Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §7855, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 596, Pt. A, §1 and affected by Pt. B, §25, is amended to read:

A. A residential care facility that has one to 3 4 beds must comply with the one-family and 2-family dwelling chapter of the Life Safety Code.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §7855, sub-§4, ¶A-1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 398, §1, is amended to read:

A-1. A residential care facility with 4 5 to or 6 beds whose residents have prompt evacuation capability, as defined in the Life Safety Code, must comply with the one- family and 2-family dwellings dwelling chapter of the Life Safety Code if that residential care facility was licensed under that chapter prior to October 1, 2002.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §7855, sub-§4, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 2, §80, is amended to read:

B. Except as provided in paragraph A-1, a residential care facility with 4 5 to 16 beds must comply with the sections of the Life Safety Code that apply to small facilities and with the chapter relating to new residential board and care occupancy if that facility is a facility that was constructed on or after July 25, 2002 or with the existing residential board and care occupancy chapter if that facility was licensed before July 25, 2002.

Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §8103, sub-§§5 and 6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 411, §1, are amended to read:

5. Requirements for children's home with more than 4 but fewer than 17 beds. A children's home that has a capacity of more than 3 4 but fewer than 17 beds must comply with the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association, Residential Board and Care Occupancies sections for small facilities as adopted by the Commissioner of Public Safety. In addition, automatic emergency lights must be provided in the number and location required by the Commissioner of Public Safety.

6. Requirements for children's home with 6 or fewer beds. Notwithstanding subsection 5, the department may consider a children's home that has 6 or fewer residents, all of whom can evacuate the home without the assistance of another person in 3 minutes or less, to be in compliance with the one-family and 2- family dwelling requirements of the Life Safety Code of the