2015 Indiana Code TITLE 22. LABOR AND SAFETY ARTICLE 11. BUILDING AND SAFETY REGULATIONS CHAPTER 16. FIRE SAFETY EMERGENCY SIGNS
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IC 22-11-16
Chapter 16. Fire Safety Emergency Signs
IC 22-11-16-1
"Owner" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "owner" means a person having
control or custody of any building covered by this chapter.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.139, SEC.1.
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Rules; adoption; application
Sec. 2. (a) The fire prevention and building safety commission
shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 governing fire safety in certain
buildings as specified in subsection (b).
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) and subsection (d), this
chapter and the rules adopted under it apply to:
(1) all hotels, motels, apartments (in buildings containing three
(3) or more apartments), and buildings containing three (3) or
more sleeping rooms that rent for a fee; and
(2) all buildings occupied after September 14, 1982, as hotels,
motels, apartments (in buildings containing three (3) or more
apartments), and buildings containing three (3) or more sleeping
rooms that rent for a fee.
(c) This chapter does not apply to hotels and motels that have no
interior corridors and whose individual rooms have only exterior
exits.
(d) This chapter does not apply to an apartment in an apartment
building from which apartment there is immediate ground level
access to the outside.
(e) Compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it
does not relieve the owner of a building covered by this chapter from
the requirements of any other applicable law, rule, regulation, or
ordinance.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.139, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.237-1983,
SEC.1; P.L.8-1984, SEC.115.
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Rules; contents
Sec. 3. (a) The rules required by this chapter must include the
following requirements:
(1) In all hotels, motels, and buildings containing three (3) or
more sleeping rooms that rent for a fee, an emergency sign must
be permanently affixed to the back of each guestroom or room
door and by the entrance to a required exitway where there is an
interior door with corridors to the exitway.
(2) In all apartments covered by this chapter, an emergency sign
must be permanently affixed in a prominent location.
(b) The emergency signs required by subsection (a) must contain
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the following information:
(1) Instructions on practical emergency procedures in case of
fire or other emergency.
(2) In hotels, motels, and buildings containing three (3) or more
sleeping rooms that rent for a fee only, a statement describing
the number of doors (to the left or right) to a fire exit.
(c) In addition, the rules required by this chapter must include
requirements for the letter size, color, content, location, and overall
size of the emergency signs required by this chapter.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.139, SEC.1.
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Violation; offense
Sec. 4. An owner violating the provisions of this chapter or the
rules adopted under it, commits a Class A infraction.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.139, SEC.1.
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Inspections to determine compliance
Sec. 5. The state fire marshal's office shall, as part of its normal
inspection process, conduct inspections to determine if there is
compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. Any
evidence of a violation shall be turned over to the prosecuting
attorney of the county where the violation occurred.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.139, SEC.1.
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