All child birth centers shall be so designed, constructed, maintained and operated as to minimize the possibility of a fire emergency endangering the residents or patients. The protection of residents or patients from fire shall be provided by appropriate arrangement of facilities, adequate staffing and careful development of operating and maintenance procedures composed of the following: (1) Proper design, construction and separation; (2) provision for detection, alarm and evacuation; and (3) fire prevention and the planning, training and drilling in programs for the notification of fire and the safe evacuation of residents or patients from the building or affected fire area.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.46.110. WSR 80-15-077 (Order FM 80-1), § 212-44-065, filed 10/20/80; Order FM-77-3, § 212-44-065, filed 12/8/77.]