001 Emergency systems - General.
(1) In all health or personal care facilities
defined in this chapter, educational facilities, institutional facilities,
hotels, motels, and places of assembly for 100 or more persons, all exit and
emergency lights must be installed in accordance with Article 700 NEC and
located as required in standards adopted by the state building code council
under chapter 19.27 RCW.
007 Signs.
(2) The sign(s) required in NEC 700.7 must be
placed at the service disconnecting means and the meter base if the service
disconnecting means and meter base are not located within sight and within five
feet of each other.
010 Emergency systems - Equipment
identification.
(3) All exit
and emergency lights, whether or not required by the NEC, must be installed in
accordance with Article 700 NEC.
(4) All boxes and enclosures, for Article 700
NEC systems, larger than six inches by six inches, including transfer switches,
generators, and power panels for emergency systems and circuits must be
permanently identified with an identification plate that is substantially
orange in color, except in existing health care facilities the existing
nameplate identification color scheme can be retained for transfer switches,
generators, and power panels for existing emergency systems that are not being
replaced or modified. All other device and junction boxes for emergency systems
and circuits must be substantially orange in color, both inside and
outside.
032 Selective coordination.
(5) The requirements for selective
coordination described in NEC 700.32 are not required where the emergency
system was installed prior to June 1, 2006, provided that no system
modifications, additions, deletions, or overcurrent protective devices in that
system were replaced on or after April 1, 2024. For new emergency systems that
are supplied from an existing emergency system installed prior to June 1, 2006,
the new portion of the emergency system must comply with NEC 700.32. The ground
fault sensing function of overcurrent protective devices will only be required
to selectively coordinate with the ground fault sensing functions of other
overcurrent protective devices.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code §
296-46B-700
Amended by
WSR
14-11-075, filed 5/20/14, effective 7/1/2014
Amended by
WSR
17-12-021, Filed 5/30/2017, effective
7/1/2017
Amended by
WSR
19-15-117, Filed 7/23/2019, effective
8/23/2019
Amended by
WSR
24-05-085, Filed 2/21/2024, effective
4/1/2024
Statutory Authority:
RCW
19.28.006,
19.28.010,
19.28.031,
19.28.041,
19.28.061,
19.28.101,
19.28.131,
19.28.161,
19.28.171,
19.28.191,
19.28.201,
19.28.211,
19.28.241,
19.28.251,
19.28.281,
19.28.311,
19.28.321,
19.28.400,
19.28.420,
19.28.490,
19.28.551. 08-24-048, §
296-46B-700, filed 11/25/08, effective 12/31/08; 06-24-041, § 296-46B-700,
filed 11/30/06, effective 12/31/06; 05-10-024, § 296-46B-700, filed
4/26/05, effective 6/30/05. Statutory Authority:
RCW
19.28.006,
19.28.010,
19.28.031,
19.28.041,
19.28.061,
19.28.101,
19.28.131,
19.28.161,
19.28.171,
19.28.191,
19.28.201,
19.28.211,
19.28.241,
19.28.251,
19.28.271,
19.28.311,
19.28.321,
19.28.400,
19.28.420,
19.28.490,
19.28.551, 2002 c 249,
chapters
34.05 and
19.28 RCW. 03-09-111, §
296-46B-700, filed 4/22/03, effective
5/23/03.
