§ 22-11-17-1 — Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1) "Commission" refers to the Indiana fire prevention and
building safety commission.
(2) "Exit" means a continuous and unobstructed means of egress
to a public way designated as an exit pursuant to the rules of the
commission. The term includes doorways, corridors, exterior exit
balconies, ramps, stairways, smokeproof enclosures, horizontal
exits, exit passageways, exit courts, and yards.
(3) "Owner" means a person having control or custody of any
building covered by this chapter.
(4) "Public building" means any structure used in whole or in part
as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic,
occupancy, or use by the public, or by three (3) or more tenants.
It also means all educational buildings, day care centers,
hospitals, institutions, health facilities, residential-custodial care
facilities, mercantile occupancies, and office occupancies.
(5) "Special egress control device" means an electronically
controlled exit locking system that:
(A) allows a delay in exiting through an exit in a nonemergency
situation; and
(B) complies with rules adopted by the commission.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.140, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.8-1984, SEC.116; P.L.169-1996, SEC.1; P.L.187-2021,
SEC.65.