Minnesota Administrative Rules

4665.0500 BUILDING CLASSIFICATION.

For considerations of licensure, construction and major renovation, supervised living facilities are classified as follows in items A and B.

A.

Class A supervised living facilities include homes for ambulatory and mobile persons who are capable of taking appropriate action for self-preservation under emergency conditions as determined by program licensure provisions. Class A supervised living facilities shall be in conformance with provisions of chapter 13 of the 1973 edition of the Uniform Building Code, as amended for Group H Occupancies. Persons with physical disabilities shall be housed at the street level.

B.

Class B supervised living facilities include homes for ambulatory, nonambulatory, mobile, or nonmobile persons who are not mentally or physically capable of taking appropriate action for self-preservation under emergency conditions as determined by program licensure provisions. Class B supervised living facilities shall be in conformance with provisions of chapter 9 of the 1973 edition of the Uniform Building Code, as amended for Group D Occupancies.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.56

History:

L 2005 c 56 s 2

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2013