| (A) construction that does not meet minimum code or
licensure standards for basic requirements such as corridors being
less than required width, ceilings installed at less than the minimum
seven-foot six-inch height, client bedroom dimensions less than required,
and other such features that would disrupt or otherwise adversely
affect the clients and staff if corrected after occupancy;
(B) no written approval by local authorities;
(C) fire protection systems not completely installed
or not functioning properly, including fire alarm systems, emergency
power and lighting, and sprinkler systems;
(D) required exits not all usable according to Life
Safety Code, NFPA 101, 2000 edition;
(E) telephone not installed or not properly working;
(F) sufficient basic furnishings, essential appliances,
and equipment are not installed or not functioning; and
(G) any other basic operational or safety feature that
the surveyor, as the authority having jurisdiction, encounters, which
in his judgment would preclude safe and normal occupancy by clients
on that day.
(2) If the surveyor encounters only less basic and
less important deficiencies, licensure may be recommended based on
an approved written plan of correction from the facility's administrator.
(3) Copies of reduced size floor plans on an 8 1/2
inch by 11 inch sheet must be submitted in duplicate to DADS for record
or file use and for the facility's use and for facility's use for
evacuation plan, fire alarm zone identification, etc. The plan must
contain basic legible information such as scale, room usage names,
actual bedroom numbers, doors, windows, and any other pertinent information.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §559.41 adopted to be effective May 1, 1999, 24 TexReg 3100; amended to be effective November 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 10753; amended to be effective April 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 1749; transferred effective January 15, 2021, as published in the Texas Register December 18, 2020, 45 TexReg 9249 |
