Definitions
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Commission" refers to the Indiana fire prevention and
building safety commission.
(2) "Exit" means a continuous and unobstructed means of
egress to a public way designated as an exit pursuant to the
rules of the commission. The term includes doorways,
corridors, exterior exit balconies, ramps, stairways, smokeproof
enclosures, horizontal exits, exit passageways, exit courts, and
yards.
(3) "Owner" means a person having control or custody of any
building covered by this chapter.
(4) "Public building" means any structure used in whole or in
part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic,
occupancy, or use by the public, or by three (3) or more tenants.
It also means all educational buildings, day care centers,
hospitals, institutions, health facilities, residential-custodial care
facilities, mercantile occupancies, and office occupancies.
(5) "Special egress control device" means an exit locking
system that:
(A) allows a delay in exiting through an exit in a
nonemergency situation; and
(B) complies with rules adopted by the commission.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.140, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1984,
SEC.116; P.L.169-1996, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 27, 2006