The
AHCA
Emergency Preparedness and Life Safety Committee
focuses on the development of the
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes and standards impacting
nursing centers that are adopted by CMS (primarily the Life Safety Code – NFPA
101); NFPA codes and standards impacting assisted living and residential care
which may be adopted by states; Guidelines for the Design and Construction of
Health Care Facilities, which are used in most states’ development of the
nursing center licensing standards and other architectural and building
guidelines for both nursing centers and assisted living communities; and
monitoring the interpretation of the Life Safety Code by state and federal
surveyors.
The Life Safety Committee has developed resources to help
members comply with Life Safety Code and Health Care Facilities Code
requirements, including: