Joint Commission Reminds Health Care Facilities of 2028 Sprinkler Requirement Deadline for High-rise Buildings
Published: 04/16/2025
Sources:
- The Joint Commission,
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Hospice
The Joint Commission is reminding health care occupancies about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) final rule effective July 5, 2016, where CMS adopted the 2012 edition of the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Life Safety Code® (NFPA 101-2012).
The requirement in the 2016 final rule – applicable to existing high-rise healthcare occupancies, including critical access hospitals, hospitals, inpatient hospice facilities, and nursing care centers, states that high-rise facilit…
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