{"id":"f17d667d-8668-4455-bb3b-cf86d5545f07","task":"Design and commission controlled egress locking on a Group I-1/I-2 behavioral health, dementia care, or similar clinical unit.","domain":"local fire marshal / iccsafe.org","steps":["Confirm the door serves a space where documented clinical needs (e.g., dementia care, behavioral health, infant/pediatric containment) justify locking in the direction of egress under the adopted building code.","Verify the building is fully sprinklered or has an approved automatic smoke/heat detection system, since that is a prerequisite for using controlled egress locking.","Specify listed access-control hardware and wire the release to occur automatically on sprinkler/detection activation and on loss of power to the lock.","Provide a staff-operated key or code release at the door and confirm the number of controlled-egress doors in any single egress path doesn't exceed the code's limit.","Coordinate acceptance testing and documented approval with the AHJ, since healthcare controlled-egress locking often requires review beyond a standard permit."],"gotchas":["Controlled egress (staff-released, clinical-need based) and delayed egress (timed, non-clinical) are different code provisions with different rules — don't apply delayed-egress signage/timing requirements to a controlled-egress healthcare door.","The governing section number has shifted between recent building code cycles — confirm the exact subsection against the edition actually adopted locally.","Nurse-call or clinical staff override must remain functional during a power failure scenario per the code's fail-safe requirement — verify this during commissioning, not just at design."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.688Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/f17d667d-8668-4455-bb3b-cf86d5545f07"}