Senate Bill sb2466

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2466

    By Senator Webster





    9-1100A-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to uniform firesafety standards

  3         in nursing homes; amending s. 633.022, F.S.;

  4         requiring that each nursing home licensed under

  5         part II of ch. 400, F.S., be protected by an

  6         approved, supervised automatic sprinkler

  7         system; providing schedules for the

  8         installation of the automatic sprinkler system

  9         in hazardous and nonhazardous areas of a

10         nursing home; authorizing the Department of

11         Financial Services to grant extensions for

12         specified periods for installing a sprinkler

13         system in nonhazardous areas of a nursing home;

14         prohibiting extensions for installing a

15         sprinkler system in hazardous areas of a

16         nursing home; authorizing the department to

17         adopt rules; directing the department to

18         enforce the sprinkler system standards;

19         providing that nursing homes that violate the

20         act are subject to administrative sanctions;

21         providing an effective date.

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23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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25         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 633.022,

26  Florida Statutes, to read:

27         633.022  Uniform firesafety standards.--The Legislature

28  hereby determines that to protect the public health, safety,

29  and welfare it is necessary to provide for firesafety

30  standards governing the construction and utilization of

31  certain buildings and structures.  The Legislature further

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 1  determines that certain buildings or structures, due to their

 2  specialized use or to the special characteristics of the

 3  person utilizing or occupying these buildings or structures,

 4  should be subject to firesafety standards reflecting these

 5  special needs as may be appropriate.

 6         (4)(a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a

 7  nursing home licensed under part II of chapter 400 must be

 8  protected by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler

 9  system in accordance with section 9 of National Fire

10  Protection Association (NFPA) Pamphlet 101, Life Safety Code,

11  2003 edition, according to the following schedule:

12         1.  Each hazardous area, as defined by section

13  19.3.2.1.5 of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

14  Pamphlet 101, Life Safety Code, 2003 edition, of a nursing

15  home must be protected by an approved, supervised automatic

16  sprinkler system by December 31, 2007; and

17         2.  The entire area of a nursing home must be protected

18  by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system by

19  December 31, 2009.

20         (b)  The department may grant two 1-year extensions for

21  compliance with subparagraph (a)2., if the department

22  determines that the nursing home has been prevented from

23  complying with subparagraph (a)2. for reasons beyond the

24  nursing home's control. An extension may not be granted for

25  complying with the time limits in subparagraph (a)1.

26         (c)  The department may adopt rules to administer and

27  enforce this section. The department shall enforce this

28  subsection and any nursing home in violation of this

29  subsection may be subject to administrative sanctions.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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 3    Requires that all nursing homes be protected by an
      approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system. Requires
 4    the installation of sprinkler systems in hazardous areas
      by December 31, 2007, and in nonhazardous areas by
 5    December 31, 2009. Authorizes the Department of Financial
      Services to grant two 1-year extensions for installing
 6    sprinkler systems in nonhazardous areas of a nursing
      home. Prohibits extensions for installing sprinkler
 7    systems in hazardous areas of nursing homes. Authorizes
      the department to adopt rules. Directs the department to
 8    enforce the sprinkler system standards. Provides for
      administrative sanctions.
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