| (a) Wastewater and water supply.
(1) Wastewater. A new large Type B assisted living
facility must ensure wastewater and sewage are discharged into a sewerage
system or an onsite sewerage facility approved by the Water Quality
Division of TCEQ, or to a system regulated by an entity responsible
for water quality in that jurisdiction as approved by the Water Quality
Division of TCEQ.
(2) Water supply. A new large Type B assisted living
facility must ensure the water supply is of safe, sanitary quality,
suitable for use, adequate in quantity and pressure, and obtained
from a public or private water supply system or a private well.
(b) Resident-use plumbing fixtures.
(1) Water closets and lavatories.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
provide at least one water closet and one lavatory for each six residents
and for each additional resident fewer than six. Multiple toilets
in a single space must comply with paragraph (2)(B) of this subsection.
(B) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
ensure a lavatory is readily accessible to each water closet.
(C) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
provide at least one water closet, lavatory, and bathing unit, that
are accessible to residents, on each floor containing resident sleeping
rooms.
(2) Bathing units.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
provide one tub or shower for every 10 residents and for any fraction
thereof.
(B) Where multiple water closets or bathing units are
provided in a single space, a new large Type B assisted living facility
must provide partitions or curtains to separate plumbing fixtures
for resident privacy.
(C) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
ensure tubs and showers have non-slip bottoms or floor surfaces, either
built-in or applied to the surfaces.
(3) Hot water supply. A new large Type B assisted living
facility must provide a supply of hot water for resident-use. Hot
water for lavatories and bathing units accessible to residents must
be maintained between 100 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
(4) Supplies. A new large Type B assisted living facility
must supply towels, soap, and toilet tissue for individual resident-use.
(c) Public- and staff-use plumbing fixtures. In addition
to the staff toilets required for the dietary staff according to §553.242(j)
of this division (relating to Space Planning and Utilization Requirements
for a New Large Type B Assisted Living Facility), a new large Type
B assisted living facility must provide toilets, including water closets
and lavatories, for use by the public and by facility staff as follows:
(1) if licensed for 60 or fewer residents, a new large
Type B assisted living facility must provide a toilet for use by the
public and by facility staff; or
(2) if licensed for more than 60 residents, a new large
Type B assisted living facility must provide a toilet for use by the
public and a separate toilet for use by facility staff.
(d) Gas. A new large Type B assisted living facility
must ensure equipment using natural gas or propane and related gas
piping meets the requirements of 9.1.1, Gas, in NFPA, Chapter 9, Building
Service and Fire Protection Equipment.
(e) Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC)
and exhaust systems.
(1) General requirements. A new large Type B assisted
living facility must ensure HVAC equipment meets the requirements
of 18.5.2, Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning, in NFPA 101,
Chapter 18, New Health Care Occupancies.
(2) Heating and cooling. A new large Type B assisted
living facility must provide heating and cooling for resident comfort.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
ensure air conditioning systems can maintain and does maintain the
comfort range of 68 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit in resident-use areas.
(B) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
have a central air conditioning system, or a substantially similar
air conditioning system, that can maintain and does maintain a temperature
range required under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph within areas
used by residents.
(C) A new large Type B assisted living facility may
not use an open flame heating device in the facility, except as permitted
by subparagraphs (D) - (F) of this paragraph.
(D) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
ensure any heating device, other than a central heating plant, suspended
unit heater, or working fireplace, meets the requirements of 18.5.2.2,
in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health Care Occupancies.
(E) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
ensure a suspended unit heater meets the requirements of 18.5.2.3(1),
in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health Care Occupancies.
(F) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
ensure a working fireplace meets the following requirements.
(i) A direct-vent gas fireplace must meet the requirements
of 18.5.2.3(2), in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health Care Occupancies.
(ii) A solid fuel-burning fireplace must meet the requirements
of 18.5.2.3(3), in NFPA 101, Chapter 18, New Health Care Occupancies.
(3) Ventilation.
(A) A new large Type B assisted living facility must
be ventilated using mechanical ventilation.
(B) A new large Type B assisted living facility with
interior areas designated for smoking within the building must provide
mechanical ventilation directed to the exterior to remove smoke at
the rate of 10 air changes per hour.
(4) Exhaust. A new large Type B assisted living facility
must ensure bathrooms, toilet rooms, janitorial facilities, and other
odor-producing rooms or areas for soiled or unsanitary operations
are exhausted with powered exhaust vented to the exterior for odor
control.
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