents published by the ASME/ANSI as referenced in this
				  section may be obtained by writing the ANSI, 25 West 43rd Street, New York,
				  N.Y.10036. All documents published by NFPA as referenced in these rules may be
				  obtained by writing or calling the NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA
				  02169-7471, or (800) 344-3555.
(c)
				  Requirements for existing elevators. Existing elevators shall comply with the
				  ASME/ANSI A17.1, Part XII, Alterations, Repair, Replacements, and Maintenance,
				  and ASME/ANSI A17.3, Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, current
				  edition. All existing elevators having a travel distance of 25 feet or more
				  above or below the level that best serves the needs of emergency personnel for
				  fire fighting or rescue purposes shall conform to Fire Fighters' Service
				  Requirements of ASME/ANSI A17.3, as required by NFPA 101, §
				  7-4.5.
(d) 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 with the capability to
				  maintain an operating temperature during fire fighter service operations. 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 also be connected to standby power. These
				  requirements are not applicable to existing elevators.
(e) Elevator car size. Minimum elevator car
				  size shall be five feet wide and five feet deep. A minimum LCF elevator car
				  size shall be five feet wide and eight feet deep.
(f) Elevator and elevator shaft doors. When
				  light beams are used for operating door-opening devices, the beams shall be
				  used in combination with door edge devices and shall be interconnected with a
				  system of smoke detectors. The light control feature shall be disengaged when
				  smoke is detected in any elevator lobby.
(1)
				  The smallest elevator car door opening shall be at least three feet wide and
				  seven feet high.
(2) The elevator
				  car door opening for a LCF elevator shall be at least four feet wide and seven
				  feet high.
(3) The elevator cars
				  for LCF shall be at least five feet by eight inches wide by eight feet six
				  inches deep.