Health care facilities code provides performance criteria for health care facilities that follow a riskbased approach, where it is the risk posed to patients and staff, not the type. Reproduced with permission from nfpa992015, health care. Nfpa 99 2012 edition for ios free download and software. Nfpa 72 national fire alarm code chapter 4 notification appliances office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety. Nfpa standards are reproduced with nfpas permission by. Complete list of codes and standards nfpa catalog home. Chapter 4 establishes criteria for levels of health care services or systems based on. The 2018 nfpa standards directory is now available for download.
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