Chapter 4101:2-90 Nursing and Rest Homes

As used in Chapter 4101:2-90.

“Administrator” means the person who is responsible for the supervision of the home on a day-to-day basis. The same person may be both the operator and the administrator.

“Alcoholic nursing home” means a nursing home for persons suffering from acute or chronic alcoholism.

“Alteration” means a change or rearrangement in the structural parts of a building, or a change in required window or exit facilities, or in the building service equipment regulated by the Ohio Building Code.

“Ambulatory person” means a person able to walk and physically able to leave the premises without assistance.

“Attendant” means a responsible person who is trained to provide personal care and services to patients or residents.

“Electrical equipment” means electrical wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, apparatus, and the like, used as a part of, or in connection with, an electrical installation.

“Electrical wiring” includes wiring methods, electrical conductors, conduits, insulators, junction boxes, switches, outlets, gas tubes, and other devices used for the functioning and safety of an electrical installation.

“Exit” means a doorway or similar opening which provides a suitable and safe means of egress through the enclosure of an area or space.

“Home” means a home as defined by section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.

“Home for the aging” means a home as defined by division (C) of section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.

“Lot” means a plot or parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted to a certain use, or occupied by a building or group of buildings that are united by a common interest and use, and the customary accessories and open spaces belonging to the same.

“Mental nursing home” means a nursing home for persons who are mentally incapacitated from causes other than simple senility, or who regularly require restraint.

“NEC” means the 1962 edition of the National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 70, “National Electrical Code.”

“Nursing home” means a home as defined by division (A) of section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.

“OBC-1964” means the Ohio Building Code 1964 Edition including amendments effective June 10, 1964, as adopted by the board of building standards.

“OBC” means the current edition of the Ohio Building Code, as adopted by the board of building standards.

“Occupants” means patients, residents, and personnel housed in a home.

“Operator” means the person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which is required by section 3721.05 of the Revised Code to obtain a license in order to open, manage, maintain, or operate a home.

“Patient” means a person who needs skilled nursing or dietary care or rehabilitation service because of illness or incapacitation.

“Repair” means the replacement of existing work with equivalent materials for the purpose of its maintenance; but not including any addition, change or modification in construction, exit facilities, or building service equipment.

“Required” means mandatory under state law.

“Resident” means a person who, by reason of age or infirmity, is dependent upon the services of others.

“Rest home” means a home as defined by division (B) of section 3721.01 of the Revised Code.

“Restrained” as applied to persons in a building,means that such persons are confined or corporally restrained in the building in such a manner that the freedom for normal egress from the building is dependent upon the unlocking or unbolting by others, of one or more doors or barriers, or the removal of restraints.

“Small rest home” means a rest home for 3, 4, or 5 persons.

“Toilet room” means a room or rooms conforming to section 1230.12 OBC-1964, and including not less than one of each of the following plumbing fixtures: water closet, shower or bathtub and a lavatory which is located in or adjacent to the room in which the water closet is located.

“Wiring method” means the type of wiring and equipment, and details of installation required or used in an electrical installation.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) Every building, initially licensed for occupancy as a nursing, mental nursing, alcoholic nursing or rest home prior to August 1, 1958, and in continuous operation as a home since such date, shall comply with Chapter 4101:2-90 and the applicable provisions of Chapter 3701-17 of the Ohio Sanitary Code.

(B) All new homes, and any alteration or addition to all homes shall be made in compliance with Chapter 4101:2-57. Repair as defined in section 4101:2-90-01 is not regulated.

(C) Each part of a building which is separated from the other parts by a fire wall conforming to sections 1203.06 to 1203.09, inclusive, OBC-1964, is considered a separate building only for purposes of determining height and area limitations and existing requirements.

