| (B) Duplex receptacles for general use must be installed
in corridors spaced not more than 50 feet apart and within 25 feet
of ends of corridors. A facility must provide at least one duplex
receptacle with emergency electrical service in each resident corridor.
(C) Receptacles must be provided with emergency electrical
service for essential needs such as medication refrigerators and systems
or equipment whose failure is likely to result in major injury or
death to a resident.
(D) Receptacles in the remainder of the building must
be sufficient to serve the present and future needs of residents and
equipment.
(E) Location of receptacles, horizontally and vertically,
should be carefully planned and coordinated with the expected designed
use of furnishings and equipment to maximize their accessibility and
to minimize conditions such as beds or furniture being jammed against
plugs used in the outlets.
(F) Exterior receptacles must be an approved waterproof
type.
(G) A facility must provide ground fault interruption
protection at appropriate locations such as at whirlpools and other
wet areas according to the NFPA 70.
(c) Nurse call systems.
(1) A nurse call system consists of power units, annunciator
control units, corridor dome stations, emergency call stations, bedside
call stations, and activating devices. The units must be compatible
and laboratory listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory
for the system and use intended.
(2) Each resident bedroom must be served by at least
one call station and each bed must be provided with a call switch.
Two call switches serving adjacent beds may be served by one call
station. Each call entered into the system must activate a corridor
dome light above the bedroom, bathroom, or toilet room corridor door,
a visual signal at the nurses' station which indicates the room from
which the call was placed, and a continuous or intermittent continuous
audible signal of sufficient amplitude to be clearly heard by nursing
staff. The amplitude or pitch of the audible signal must not be such
that it is irritating to residents or visitors. The system must be
designed so that calls entered into the system may be canceled only
at the call station. Intercom-type systems which meet this requirement
are acceptable.
(3) A nurse call system that provides two-way voice
communication must be equipped with an indicating light at each call
station which lights and remains lighted as long as the voice circuit
is operating.
(4) A nurse call emergency switch must be provided
for resident use at each resident's toilet, bath, and shower. These
switches must be usable by residents using the fixtures and by a collapsed
resident lying on the floor.
(5) A nurse call system must meet UL 1069 for the core
system of power units, annunciator control units, corridor dome lights,
emergency call stations, bedside call stations, and activating devices;
and
(6) An ancillary or supplemental device, including
a pocket pager or other portable device, is not required to meet UL
1069.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §554.361 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; amended to be effective January 2, 2022, 46 TexReg 9037 |
