Exit doors; egress-control devices of time-delay type; fences

How CDSS classifies it

Community Care Licensing classifies each deficiency as Type A, a violation that if not corrected poses a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of residents, or Type B, a violation that without correction could become such a risk, a recordkeeping violation, or a violation that could affect required services.

Where it is cited

What the requirement says

CDSS’s requirement text as it appears on the inspection report, verbatim.

§1569.699 Exit doors; egress-control devices of time-delay type; fences (a) When approved by the person responsible for enforcement, as described in Section 13146, exit doors in facilities classified as Group R, Division 2 facilities under the California Building Standards Code, licensed as residential care facilities for the elderly, and housing clients with Alzheimer’s disease or major neurocognitive disorder, may be equipped with approved listed special egress-control devices of the time-delay type, provided the building is protected throughout by an approved automatic sprinkler system and an approved automatic smoke-detection system. The devices shall conform to all of the following requirements: (5) Actuation of the panic bar or other door-latching hardware shall activate an audible signal at the door.