NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code 2021

Help improve safety, system reliability, and patient protection in health care environments with NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code.

NFPA 99 provides comprehensive, risk-based requirements for the design, installation, testing, operation, and maintenance of critical systems supporting patient care within health care facilities. The code addresses essential infrastructure systems whose failure could directly impact patient safety and clinical operations.

Updated every three years through the NFPA consensus standards development process, NFPA 99 reflects evolving health care technologies, operational practices, and emerging risks, including cybersecurity concerns and modern power system requirements.

Who Uses NFPA 99?

NFPA 99 is an essential resource for professionals responsible for the design, operation, maintenance, and inspection of health care facility systems, including:

• Health care facility engineers and facility managers
• Electrical engineers and contractors
• Medical gas system installers and inspectors
• Health care architects and system designers
• Authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs)
• Safety officers and compliance professionals

These professionals rely on NFPA 99 to help ensure that systems supporting patient care are properly designed, installed, tested, maintained, and operated to reduce risks and improve occupant safety.

Highlights

The 2021 edition introduces several substantial updates and revisions, including:

• New guidance addressing the conversion of clinical spaces to nonclinical spaces and related medical gas inlet and outlet requirements
• Introduction of the term responsible facility authority along with associated professional responsibility and qualification requirements
• Removal of previous Chapter 5 language regarding cryogenic fluid central supply systems and replacement with updated extracts from NFPA 55
• Addition of a new section on health care microgrids in Chapter 6
• New requirements for electrical equipment site acceptance testing and preventive electrical maintenance in Chapter 6
• Revised procedures for removing flammable liquid-soaked materials from operating rooms, limiting removal requirements to the patient care vicinity
• Added fire protection requirements for heliports in Chapter 16 through references to NFPA 418
• Expanded scope provisions including hyperbaric chambers used for veterinary care

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