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4. OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION<br />
4.1 General: Occupancy classifications are defined in NFPA 101 <strong>and</strong> as follows:<br />
See also the attached file for occupancy determination. (Included at end <strong>of</strong> this document.)<br />
Health Care<br />
Chapter 18 & 20<br />
Business<br />
Chapter 38<br />
Hospitals Psychiatric Outpatient<br />
Clinics<br />
Nursing Homes Alcohol/Drug<br />
Outpatient <strong>Facilities</strong><br />
Ambulatory Health<br />
Care <strong>Facilities</strong> (1)<br />
Methadone<br />
Maintenance Clinics<br />
Alcohol/Drug (3) Ambulatory Health<br />
Care <strong>Facilities</strong> (2)<br />
Domiciliaries (5) Administrative<br />
<strong>Office</strong>s & Sleep Labs<br />
Residential<br />
Chapters 26, 28, 30 &<br />
32<br />
Industrial<br />
Chapter 40<br />
Blind Rehabilitation Research<br />
Buildings<br />
Alcohol/Drug (4) Free St<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
Laundries<br />
September-2011<br />
Day Care<br />
Chapter 16<br />
Child Day Care<br />
Adult Day Care<br />
Domiciliaries (5) Power Plants Day Treatment<br />
Centers<br />
Quarters Buildings,<br />
Hoptels<br />
Homeless Shelters<br />
Free St<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
Shops<br />
(1) Includes surgery centers, dialysis centers, imaging centers <strong>and</strong> cardiac catheterization centers<br />
(2) Includes buildings with occupants capable <strong>of</strong> self preservation<br />
(3) Medical detoxification facilities for Alcohol/Substance Abuse<br />
(4) Social detoxification facilities for Alcohol/Substance Abuse<br />
(5) Where staffing patterns do not meet health care requirements, Domiciliaries shall be protected in<br />
accordance with the appropriate residential occupancy requirements.<br />
Note: Domiciliaries are surveyed by Joint Commission utilizing occupancy chapters 28 <strong>and</strong> 29<br />
(Hotel/Motel/Dormitories) <strong>of</strong> the Life Safety Code. These chapters are <strong>of</strong>ten less representative than the<br />
Board <strong>and</strong> Care occupancy chapters for domiciliaries in the VA. Door closers are required on corridor<br />
rooms in the chapters that the Joint Commission follows, while exceptions for the omission <strong>of</strong> closers<br />
may exist for the board <strong>and</strong> care occupancies. However, Joint Commission has granted a VA-wide<br />
equivalency for the closers when the following features are present: (1) sprinkler protection, (2) single<br />
station smoke alarms are provided for the sleeping rooms, (3) staff is present <strong>and</strong> trained to close doors,<br />
(4) fire drills are conducted, <strong>and</strong> (5) the fire alarm system is connected to transmit a signal to the fire<br />
department. Where the board <strong>and</strong> care occupancy chapters are followed, an equivalency may have to be<br />
obtained from Joint Commission to prevent the facility from receiving a type I recommendation from<br />
Joint Commission for the lack <strong>of</strong> door closers on sleeping room doors.<br />
4.2 Multiple Occupancies: Buildings containing multiple occupancies shall be considered mixed or<br />
separated as required by NFPA 101. Buildings containing occupancies that are not incidental to<br />
the primary occupancy shall comply with the most restrictive requirement <strong>of</strong> the occupancies<br />
involved, unless separated by barriers having fire resistance ratings as required by NFPA 101.<br />
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