To extend the date after which no application for participation in the State Fire Marshal Nursing Home Fire Protection Loan Guarantee Program can be accepted from June 30, 2006 to July 1, 2009.

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Division of State Fire Marshal

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69A-53.0052: Fire Sprinkler Requirements for Nursing Homes
69A-53.0053: State Fire Marshal Nursing Home Fire Protection Loan Guarantee Program: Application Procedures
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To extend the date after which no application for participation in the State Fire Marshal Nursing Home Fire Protection Loan Guarantee Program can be accepted from June 30, 2006 to July 1, 2009.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Nursing Home Fire Protection Loan Guarantee Program.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 633.01(1), 633.022(1), 633.0245(11) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 633.022, 633.022(4), 633.024, 633.0245 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: March 18, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Third Floor Conference Room, the Atrium Building, 325 John Knox Road, Tallahassee, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Arlan Davis, Bureau of Fire Prevention, Division of State Fire Marshal, Department of Financial Services, 325 John Knox Road, Tallahassee, Florida, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Arlan Davis, Bureau of Fire Prevention, Division of State Fire Marshal, Department of Financial Services, 325 John Knox Road, Tallahassee, Florida, [phone]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

69A-53.0052 Fire Sprinkler Requirements for Nursing Homes.

(1) Section 633.022(4), F.S., requires that nursing homes licensed under Part II of Chapter 400, F.S., be protected throughout by an approved supervised automatic sprinkler system in accordance with Chapter Nine (9) of the Florida Edition of NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code adopted in Rule 69A-3.012, F.A.C., no later than December 31, 2010. pursuant to the following schedule:

(a) Each hazardous area of each nursing home shall be protected by an approved supervised automatic fire sprinkler system by no later than December 31, 2008.

(b) Each nursing home, in its entirety, shall be protected by an approved supervised automatic fire sprinkler system by no later than December 31, 2010.

(2) The Division may grant a maximum of two one-year extensions to the final date of compliance with paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) above, for the hazardous area portion of the retrofitting project, only after establishing that the nursing home has been prevented from complying for reasons beyond its control. Such reasons may include:

(a) through (c) No change.

(3) A request for extension under subsection (2) must:

(a) Be received by the Division prior to the expiration of the deadline in question,

(b) through (c) No change.

Specific Authority 633.01(1), 633.022(1), 633.0245(11) FS. Law Implemented 633.022 FS. History–New 2-18-07, Amended________.

 

69A-53.0053 State Fire Marshal Nursing Home Fire Protection Loan Guarantee Program: Application Procedures.

(1) No change.

(2) All properly completed applications, which must include acceptable documentation for the conceptual design, for participation in the State Fire Marshal Nursing Home Fire Protection Loan Guarantee Program must be received by the State Fire Marshal on or before July 1, 2009 June 30, 2006.

(3) through (9) No change.

Specific Authority 633.01(1), 633.022(1), 633.0245(11) FS. Law Implemented 633.022(4), 633.024, 633.0245 FS. History–New 2-18-07, Amended________.