HomeMy WebLinkAbout600083.tiffNOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE RAKING
In compliance with the provision of Section 2, Chapter 37, Colorado Session Laws,
1959.
Notice is hereby given that the Colorado State Board of Health will hold a public
hearing on August 8, 1960, at 3:30 o'clock P.I. in Room 1412, State Department of
Public Health Building, 14210 East 11th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, prior to deciding
whether to amend Section 701.2 of the Minimum Standards For Nursing Homes, Homes
For The Abed and Other Similar Health Establishments adotd August 10, 1959 1y�
MifiTuting fo Paragraph 23727717e 62, Building Exits Code, Fourteenth Edition,
N.F.P.A. 101-1957 which pertains to the height limits that nursing, convalescent
or old age homes may be occupied, the following:
"No building used as a health establishment shall be occupied
beyond the limits as specified herewith:
Type of Construction Equipment Needed For Permitted
Occupancy
Less than 2 hour Approved Automatic Fire De-
construction tection System
2 hour construction None.
or more, or any
building equipped
with an approved
automatic sprinkler
system.
Occupancy Restrictions
No nonambulatory person
above second floor.
No patients above third
floor.
No limit.
"In patient area an approved fire detection system shall be installed
with 135 degree head with rate of rise and fixed temperature.
"The effective date of this regulation is September 1, 1960."
The authority of the Colorado State Board of Health to adopt rules, regulations
and minimum standards is contained in G.R.S.'53 66-1-7(12)(a) and (12)(b), as
amended by Chapter 1141 Colorado Session Laws, 1959.
Any interested person shall have an opportunity to participate at said public
hearing by submitting written data, views or argument or presenting the sameorally
at said public hearing.
Published July 18, 1960 Igep Al,
Ro . Cleere, M.D.
Sec etary, Colorado State Board of Health
600083
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