A fire safety code prepared by the National Fire Protection Association. The provisions of this Code (NFPA, 21st edition, 1967) relating to hospitals and nursing facilities must (except in instances where a waiver is granted) be met by facilities certified for participation under Medicare and Medicaid. The Secretary of HEW may accept a State’s fire and safety code, in lieu of the 1967 edition of the Life Safety Code, if he finds that it is imposed by law and will provide adequate protection for inpatients of nursing facilities. The code is based on the Southern Standard Building Code which contains optimum (not minimum) standards.
A code of construction and operation for buildings, intended to maximize fire safety, issued and periodically revised by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) of Quincy, Massachusetts. Compliance with this code (also known as NFPA 101) is required of hospitals seeking accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).