ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 88
(Senators Manchin, Anderson, Boley,
Grubb and Macnaughtan, original sponsors)
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[Passed March 10, 1995; in effect from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact article six, chapter sixty-four of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating generally to the
promulgation of administrative rules by the various
executive or administrative agencies and the procedures
relating thereto; legislative mandate or authorization
for the promulgation of certain legislative rules by
various executive and administrative agencies of the
state; authorizing certain of the agencies to promulgate
certain legislative rules in the form that the rules were
filed in the state register; authorizing certain of the
agencies to promulgate legislative rules as amended by the Legislature; authorizing certain of the agencies to
promulgate legislative rules with various modifications
presented to and recommended by the legislative rule-
making review committee; authorizing the division of
corrections to promulgate legislative rules relating to
inmate telephone calls, as modified; authorizing the
division of corrections to promulgate legislative rules
relating to furlough programs for inmates under the
custody and control of the commissioner of the division
of corrections, as modified; authorizing the division of
corrections to promulgate legislative rules relating to
employment of displaced correctional employees, as
modified; authorizing the jail and correctional facility
standards commission to promulgate legislative rules
relating to West Virginia minimum standards for
construction, operation and maintenance of jails, as
modified and amended; authorizing the state fire
commission to promulgate legislative rules relating to
the state fire code, as modified and amended; authorizing
the fire commission to promulgate legislative rules
relating to the state building code, as modified and
amended; authorizing the West Virginia state police to promulgate legislative rules relating to the West
Virginia state police's grievance procedure, as modified;
and authorizing the West Virginia state police to
promulgate legislative rules relating to cadet selection
process, as modified.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter sixty-four of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-6-1. Division of corrections.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on
the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, modified by the division of corrections to meet
the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee
and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of
November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to
the division of corrections (recording of inmate telephone
calls, 90 CSR 5), are authorized with the amendment set forth
below:
On page two of the rule, section 3.2.2, after the period, inserting the following sentence: "Except attorney-client
telephone calls which will not be recorded in any way."
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on
the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, modified by the division of corrections to meet
the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee
and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of
November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to
the division of corrections (furlough programs for inmates
under the custody and control of the commissioner of the
division of corrections, 90 CSR 3), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on
the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, modified by the division of corrections to meet
the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee
and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of
November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to
the division of corrections (employment of displaced
correctional employees, 90 CSR 4), are authorized.
§64-6-2. Jail and correctional facility standards commission.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
eleventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, modified by the jail and correctional facility standards
commission to meet the objections of the legislative
rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register
on the fourth day of November, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, relating to the jail and correctional facility
standards commission (West Virginia minimum standards for
construction, operation and maintenance of jails, 95 CSR 1),
are authorized with the amendment set forth below:
On page forty, following section 17.18, by inserting a
new section 17.19, to read as follows:
17.19. Visitation to home county. The regional jail
authority shall provide transportation to the inmate's home
county for purposes of visitation if (1) The home county has
a holding facility which may be used for purposes of
visitation (2) The county commission and the sheriff of the
county agree to provide space in the holding facility for
purposes of visitation and to accept custody of the inmate
during such period of visitation and (3) Additional
transportation space is available on regularly scheduled runs
to the home county required for other necessary purposes such
as transporting other inmates to court proceedings.
Priorities for inmates seeking transportation to the home county for visitation shall be assigned to available space on
regularly scheduled runs as follows in the following order of
priority: (1) Emergency circumstances (2) Transportation for
inmates awaiting court proceedings and not under a sentence of
incarceration for any crime (3) Inmates who have not received
a visit within a three-month period and (4) Other inmates on
a first-come, first-served basis in order of date and time of
request.
§64-6-
3. State fire commission.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on
the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, modified by the state fire commission to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the fifth day of October, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the state fire
commission (state fire code, 87 CSR 1), are authorized with
the amendments set forth below:
On page five, section 5, line 3, after the word "with" by
striking out the words "NFPA 13, Standards" and inserting in
lieu thereof the words "the applicable NFPA standard."
