K-Tag K541 — Ariadne

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Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes

Jurisdiction: CM Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Plain-English summary

This regulation specifies fire safety requirements for rubbish chutes, linen chutes, and incinerators in healthcare facilities, covering both existing and new construction. Operators must ensure chutes opening onto corridors are sealed or fitted with fire door assemblies, provide automatic extinguishing protection for all chutes, and discharge trash chutes into dedicated protected collection rooms. Existing fuel-fed incinerators must be sealed with fire-resistive construction to prevent further use.

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Regulation text

K541 Rubbish Chutes, Incinerators, and Laundry Chutes 
2012 EXISTING 
(1) Any existing linen and trash chute, including pneumatic rubbish and
linen systems, that opens directly onto any corridor shall be sealed by
fire resistive construction to prevent further use or shall be provided with
a fire door assembly having a fire protection rating of 1-hour. All new
chutes shall comply with 9.5.
(2) Any rubbish chute or linen chute, including pneumatic rubbish and linen
systems, shall be provided with automatic extinguishing protection in
accordance with 9.7.
(3) Any trash chute shall discharge into a trash collection room used for no
other purpose and protected in accordance with 8.4. (Existing laundry
chutes permitted to discharge into same room are protected by
automatic sprinklers in accordance with 19.3.5.9 or 19.3.5.7.)
(4) Existing fuel-fed incinerators shall be sealed by fire resistive
construction to prevent further use.
19.5.4, 9.5, 8.4, NFPA 82 
2012 NEW 
Rubbish chutes, incinerators, and laundry chutes shall comply with the 
provisions of Section 9.5, unless otherwise specified in 18.5.4.2. 
 The fire resistance rating of chute charging room shall not be required
to exceed 1-hour.
 Any rubbish chute or linen chute shall be provided with automatic
extinguishing protection in accordance with Section 9.7.
 Chutes shall discharge into a trash collection room used for no other
purpose and shall be protected in accordance with 8.7.
18.5.4.2, 8.7, 9.5, 9.7, NFPA 82 
SECTION 6 – RESERVED 
SECTION 7 – OPERATING FEATURES