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DEFINITIONS

todial care who, without any assistance, are capable due to security measures not under the occupants’ control.
of responding to an emergency situation to complete This group shall include, but not be limited to, the follow-
building evacuation. ing:
[BG] Condition 2. This occupancy condition shall Correctional centers
include buildings in which there are any persons re- Detention centers
ceiving custodial care who require limited verbal or Jails
physical assistance while responding to an emer- Prerelease centers
gency situation to complete building evacuation. Prisons
[BG] Six to 16 persons receiving custodial care. A Reformatories
facility housing not fewer than six and not more than Buildings of Group I-3 shall be classified as one of the fol-
16 persons receiving custodial care shall be classi- lowing occupancy conditions:
fied as Group R-4.
[BG] Condition 1. This occupancy condition shall
[BG] Five or fewer persons receiving custodial include buildings in which free movement is allowed
care. A facility with five or fewer persons receiving from sleeping areas and other spaces where access or
custodial care shall be classified as Group R-3 or occupancy is permitted to the exterior via means of
shall comply with the International Residential egress without restraint. A Condition 1 facility is per-
Code provided an automatic sprinkler system is mitted to be constructed as Group R.
installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.3 or
with Section P2904 of the International Residential [BG] Condition 2. This occupancy condition shall
Code. include buildings in which free movement is allowed
from sleeping areas and any other occupied smoke
[BG] Institutional Group I-2. Institutional Group I-2 compartment to one or more other smoke compart-
occupancy shall include buildings and structures used for ments. Egress to the exterior is impeded by locked
medical care on a 24-hour basis for more than five persons exits.
who are not capable of self-preservation. This group shall
include, but not be limited to, the following: [BG] Condition 3. This occupancy condition shall
include buildings in which free movement is allowed
Foster care facilities within individual smoke compartments, such as within
Detoxification facilities a residential unit comprised of individual sleeping units
Hospitals
Nursing homes and group activity spaces, where egress is impeded by
remote-controlled release of means of egress from such
Psychiatric hospitals
smoke compartment to another smoke compartment.
[BG] Occupancy Conditions. Buildings of Group I-2
shall be classified as one of the following occupancy [BG] Condition 4. This occupancy condition shall
conditions: include buildings in which free movement is restricted
from an occupied space. Remote-controlled release is
[BG] Condition 1. This occupancy condition shall provided to permit movement from sleeping units,
include facilities that provide nursing and medical activity spaces and other occupied areas within the
care but do not provide emergency care, surgery, smoke compartment to other smoke compartments.
obstetrics, or in-patient stabilization units for psy-
chiatric or detoxification, including, but not limited [BG] Condition 5. This occupancy condition shall
to, nursing homes and foster care facilities. include buildings in which free movement is restricted
from an occupied space. Staff-controlled manual
[BG] Condition 2. This occupancy condition shall release is provided to permit movement from sleeping
include facilities that provide nursing and medical units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within
care and could provide emergency care, surgery, the smoke compartment to other smoke compartments.
obstetrics, or inpatient stabilization units for psychi-
atric or detoxification, including, but not limited to, [BG] Institutional Group I-4, day care facilities. Institu-
hospitals. tional Group I-4 shall include buildings and structures
occupied by more than five persons of any age who
[BG] Five or fewer persons receiving medical receive custodial care for less than 24 hours by persons
care. A facility with five or fewer persons receiving other than parents or guardians, relatives by blood, mar-
medical care shall be classified as Group R-3 or riage, or adoption, and in a place other than the home of
shall comply with the International Residential the person cared for. This group shall include, but not be
Code provided an automatic sprinkler system is limited to, the following:
installed in accordance with Section 903.3.1.3 or
with Section P2904 of the International Residential Adult day care
Code. Child day care
[BG] Institutional Group I-3. Institutional Group I-3 [BG] Classification as Group E. A child day care
occupancy shall include buildings and structures which are facility that provides care for more than five but not
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inhabited by more than five persons who are under more than 100 children 2 / years or less of age, where
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restraint or security. A Group I-3 facility is occupied by the rooms in which the children are cared for are
persons who are generally incapable of self-preservation located on a level of exit discharge serving such rooms
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