Medicare and Medicaid programs; fire safety requirements for certain health care facilities. Final rule.
This final rule amends the fire safety standards for hospitals, long-term care facilities, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, ambulatory surgery centers, hospices that provide inpatient services, religious nonmedical health care institutions, critical access hospitals, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly facilities. Further, this final rule adopts the 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code and eliminates references in our regulations to all earlier editions.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D005388:Fire Extinguishing Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D005390:Fires / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States