NFPA 99: Health Care Facilities Code, Hardbound Handbook, 2012 Edition

In response to an increasingly decentralized health care system, a growing array of high-tech procedures, and new security demands, the 2012NFPA 99 reflects an environment where it is the risk that a procedure poses to patients and staff, not the location where it is conducted, that defines safety guidelines. Its new title --Health Care Facilities Code-- signifies that it is rewritten to make performance criteria for health care facilities more enforceable and adoptable.

NFPA 2011

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Ref: S&C: 16-22-LSC - Final Rule Published: Adoption of 2012 Life Safety and Health

Memorandum Summary:  Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities:
On May 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities, which updates the fire safety requirements for health care providers and suppliers. This regulation requires certain providers and suppliers to meet the requirements of the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 and the 2012 edition of the Health Care Facilities Code, NFPA 99.