(D) Chapters 1201, 1202, 1203, and 1230, OBC-1964, with the exception of 1230.05, 1230.06, 1230.07, 1230.08, and 1230.09 OBC-1964, are applicable to Chapter 4101:2-90; other chapters of OBC are applicable only as reference is made to them in this chapter.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Homes that have been granted variances by the director of health under the provisions of division (A) of regulation NE-17-52, Ohio Sanitary Code (formerly regulation 201, Ohio Sanitary Code), in effect prior to the effective date of Chapter 4101:2-90, are exempt only from the provisions of Chapter 4101:2-90 applicable to the item for which the variances were granted.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

A certificate of operation issued by the chief of the division of elevator inspection, department of industrial relations, or by other authorized jurisdictions shall be posted in each elevator which is in operation.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

All buildings used for a home or part thereof shall be sufficient in strength and stability to safely withstand the loads specified under Chapter 1210 OBC-1964, except that where a serious hazard does not exist in a building occupied as a home prior to August 1, 1958, no alterations or additions need be made.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Cellars as defined in section 1201.03 OBC-1964 shall not be used for sleeping purposes by patients or residents.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Toilet rooms shall conform to the following:

(A) Where toilet rooms are not available in connection with each room occupied for sleeping purposes, there shall be not less than one toilet room readily accessible from public spaces in each occupied story;

(B) Where both sexes are accommodated on a floor and there are more than 4 persons of one sex, a toilet room shall be provided on that floor for each sex;

(C) Except as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of this regulation, toilet rooms shall conform to section 1230.12 OBC-1964.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) Plumbing and plumbing fixtures in homes shall conform to the applicable provisions of Chapter 1225 of OBC-1964. The number and type of plumbing fixtures required for patients and residents is as follows:

(1) One water closet for each 10 patients and residents.

(2) One bedpan flusher for each 20 nonambulatory patients where there are more than 5 such patients.

(3) One slop sink or equally satisfactory facility for urinal wastes in lieu of a bedpan flusher or hopper where there are 5 or less nonambulatory patients.

(4) One hopper for urinal waste and washing for each 15 nonambulatory male patients where there are more than 5 such patients.

(5) One lavatory for each 10 patients and residents.

(6) One shower or bathtub for each 15 patients and residents.

(7) One drinking fountain or other equally adequate and sanitary drinking facility for each 75 patients and residents.

(B) Lavatories and bathing facilities shall be supplied with hot and cold running water. Bathing facilities shall be provided with approved devices for temperature control or with water which does not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit in temperature at the fixture outlet.

(C) Where urinals are provided, the number of water closets specified may be reduced by one for each urinal installed, except that the number of water closets installed shall be not less than two-thirds of the number otherwise specified.

(D) Water closets and lavatories shall be provided for employees under the same conditions and in the same ratio as for patients and residents. Such facilities shall be installed in separate rooms for employees where patients’ and residents’ toilet rooms are not available to employees within a travel distance of not more than 200 feet and one story.

(E) Not less than one lavatory shall be provided for employees in or adjacent to food preparation and similar areas.

(F) Where the required number of fixtures is determined according to a basic number of persons accommodated by one fixture, not less than one such fixture shall be provided for any fraction of such number of persons to be accommodated.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) The height and floor area of a building occupied as a home shall not exceed that specified in TABLE 4101:2-90-09, unless otherwise excepted by this regulation, according to the type of construction of the building as defined in Chapters 1204 to 1208, inclusive, OBC-1964.

(B) The height and floor area limitations in TABLE 4101:2-90-09 do not apply to a home, initially licensed prior to August 1, 1958, and in continuous operation since such date, that had installed throughout the building, prior to the effective date of Chapter 4101:2-90, a conforming sprinkler system or an automatic fire detection service system approved by the department of industrial relations or a certified municipal or county building department.

(C) The first story of a building is the story having its floor elevation nearest the average finished grade of the ground adjoining the building, except that floor elevations more than 31/2 feet below such grade are not a consideration in determining which story is the first story.

(D) Where the enclosure of a stairway or other stairway requirement is based upon the height of a building and the first floor is more than 8 feet above the finished grade at a required exit serving the stairway and the exit is to the outside of the building, the story below such floor shall be considered as the first floor for the purpose of such requirement.

