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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 510PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS
SUBCHAPTER GPHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
RULE §510.125Building with Multiple Occupancies

        (VI) water supply systems, hot and cold.

  (2) When a facility and other licensed health care entities share one building, the building systems and equipment may be shared in accordance with subsection (a)(5)(B) of this section, or be provided separately. The shared systems and equipment shall meet the requirements of this subchapter and be under the control of the licensed health care entity.

(d) Facilities in buildings with non health care occupancies. Before a facility is licensed in a building also containing occupancies other than health care occupancies, all requirements of this chapter and the following requirements shall be met.

  (1) Construction. Construction of the building shall conform to the requirements of NFPA 101, Chapter 18, and the facility shall be in one identifiable location.

    (A) The facility shall be in one identifiable location and shall be separated (vertically and horizontally) with two-hour fire rated noncombustible construction from the other non health care occupancies and comply with the requirements of this chapter.

    (B) Access to the facility shall be through a dedicated facility lobby or from the building's main lobby. The building's main lobby shall be part of the facility and shall comply with the requirements of §134.122 of this title.

    (C) The required means of egress from the facility shall be independent of and shall not traverse through the other occupancies.

  (2) Services and amenities. Services and amenities shall be provided exclusively for the facility in accordance with subchapters C, F, and G of this title (relating to Operational Requirements, Fire Prevention and Safety Requirements, and Physical Plant and Construction Requirements, respectively). Required services and amenities shall not be shared with the other occupancies.

  (3) Building equipment and amenities. The equipment and amenities shall be provided for the exclusive use of a facility in accordance with this subchapter.


Source Note: The provisions of this §510.125 adopted to be effective January 1, 2004, 28 TexReg 5154; transferred effective June 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register May 17, 2019, 44 TexReg 2469

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