| (a) Every building and portion of a building must be
capable of sustaining all dead and live loads in accordance with accepted
engineering practices and standards.
(b) Special provisions must be made in the design of
buildings in regions where local experience shows loss of life or
extensive damage to buildings resulting from hurricanes, tornadoes,
earthquakes, or floods.
(c) The facility is responsible for employing qualified
personnel in the preparation of plan designs and engineering and in
the construction of the facility to ensure that all structural components
are adequate, safe, and meet the applicable construction requirements.
(d) The design of the structural system must be done
by or under the direction of a professional structural engineer who
is currently licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers
according to state law.
(e) The parts of the plans, details, and specifications
covering the structural design must bear the legible seal of the engineer
on the original drawings from which the prints are made.
(f) A building must be constructed according to the
locally adopted building code. NFPA 101 must be used for fire safety
requirements. Discrepancies between the codes must be called to the
attention of HHSC for resolution.
(g) In the absence of a locally-adopted building code,
a building must meet the requirements of a nationally recognized model
building code. NFPA 101 must be used for fire safety requirements.
(h) Each building must be classified as to building
construction type for fire resistance rating purposes according to
NFPA 220 and NFPA 101.
(i) Enclosures of vertical openings between floors
must meet NFPA 101.
(j) All interior walls, partitions, and roof structure
in buildings of fire resistive and noncombustible construction must
be according to NFPA 101.
(k) Building insulation materials, unless sealed on
all sides and edges in an approved manner, must have a flame spread
rating of 25 or less when tested according to ASTM E84 or UL 723.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §554.359 adopted to be effective March 22, 2018, 43 TexReg 1646; transferred effective January 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register December 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 8871 |
