Illinois § 15

§ 15.

Plan requirements. (a) Each plan must establish procedures for evacuating persons with disabilities from the building in the event of an emergency, when those persons have notified the owner of their need for assistance. (b) Each plan must provide for a list to be maintained of persons who have notified the owner that they have a disability and would require special assistance in the event of an emergency. The list must include the unit, office, or room number location that the person with a disability occupies in the building. It is the intent of this Act that these lists must be maintained for the sole purpose of emergency evacuation. The lists may not be used or disseminated for any other purpose. (c) The plan must provide for a means to notify occupants of the building that a list identifying persons with a disability in need of emergency evacuation assistance is maintained by the owner, and the method by which occupants can place their name on the list. (d) In hotels and motels, each plan must provide an opportunity for a guest to identify himself or herself as a person with a disability in need of emergency evacuation assistance. (e) The plan must identify the location and type of any evacuation assistance devices or assistive technologies that are available in the building. If the plan provides for areas of rescue assistance, the plan must provide that these areas are to be identified by signs that state "Area of Rescue Assistance" and display the international symbol of accessibility. Lettering must be permanent and must comply with Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. (f) Each plan must include recommended procedures to be followed by building employees, tenants, or guests to assist persons with disabilities in need of emergency evacuation assistance. (g) A copy of the plan must be maintained at all times in a place that is easily accessible by law enforcement or fire safety personnel, such as in the management office of the high rise building, at the security desk, or in the vicinity of the fireman's elevator recall key, the life safety panel, or the fire pump room. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)