Minnesota Administrative Rules

7511.3405 SECTION 3405, DISPENSING, USE, MIXING AND HANDLING.

IFC Section 3405.5 is amended to read:

3405.5 Alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Alcohol-based hand-rub dispensers containing liquids classified as Class I or Class II liquids shall comply with the following:

1. Where dispensers are installed in a corridor, the corridor shall have a minimum width of at least 6 feet (1830 mm).

2. The maximum individual dispenser fluid capacity shall be as follows:

2.1. 0.32 gallons (1.2 L) for dispensers in rooms, corridors and areas open to corridors.

2.2. 0.53 gallons (2.0 L) for dispensers in suites of rooms.

3. The dispensers shall be separated from each other by a horizontal spacing of not less than 48 inches (1220 mm).

4. Not more than an aggregate 10 gallons (37.8 L) of alcohol-based hand sanitizer solution shall be in use outside of a storage cabinet in a single smoke compartment.

5. Storage quantities greater than 5 gallons (18.9 L) in a single smoke compartment shall meet the requirements of this chapter.

6. The dispenser shall not be installed over or within 6 inches to the centerline of the dispenser to an electrical receptacle, switch, appliance, device or other ignition source.

7. Dispensers installed directly over carpeted floors shall be permitted only in sprinklered smoke compartments.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 299F.011

History:

32 SR 10

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007