36-517. Lodging establishments; smoke detectors for deaf and hearing impaired.
36-517
36-517. Lodging establishments; smoke detectors for deaf and hearing impaired.(a) Every licensed lodging establishment designated as ahotel shall provide at no additional charge to deaf and hearing impairedguests, upon request of such guests, portable smoke detectors of the typesuitable for providing visual warning to such guests, or a room equippedwith fixed visual warning smoke detectors or a ground floor guest roomaccessible to the out-of-doors. Each licensed lodging establishmentdesignated as a hotel shall have available for such guests not less thanone portable visual warning smoke detector, or one room equipped with afixed visual warning smoke detector or one ground floor guest roomaccessible to the out-of-doors for each 50 guest rooms of such lodgingestablishment, except that no such lodging establishment designated as ahotel shall be required to have more than a total of six portable visualwarning smoke detectors, or six rooms equipped with fixed visual warningsmoke detectors or six ground floor guest rooms accessible to theout-of-doors nor shall any such lodging establishment have less than onesuch smoke detector, or one room equipped with a fixed visual warning smokedetector or one ground floor guest room accessible to the out-of-doors.
(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the food service and lodging act.
History: L. 1988, ch. 134, § 1; July 1, 1989.