                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPLIANCE WITH UNIFORM STATEWIDE BUILDING CODE (§ 63.2-1705)

A. Buildings licensed as assisted living facilities, adult day centers and child
welfare agencies shall be classified by and meet the specifications for the
proper Use Group as required by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.

B. Buildings used for assisted living facilities or adult day centers shall be
licensed for ambulatory or nonambulatory residents or participants. Ambulatory
means the condition of a resident or participant who is physically and mentally
capable of self-preservation by evacuating in response to an emergency to a
refuge area as defined by the Uniform Statewide Building Code without the
assistance of another person, or from the structure itself without the
assistance of another person if there is no such refuge area within the
structure, even if such resident or participant may require the assistance of a
wheelchair, walker, cane, prosthetic device, or a single verbal command to
evacuate. Nonambulatory means the condition of a resident or participant who by
reason of physical or mental impairment is not capable of self-preservation
without the assistance of another person.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 275, § 63.1-174.1; 1986, c. 430; 1989, c. 173; 1991, c. 532;
1992, c. 356, § 63.1-194.4; 1993, cc. 957, 993; 1998, c. 552; 2002, c. 747;
2024, cc. 37, 150.