(E) All walls and ceilings of corridors, hallways, and stair wells of exit ways shall be not less flame resistive than Class C material as classified in 1203.34 OBC 1964, unless the building is equipped with a conforming sprinkler system.

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Note (a). The first floor level shall be not more than 4 feet above the finished grade at not less than 50 per cent of the required exits from the building;

Nonambulatory persons shall not be housed above the first floor, unless the building is equipped with a conforming sprinkler system;

Not more than 30 patients or residents shall be housed in the building unless the building is equipped with a conforming sprinkler system and all curtains, draperies, and similar items causing flame spread of consequence are flameproofed and all interior finish is not less flame resistive than Class C material as classified in 1203.34 OBC-1964.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Openings to which fire escapes are exposed shall be protected as required under section 1203.282 OBC-1964, or a Class A fire escape shall be used, except for installations made prior to August 1, 1958, and approved for their purpose by the division of factory and building inspection.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Every exit way shall lead to and discharge into a street, or into a permanent open space providing access to a street, without a reduction in the required exit capacity to less than the aggregate required capacity of the exit ways leading to such street or such open space.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) Not less than 2 exits shall be provided for every occupied story of a building. Such exits shall be remote from each other.

(B) Exits from any story shall be of such number and be so located that the distance of travel from the door of any occupied room to an exit from the story will not exceed 100 feet in an unsprinklered building or 150 feet in a sprinklered building.

(C) Each occupied room shall have not less than one doorway opening directly to the outside of the building or to a corridor having 2 exits remote from each other, or to another exit way conforming to OBC-1964.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) Doorways may serve as required exits when such doorways have a clear width of not less than 36 inches for rooms occupied by nonambulatory persons, and not less than 30 inches for rooms occupied by ambulatory persons.

(B) All new doorways shall comply with the requirements of OBC-1964.

(C) Doors in required exit ways shall swing, when opening, in the direction of egress except when in exits from rooms or buildings occupied by fewer than 15 persons.

(D) An accordion-type door may be used as the exit door from a room occupied by fewer than 6 persons. Accordion-type doors shall be designed, constructed, and installed to insure that they will be easy to operate at all times, and there shall be no looking devices to lock such doors in the closed position. Egress from any room to a conforming exit way or the outside of a building shall be dependent upon the operation of not more than one accordion-type door. Such doors shall have flame-resistive properties of not less than those of Class D material under section 1203.34 OBC-1964, or as required for flame-resistive decorative material under section 1203.41 OBC-1964.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

For exit doors from spaces where it is not necessary to have persons restrained, hardware shall be Type A or B as classified in section 1223.27 OBC-1964. Reliable means shall be provided through the design, construction, arrangement, and operation of looking devices or through sufficient attendants on duty at all times to permit the prompt release of persons from any locked part of the building should an emergency occur.

The requirement for Type A or B hardware does not apply to small rest homes.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) Aisles and corridors shall conform to the applicable provisions of sections 1223.29 to 1223.33, inclusive, OBC-1964.

(B) Halls and corridors may serve as required exit ways where such halls and corridors are not less than 40 inches wide for nonambulatory persons and not less than 36 inches wide for ambulatory persons. Halls and corridors serving as exit ways shall not be obstructed by anything that will prevent free and safe passage and shall not lead through any room or space used for a purpose that may obstruct free and safe passage.

(C) Halls or corridors which provide for egress from any required stairway shall have an enclosure which is not less fire resistant than is required for the enclosure for the stairway.

(D) Corridors shall have not less than 2 exits therefrom and shall not have a dead end of more than 30 feet beyond one exit from the corridor.

This regulation shall not apply to small rest homes.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) Stairways and ramps used by ambulatory persons only may serve as required exit ways where such stairways or ramps are not less than 30 inches wide. Stairways and ramps serving floors occupied by nonambulatory persons may serve as required exit ways where such stairways or ramps are not less than 40 inches wide. Handrails may project into such required width not more than 3” inches on each side of the stairway or ramp.

