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2012 Life Safety Code® adoption resources

CMS Documents	Alerts and Monographs	Articles and Guidance
Webinars and On Demand Recordings	Education Programs	Additional Resources

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted the 2012 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code®. Below are ASHE resources on this topic.

CMS Documents

• (June 20, 2016)
• Excerpt from Federal Register document
  : CMS final rule for hospitals and other types of health care facilities (May 3, 2016)
• Link to specific parts of the CMS Conditions of Participation

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Alerts and Monographs

• ASHE Advocacy Alert about the change (May 3, 2016)
• Monograph Life Safety Code Comparison. This monograph provides a detailed comparison of requirements in the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code® with requirements in the 2000 edition. The monograph also covers the 2009 editions of the Life Safety Code and International Building Code.
• ASHE members receive a 10 percent discount on the NFPA Quick Compare™, Life Safety Code 2000 & 2012 for Health Care Access this discount here.
• HITF Intepretations: Access ASHE’s HITF webpage to view summaries of the HITF interpretations affecting health care facilities

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Articles and Guidance

• (June 21, 2016)
• (June 10, 2016)
• (June 7, 2016)
• . (May 17, 2016)

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Webinars and On Demand Recordings

• Video: (June 27, 2016)
• On Demand: The 2012 Edition of NFPA 101 and Its Impact on New Health Care Facilities (Recorded April 6, 2016, members only)
• On Demand: The 2012 Edition of NFPA 101 and Its Impact on Existing Health Care Facilities (Recorded February 24, 2016, members only)
• On Demand: Reference Standards in the 2012 Edition of NFPA 101 and Their Impact on the Operation of Health Care Facilities (Recorded, May 18, 2016, members only)
• On Demand: (Recorded August 10, 2016, members only)
• On Demand: CMS Adoption of the 2012 Edition of NFPA 99 and What It Means for Health Care Facilities (Recorded September 15, 2016, members only)

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Education Programs

• Online Course: Application of NFPA 99 in Health Care Facilities. This e-learning course on covers the 2012 edition of NFPA 99. Health care facilities will have to comply with most of the 2012 edition of NFPA (except chapters 7, 8, 12, and 13) under the new CMS Conditions of Participation.
• Online Course: Managing Life Safety. This course covers the Life Safety Code and other information needed to manage health facility life safety programs.
• Hosted and Custom Programs: ASHE offers hosted and custom programs on the 2012 editions of NFPA 101 and NFPA 99 (in addition to other topics). Hosted and custom programs allow health care organizations, private companies, government and military groups, and ASHE affiliated chapters to bring quality programming directly to employees and team members. Hosted programs are often more economical than sending whole teams to off-site programs.

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Additional Resources

• nfpa.org)

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