Section 170-296A-4500. Emergency exits—General.

(1) Each level of the home (floor) used for licensed child care space must have at least two emergency exits that open directly to the exterior of the home.

(a) The emergency exits on each floor must be remotely located from each other, at opposite ends of the building or as widely spaced as possible.

(b) One exit must be an emergency exit door as defined in WAC 170-296A-4525 and the other exit may be a door or an emergency window as defined in WAC 170-296A-4550.

(2) Every room used for child care, except bathrooms, must have two separate ways to exit that must be:

(a) An emergency exit door and emergency exit window leading directly to the exterior of the building;

(b) An emergency exit door or emergency exit window and an interior door or doorway leading to an emergency exit pathway; or

(c) Two separate doors or doorways leading to two separate emergency exit pathways.

See WAC 170-296A-4575 for additional requirements for rooms used for sleeping or napping.

(3) If child care is provided in a basement or level of the home accessed by an interior stairway, the stairway must have a self closing door at the top or bottom. As used in this section "basement" means the portion of the home that is partly or completely below grade.

(4) Any basement approved for licensed child care must have two means of emergency exit, which may be one of the following:

(a) Two emergency exit doors that exit directly to the exterior of the home without entering the first floor; or

(b) One of the two emergency exits is an emergency exit window or emergency exit door, and the other exit is an interior stairway that leads to an emergency exit.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 11-23-068, § 170-296A-4500, filed 11/14/11, effective 3/31/12.]

RCW 43.215.060, 43.215.070, and chapter 43.215 RCW. WSR 11-23-068, § 170-296A-4500, filed 11/14/11, effective 3/31/12.

Rules

170-296A-4525,170-296A-4550,170-296A-4575,