(B) Egress to the outside of the building from not more than one required exit stairway providing egress from the same area of the building may be dependent upon passage through the same lobby; exits from other required exit stairways shall be directly to the outside of the building or be to corridors, vestibules, or other exit ways which have enclosures which are not less fire resistant than is required for the enclosure of the stairway.

(C) Handrails shall be placed on each side of all stairways more than 30 inches in width and on not less than one side of stairways not more than 30 inches in width.

(D) Stairways shall be enclosed and all shafts extending to a cellar or basement or communicating between stories shall be enclosed as required under the following:

(1) For stairways — section 1234.16 OEC-1964.

(2) For stairways from a basement or cellar of a one-story building, the enclosure shall be as required for a 2 or 3 story building under section 1234.16 OBC-1964.

(3) For elevator shafts — section 1234.20 OBC-1964.

(4) Where not regulated under divisions (D)(1), (2), or (3), shafts shall be enclosed as specified under sections 1203.30 to 1203.304, inclusive, OBC-1964.

(E) The following are exceptions to division (D) of this regulation:

(1) Stairway enclosures need be only at the head or foot of each stairway from one floor to another.

(2) Enclosures may be of suitable and substantial noncombustible materials or have not less than hour fireresistance rating with combustible framing protected by noncombustible materials.

(3) The doors to enclosures shall be self-closing and may be Class C or be solid wood doors not less than 1 3/4 inches thick throughout.

(F) Except for the requirements for handrails, section 4101:2-90-16 does not apply to small rest homes.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Class A or B fire escapes, conforming to the applicable provisions of sections 1223.54 to 1223.64, inclusive, OBC-1964, may be used for not more than 50 percent of the required means of egress from homes; Class C fire escapes, conforming to the applicable provisions of said sections, may be used for not more than 50 per cent of the required means of egress where ambulatory persons only are to be accommodated. Class A fire escapes shall be used when openings to which the fire escape is exposed are not protected as specified under section 1203.282, OBC-1964; except for installations made prior to August 1, 1958, and approved for their purpose by the department of industrial relations.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Areaways shall be guarded by railings not less than 3 feet high and conforming in strength to section 1210.31 OBC-1964, or be guarded by devices affording equivalent protection to persons.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Required exits which are not normally used for ingress, and which cannot be readily located in an emergency, shall be made obvious by Type A or B and E exit signs conforming to section 1223.69 OBC-1964.

This regulation does not apply to small rest homes.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) All buildings used for a home or part thereof shall be equipped with one or more heating systems having capacity sufficient to maintain in all rooms used by patients or residents, unless medically contra-indicated, a temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit in nursing homes and 72 degrees Fahrenheit in rest homes as measured 30 inches above the floor and 3 feet from the outside walls, when the outside temperature is zero degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature maintained shall be such as is necessary for health and comfort according to the construction of the buildings and the needs of the occupants.

(B) The heating of buildings for homes or parts thereof shall be by a central heating system, or other equally safe and effective means. All heating devices shall be adequately protected to prevent the spread of fire or injury to persons. Fireplaces may be used in lounges and recreation rooms. Fireplaces shall be adequately screened for safety against the spread of fire.

(C) Building service equipment, heater rooms, and other installations in buildings used for a home or part thereof shall conform to provisions of OEC-1964 which are applicable according to the following:

(1) Chimneys, flues, and vents; see note(a) — Chapter 1217 OBC-1964 (2) Heating, gravity and mechan- ical ventilation, and air- conditioning equipment; see notes(a)and(b) — Chapter 1218 OBC-1964 (3) Heater and refuse rooms, and incinerators; see note(a) — Section OBC-1964 (4) Light and natural ventilation; see note(a) — Chapter OBC-1964 (5) Electrical equipment; see note(a) — Chapter OBC-1964 (6) Fire alarm equipment; see note(a) — Chapter OBC-1964 (7) Plumbing; see note(a) — Chapter OBC-1964 (8) Storage and service rooms, enclosures; see note(a) — Section OBC-1964

Note (a): Where a serious hazard does not exist in a building, no alteration or addition need be made.

