Iowa Code r. 481-60.2 - General requirements
Residential care facilities licensed under this chapter shall be built in accordance with the following construction standards:
(1) Construction shall be in conformance with
661-Chapter 201.
(2) Construction
shall be in conformance with 661-Chapter 301. Projects meeting the local
building code shall be deemed to be in compliance with the state building code
provided that the local jurisdiction has established a building department, has
adopted a building code by ordinance and enforces the local code through a
system that includes both plan review and inspection.
(3) Nothing in these rules shall relieve a
residential care facility from compliance with fire and building codes,
ordinances and regulations that are enforced by a city, county, state or
federal jurisdiction.
(4) Any
alteration or installation of new equipment shall be accomplished as nearly as
practical in conformance with all applicable codes, ordinances, regulations and
standards required for new construction. Alteration or installation of new
equipment shall not diminish the level of compliance with any codes,
ordinances, regulations or standards below that existed prior to the
alteration. Any feature that does not meet the requirement for new buildings
but exceeds the requirement for existing buildings shall not be further
diminished. Features that exceed requirements for new construction need not be
maintained. In no case shall any feature be less than that required for
existing buildings. (III)
(5)
Existing residential care facilities built in compliance with prior versions of
this chapter will be deemed in compliance, with the exception of any
renovations, additions, functional alterations, changes of space utilization,
or conversions to existing facilities for which construction documents are
submitted pursuant to rule
481-60.3 (135C) on or after July
1, 2023, which shall meet the standards specified in this chapter. Conversion
of a building or any of the parts not currently licensed as a nursing facility
must meet the rules governing construction of new facilities.
(6) Final plan approval and final occupancy
shall be given by the state fire marshal's office.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.