SECTION
1014 EXIT ACCESS
1014.2.2
Group 1-2. Habitable rooms or suites in Group 1-2 occupancies
shall have an exit access door leading directly to a corridor.
Exceptions:
1.
Rooms with exit doors opening directly to the outside at
ground level.
2.
Patient sleeping rooms are permitted to have one intervening
room if the intervening room is not used as an exit access
for more than eight patient beds.
3.
Special nursing suites are permitted to have one intervening
room where the arrangement allows for direct and constant
visual supervision by nursing personnel.
4.
For rooms other than patient sleeping rooms located within
a suite, exit access travel from within the suite shall
be permitted through one intervening room where the travel
distance to the exit access door is not greater than 100
feet (30480 mm).
5.
For rooms other than patient sleeping rooms located within
a suite, exit access travel from within the suite shall
be permitted through two intervening rooms where the travel
distance to the exit access door is not greater than 50
feet (15240 mm). Suites of sleeping rooms shall not exceed
5,000 square feet (465 m2). Suites of rooms other
than patient sleeping rooms shall not exceed 10,000 square
feet (929 m2). Any patient sleeping room, or
any suite that includes patient sleeping rooms, of more
than 1,000 square feet (93 m2) shall have at
least two exit access doors remotely located from each other.
Any room or suite of rooms other than patient sleeping rooms
of more than 2,500 square feet (232 m2) shall
have at least two access doors remotely located from each
other. The travel distance between any point in a Group
1-2 occupancy and an exit access door in the room shall
not exceed 50 feet (15 240 mm). The travel distance between
any point in a suite of sleeping rooms and an exit access
door of that suite shall not exceed 100 feet (30480 mm).
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