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This is from the CT 2005 IBC
304.2 Group B medical occupancies.
In addition to the requirements of this code for Group B occupancies, the provisions of Section 420 shall apply to Group B medical and dental occupancies that provide services or treatment for four or more patients who may simultaneously be rendered incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions. This occupancy shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Outpatient clinics with general anesthesia or life-support equipment;
Dental centers providing treatment under general anesthesia;
One-day surgical centers;
Physician’s offices providing treatment under general anesthesia.
Facilities such as the above that do not provide general anesthesia or life-support equipment simultaneously to four or more patients shall be classified as Group B occupancies and shall not be subject to the special provisions of Section 420.
The office is an oral surgeon, it will have 6 Operatories and 4 recovery rooms, 2 doctors working in the office, they have stated that they do not have 4 people under at 1 time. With that said I believe that the possibility of having 6 people under based on rooms makes this applicable, but the criteria is kind of vague. In the first sentence they say “for four or more patients who may simultaneously be rendered incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions,” but in the exception at the end they say “Facilities such as the above that do not provide general anesthesia or life-support equipment simultaneously to four or more patients shall be classified as Group B occupancies and shall not be subject to the special provisions of Section 420”
What do you guys think?
I’m not trying to get around it I just want to make sure I am using the right occupancy, or maybe I’m reading too much into this. Anyway I would appreciate your opinions
304.2 Group B medical occupancies.
In addition to the requirements of this code for Group B occupancies, the provisions of Section 420 shall apply to Group B medical and dental occupancies that provide services or treatment for four or more patients who may simultaneously be rendered incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions. This occupancy shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Outpatient clinics with general anesthesia or life-support equipment;
Dental centers providing treatment under general anesthesia;
One-day surgical centers;
Physician’s offices providing treatment under general anesthesia.
Facilities such as the above that do not provide general anesthesia or life-support equipment simultaneously to four or more patients shall be classified as Group B occupancies and shall not be subject to the special provisions of Section 420.
The office is an oral surgeon, it will have 6 Operatories and 4 recovery rooms, 2 doctors working in the office, they have stated that they do not have 4 people under at 1 time. With that said I believe that the possibility of having 6 people under based on rooms makes this applicable, but the criteria is kind of vague. In the first sentence they say “for four or more patients who may simultaneously be rendered incapable of taking action for self-preservation under emergency conditions,” but in the exception at the end they say “Facilities such as the above that do not provide general anesthesia or life-support equipment simultaneously to four or more patients shall be classified as Group B occupancies and shall not be subject to the special provisions of Section 420”
What do you guys think?
I’m not trying to get around it I just want to make sure I am using the right occupancy, or maybe I’m reading too much into this. Anyway I would appreciate your opinions
And then have the FM check on his inspections in the future...