Submit your NFPA code questions

Health care stakeholders can submit questions regarding the 2012 editions of the National Fire Protection Association’s NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, and other codes and standards referenced by the two documents for a formal interpretation by the Healthcare Interpretations Task Force (HITF).

The HITF will review questions submitted by its 16 member organizations at its meeting taking place during the 2025 NFPA Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, June 16-18.

Questions must be submitted through an HITF member organization by May 23 and formatted to require a “yes” or “no” answer. American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) members can email their questions to Chad Beebe, AIA, CHFM, CFPS, CBO, FASHE, deputy executive director, ASHE Regulatory Affairs, at cbeebe@aha.org.

HITF member organizations will present correctly formatted questions to the larger task force for debate on the use, interpretation and understanding of specific issues related to the NFPA 99 and NFPA 101® editions currently being enforced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The task force will then vote on position statements and answers to questions.

The “yes” or “no” questions and accompanying HITF interpretations will be made publicly available on the NFPA website following the technical meeting.

To learn more about the HITF and its process, visit the NFPA website.