Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1711 - Emergency and Safety Standards

A. An administrator shall ensure that:

1. A first aid kit is available at a health care institution;

2. If a firearm or ammunition for a firearm are stored at a health care institution:

a. The firearm is stored separate from the ammunition for the firearm; and

b. The firearm and the ammunition for the firearm are:

i. Stored in a locked closet, cabinet, or container; and

ii. Inaccessible to a patient;

3. If applicable, there is a smoke detector installed in:

a. A bedroom used by a patient,

b. A hallway in a health care institution, and

c. A health care institution's kitchen;

4. A smoke detector required in subsection (A)(3):

a. Is maintained in operable condition; and

b. Is battery operated or, if hard-wired into the electrical system of a health care institution, has a back-up battery;

5. A health care institution has a portable fire extinguisher that is labeled 1A-10-BC by the Underwriters Laboratory and is available to a personnel member;

6. A portable fire extinguisher required in subsection (A)(5) is:

a. If a disposable fire extinguisher, replaced when the fire extinguisher's indicator reaches the red zone; or

b. Serviced at least once every 12 months and has a tag attached to the fire extinguisher that includes the date of service;

7. A written evacuation plan is maintained and available for use by personnel members and any patient in a health care institution;

8. An evacuation drill is conducted at least once every six months; and

9. A record of an evacuation drill required in subsection (A)(8) is maintained for at least 12 months after the date of the evacuation drill.

B. An administrator shall:

1. Obtain a fire inspection conducted according to the time-frame established by the local fire department or the State Fire Marshal,

2. Make any repairs or corrections stated on the fire inspection report, and

3. Maintain documentation of a current fire inspection.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-10-1711

Adopted effective July 24, 1978 (Supp. 78-4). Section repealed; new Section adopted effective July 6, 1994 (Supp. 94-3). Section repealed; new Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective 7/1/2014.