And,
On page 53, by striking out all of section 14.13 and inserting a new section 14.13 to read as follows:
14.13 Primary Care Facilities
Definitions:
Primary Care Facility: Medical care and services at the point
when a person first seeks assistance from the health care
system for the simpler and more common illnesses and emergency
patient treatment/stabilization, and which takes ongoing
responsibility for the recipient's health maintenance and
illness. Including these and similar facilities: primary care
centers, local health departments, rural health
initiative/Kellogg Clinics, and birthing centers where
patients are capable of taking action for self-preservation.
No more than three non-ambulatory patients are permitted.
Self-Preservation: Patients and other occupants of the
facility must be capable of removing themselves from the
facility with limited assistance, either physical or verbal,
in an emergency, such as fire.
Minimum Construction Requirements:
A. New Construction shall meet Section 5 of this rule.
Exception: No new facility shall be constructed of
unprotected wood frame construction (Type V (000)).
B. Existing Construction - no requirement except unprotected wood frame construction shall not be acceptable
unless provided with an automatic sprinkler protection system.
Sprinkler System:
Automatic Sprinkler System. Design and installation shall
be in accordance with NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation
of Sprinkler Systems.
Occupant Load:
A. Occupant Load calculation will be one person per 100
square feet of gross floor area.
B. No birthing/non-ambulatory care rooms will be located
above or below the level of exit discharge.
Means of Egress Requirements:
Every aisle, passageway, corridor, stairways, exit
discharge, exit location, and access shall be in accordance
with NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, Means of Egress Requirements,
and as modified by this rule.
Number of Exits:
There shall be not less than two remote exits provided
from each floor.
Corridors:
A. No dead end corridor shall exceed 20 feet.
B. Travel distance to an exit shall not exceed 150 feet in a nonsprinklered building or 200 feet in a sprinklered
building.
C. All corridors shall be a minimum of 44 inches in clear
width. Primary Care facilities accepting non-ambulatory
patients shall have 6 foot corridors.
D. Corridors shall be of smoke tight construction.
Doors:
A. Doors in Means of Egress shall be a minimum of 36
inches in width and comply with NFPA 101, Life Safety Code.
B. All exit doors shall be equipped with panic hardware.
C. Doors not in the means of egress shall comply with
NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, Means of Egress Components
Protection:
A. Vertical Openings: All openings will comply with NFPA
101, Life Safety Code, Vertical Openings Requirements.
B. Hazardous Areas:
1. All hazardous areas shall be separated by one hour
fire resistive construction with openings protected with one
hour fire resistive assemblies or shall be protected with an
automatic sprinkler system and construction that resists the
passage of smoke.
2. General anesthetizing locations and laboratories using hazardous chemicals shall be protected in accordance with NFPA
99, Standard for Health Care Facilities.
C. Interior Finish:
Interior finish throughout the building will be Class A.
Where an approved automatic sprinkler system is installed,
Class B or C is acceptable.
D. Carpet:
All carpet will have a critical radiant flux minimum of
0.45 watts per square centimeter.
E. Fire Alarm:
The fire alarm system will comply with Section 11.01 and
11.04 of this rule. EXCEPTION: The fire alarm system is not
required to be connected to a communication center.
F. Building Services:
Building services will comply with NFPA 101, Life Safety
Code, Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment
Requirements.
G. Rescue and Ventilation:
Sleeping rooms will have at least one outside window for
emergency rescue and ventilation. The window shall provide a
clear opening of not less than 20 inches in width, 24 inches
in height and 5.7 square feet in area. The bottom of these window openings will be no more than 44 inches above the
floor.
H. Separation Requirements:
When a facility is located within a building having more
than one occupancy, the facility will be separated from all
other occupancies with a two (2) hour fire barrier, or the
building will be completely protected with an automatic
sprinkler system in accordance with NFPA 13, Standard for the
Installation of Sprinkler System.