This regulation establishes Life Safety Code requirements for exit access and exit door dimensions in healthcare facilities, specifying minimum clear widths for different facility types and door configurations. Psychiatric hospitals and limited care facilities have a lower minimum door width requirement (32 inches) compared to the general standard (41.5 inches). The regulation also mandates at least two remote exits accessible from every part of every story, with each smoke compartment requiring two distinct egress paths. Facility operators must ensure door hardware, pairing configurations, and egress path arrangements comply with NFPA Life Safety Code sections 18.2.3.6, 18.2.3.7, and 18.2.4.1–19.2.4.4.
View official sourceK241 2012 NEW Exit access doors and exit doors are of the swinging type and are at least 41.5 inches in clear width. In psychiatric hospitals or limited care facilities, doors are at least 32 inches wide. Doors not subject to patient use, in exit stairway enclosures, or serving newborn nurseries shall be no less than 32 inches in clear width. If using a pair of doors, the doors shall be provided with a rabbet, bevel, or astragal at the meeting edge, at least one of the doors shall provide 32 inches in clear width, and the inactive leaf of the pair shall be secured with automatic flush bolts. 18.2.3.6, 18.2.3.7 Number of Exits – Story and Compartment Not less than two exits, remote from each other, and accessible from every part of every story are provided for each story. Each smoke compartment shall likewise be provided with two distinct egress paths to exits that do not require the entry into the same adjacent smoke compartment. 18.2.4.1-18.2.4.4, 19.2.4.1-19.2.4.4 Name of Facility 2012 LIFE SAFETY CODE Form CMS-2786R (07/2018) Page 10 ID PREFIX