Note (b): Heating appliances and restaurant type cooking appliances shall be mounted and have accepted safe clearances from combustible materials such as is specified in pamphlet No. 90B published by the National Fire Protection Association or in appendix I of the 1955 edition of the National Building Code recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

(A) For sleeping rooms, means for natural light shall be provided by one or more windows or transparent panels not less in area than 10 per cent of the floor area of the room under consideration.

(B) Artificial lighting shall conform to Chapter 1219 OBC-1964. Illumination shall be as specified in section 1219.08 OBC-1964.

(C) Where natural ventilation only is used for sleeping rooms, the total clear openable area of windows or other openings in exterior or court walls, shall not be less than 5 per cent of the floor space under consideration.

(D) Where mechanical ventilation only is used for sleeping rooms refer to Chapter 1218.15 OBC-1964.

(E) Ventilation for spaces not otherwise provided for in this regulation shall conform to the applicable provisions of Chapters 1218 and 1219 OBC-1964.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Class E finish and trim, as defined and classified in Chapter 1203 OBC-1964, shall be removed or flameproofed to have a flame spread resistance of not less than that required for Class D material except as required in 4101:2-90-09.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Decorative materials in exit ways shall be flame resistive under section 1203.41 OBC-1964.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Exterior walls of wood frame construction, interior stud partitions, and similar framing shall be firestopped so as to eliminate all draft openings between any cellar or basement and the story next above. Firestopping shall consist of wood not less than 2 inches nominal in thickness, or a suitable noncombustible material.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Fire-extinguishing equipment shall be installed and maintained as follows:

(A) A sprinkler system shall be installed and maintained in all rooms used for the storage and handling of combustible materials or for workshops where such rooms are located in a basement or cellar of a home accommodating more than 30 patients or residents.

(B) Standard portable fire extinguishers shall be provided in homes as follows:

(1) In each story, cellar, and basement, in the proportion of not less than one extinguisher to each 2500 square feet of floor area, and located so that there will be not more than 50 feet of travel distance to an available extinguisher.

(2) One at or near each end of each indoor “place of assembly” other than a “minor place of assembly” as classified in section 1237.03 OBC-1964.

(3) One in each kitchen.

(4) One in each shop.

(5) One in each heater room. For small heater rooms, the extinguisher may be placed outside and near a doorway to the heater room.

(6) At locations where a special fire hazard causes the availability of an extinguisher to be advisable.

(C) The size and number of fire extinguishers shall be as conditions make advisable. The types of fire extinguishers shall be not less effective than the following:

(1) For general use: soda-acid 2 ® gallons.

(2) For shops: foam, 2 ® gallons; or CO2, 5 pounds.

(D) Carbon tetrachloride shall not be used.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76

Electrical equipment, electrical wiring, and wiring methods in each and every building in which a home, as defined by section 3721.01 of the Revised Code, is housed shall comply with and be maintained in accordance with the NEC as follows:

(A) The service-entrance and service equipment shall meet the requirements of article 230 of the NEC.

(B) Feeders and branch-circuits shall conform to articles 200, 210, and 215 of the NEC.

(C) Overcurrent protection shall conform to article 240 of the NEC, except all existing fuseholders employing Edison base-type plug fuses, shall be converted for Type S fuses in accordance with section 240-22 of the NEC, and only Type S fuses may be used therein.

(D) Electric installations shall be protected by grounding in accordance with article 250 of the NEC, excepting those sections pertaining to portable equipment.

(E) Conductors shall be a minimum size as stated in sections 310-8 and 310-9 of the NEC and shall be rated as to current carrying capacity in accordance with section 310-11, tables 310-12 to 310-15, inclusive, of the NEC.

(F) Flexible cords shall conform to article 400 of the NEC and be limited to a maximum length of 6 feet when used as a fixture cord, and shall be fixed to the fixture or appliance which they serve. Extension cords shall not be used as a continuous or permanent wiring means to a fixture or appliance.

(G) Cabinets and cut-out boxes shall meet the requirements of article 373 of the NEC.

(H) Switchboards and panelboards shall meet the requirements of article 384 of the NEC.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76