In a recent Q&A on the FacilityCare website, consultant Brad Keyes answered a question about exiting through other occupancies.
Q: If I want to classify my building as a healthcare occupancy, even though I have a business or ambulatory healthcare occupancy in it, I know I need to meet the most restrictive occupancy, which would be healthcare. I also know that I need to meet construction type, fire protection and allowable floors for the healthcare occupancy — but what about exiting requirements?
A: Where inpatients are expected to exit through any other occupancy, you need to maintain the exiting requirements for healthcare occupancy even if the occupancy is something else.
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