26 Tex. Admin. Code § 510.124 - Elevators, Escalators, and Conveyors
(a) General. All facilities with two or more
floor levels shall have at least one electrical or electrical hydraulic
elevator. Elevators shall also give access to all building levels normally used
by the public. Escalators and conveyors are not required but, when provided,
shall comply with these requirements and the requirement of § 18-3 of the
National Fire Protection Association 101, Code for Safety to Life from Fire in
Buildings and Structures, 2000 edition (NFPA 101), published by the National
Fire Protection Association. All documents published by the NFPA as referenced
in this section may be obtained by writing or calling the NFPA at the following
address and telephone number: Post Office Box 9101, 1 Batterymarch Park,
Quincy, Massachusetts 02269-9101, (800) 344-3555.
(b) Requirements for new elevators,
escalators, and conveyors. New elevators, escalators and conveyors shall be
installed in accordance with the requirements of A17.1, Safety Code for
Elevators and Escalators, 1996 edition, published by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI). All documents published by the ASME/ANSI as referenced in this section
may be obtained by writing the ANSI, United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th
Street, New York, N.Y.10017.
(1) Cars and
doors. Cars of "hospital type" elevators shall be at least 5 feet 8 inches wide
by 8 feet, 6 inches deep. The car door opening shall be not less than 4 feet
wide and 7 feet high.
(2) Leveling.
All elevators shall be equipped with an automatic leveling device of the
two-way automatic maintaining type with an accuracy of one-half inch.
(3) Operation. All elevators, except freight
elevators, shall be equipped with a two-way service key-operated switch to
permit cars to bypass all landing button calls and be dispatched directly to
any floor.
(4) Accessibility of
controls and alarms. Elevator controls, alarm buttons, and telephones shall be
accessible to wheelchair occupants.
(5) Type of controls and alarms. Elevator
call buttons, controls, and door safety stops shall be of a type that will not
be activated by heat or smoke.
(6)
Location. Conveyors, elevators, dumbwaiters, and pneumatic conveyors serving
various stories of a building shall not open to an exit.
(7) Elevator machine rooms. Elevator machine
rooms that contain solid-state equipment for elevators having a travel distance
of more than 50 feet above the level of exit discharge or more than 30 feet
below the level of exit discharge shall be provided with independent
ventilation or air conditioning systems required to maintain temperature during
fire fighters' service operation for elevator operation. The operating
temperature shall be established by the elevator equipment manufacturer's
specifications and shall be posted in each such elevator machine room. When
standby power is connected to the elevator, the machine room ventilation or air
conditioning shall be connected to standby power.
(c) Requirements for existing elevators,
escalators, and conveyors. Existing elevators, escalators, and conveyors shall
comply with ASME/ANSI A17.3, Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators,
1995 edition. All existing elevators having a travel distance of 25 feet or
more above or below the level that best serves the needs of emergency personnel
for fire fighting or rescue purposes shall conform to Fire Fighters' Service
Requirements of ASME/ANSI A17.3 as required by NFPA 101, §
9-4.3.2.
(d) Testing. All elevators
and escalators shall be subject to routine and periodic inspections and tests
as specified in ASME/ANSI A17.1, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, 1996
edition. All elevators equipped with fire fighter service shall be subject to a
monthly operation with a written record of the findings made and kept on the
premises as required by NFPA101, § 9-4.6.
(e) Certification. A certificate of
inspection evidencing that the elevators, escalators, and related equipment
were inspected in accordance with the requirements in Health and Safety Code
(HSC), Chapter 754, Subchapter B, and determined to be in compliance with the
safety standards adopted under HSC, § 754.014, administered by the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation, shall be on record in each
facility .
(f) Requirements for new
facilities. All new facilities having patient facilities (such as patient
sleeping rooms, dining rooms, diagnostic, therapy or recreation areas) on
floors other than on the main entrance floor shall have the following number of
elevators:
(1) two elevators for the first
200 bed spaces; or
(2) three
elevators for 201 to 350 bed spaces;
Notes
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