Sec. G-1. 22 MRSA §7855, sub-§4, ¶A-2 is enacted to read:
A-2. A residential care facility with 4 beds whose residents have prompt evacuation capability, as defined in the Life Safety Code, must comply with the one-family and 2-family dwellings chapter of the Life Safety Code if that residential care facility is licensed under that chapter after September 30, 2002.
This paragraph is repealed February 15, 2004.
Sec. G-2. 22 MRSA §7855, sub-§4, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 398, §1, is further amended to read:
B. Except as provided in paragraph A-1 or A-2, a residential care facility with 4 to 16 beds must comply with the sections of the Life Safety Code that apply to small facilities and with the chapter relating to new residential board and care occupancy if that facility is a facility that was constructed on or after July 25, 2002 or with the existing residential board and care occupancy chapter if that facility was licensed before July 25, 2002.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved, except as otherwise indicated.
Effective January 11, 2004, unless otherwise indicated.
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