Battery or AC-powered smoke detector devices shall be installed in all local and regional detention homes, group homes, and other residential care facilities for children or juveniles which are operated by or under the auspices of the Department of Juvenile Justice, regardless of when the building was constructed, in accordance with the provision of the Uniform Statewide Building Code by July 1, 1986. Administrators of such homes and facilities shall be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the smoke detector devices.

History

1984, c. 179; 1989, c. 733.