Life Safety Code for ASCs

Now Available On Demand

Attend the Life Safety Code for ASCs virtual course to ensure your facility is meeting all CMS and NFPA requirements for ASCs. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of all applicable requirements and discuss easily misunderstood and overlooked aspects of operational compliance and documentation that could lead to Life Safety Code survey citations. Get the guidance you need to design and implement long-term, low-stress solutions that can help your ASC remain in continuous compliance with CMS’ physical environment mandates.

The Life Safety Code for ASCs virtual course will be broadcast live over two half days in October and available on demand afterwards.

Starting January 1, this program is included with 2025 membership. Learn more.

Pricing

Members $350
Nonmembers $400

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Agenda

Fire (including Sprinkler) and HVAC

Learn from two Life Safety Code auditors what they look at when they visit an ASC and how to prepare for their visit. Begin with a summary of the various components of fire safety and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with a focus on the regulatory environment and why compliance with the various standards is enforced. Then, look at the basics of what an administrator needs to know and have in hand when inspectors ask for documents or when a facility needs to contact a contractor for repairs. Get answers concerning basic and advanced Life Safety Code requirements ranging from why you need sprinklers and smoke detectors to what areas of the facility need negative or positive HVAC pressures.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Todd Cummins Todd Cummins, BS Senior Regulatory Auditor/Life Safety Code Specialist Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Headshot of Kayci Hoover-Doss Kayci Hoover-Doss Senior Regulatory Auditor/Life Safety Code Specialist Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Back to Basics on Emergency Power and Communication

Take a deep dive into the basic requirements pertaining to electrical systems, emergency electrical systems, emergency generators/Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and communication devices (nurse call systems, alarm panels) in ASCs. Basic, testing and documentation requirements will be discussed.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Jeremy Ralston Jeremy Ralston Life Safety Manager Enterprise SCA Health

The Who, What, When and Where of Managing Medical Gases and Vacuum Systems in Your Surgery Center

Review the requirements for safe handling of the medical gases and vacuum systems your facility relies on. Then, take your skills to the next level by exploring best practices and practical recommendations for managing a comprehensive compliance plan.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Jeremy Ralston Jeremy Ralston Life Safety Manager Enterprise SCA Health

Risk Assessments for Emergency Management and the Physical Environment

A comprehensive risk assessment is an opportunity to decide how to address environmental conditions in your facility. This session will start with the basics of a risk assessment and expand in complexity to include several different approaches. The NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code provides a basis for categorizing risks that can be applied to building systems, wet procedure rooms, utility equipment, medical equipment and more. This session will include examples from emergency management and the physical environment.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Richard Parker Richard Parker, MBA, FACHE, CHFM, FASHE Associate Director, Life Safety & Physical Environment Accreditation Commission for Health Care

State v. Medicare Regulatory Requirements and What Is Lurking Around the Corner

Explore the differences in the Life Safety Code requirements your state enforces and those that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expects you to meet. Look first at what your state requires now and CMS is expected to require soon. Then, consider the ways the most recent code changes affect you and your ASC. Knowing what obstacles and costs are associated with these changes can help you spread out the financial impact, relieve last-minute stress and avoid deficiencies.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Franklin Sands Franklin Sands, CLSS-HC, Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator Life Safety Compliance Officer CE-TECH

Fixing v. Fighting the Most Common Life Safety Code Deficiencies

Review some of the most common, not so common and “you have to be joking” deficiencies found during recent surveys. Consider whether you can prepare for them and, if so, how. Find out when disputing a deficiency is worth the fight, how to prepare and what to expect during that process.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Franklin Sands Franklin Sands, CLSS-HC, Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator Life Safety Compliance Officer CE-TECH

Life Safety Code Documentation—What, When, Who and How Long

Become a Life Safety Code documentation expert. Learn which documents should be maintained forever and which can be discarded and when. Examine a breakdown of what your organization can do to maintain compliance with the Life Safety Code and what must be performed by a vendor. Finally, discuss your surgery center’s responsibilities when hiring and monitoring vendors and get recommendations for managing the documentation involved.

AEU Content Area: Regulatory and Legal Issues

Headshot of Patty Spain Patty Spain, CST, EMT, CPHRM Vice President–Regulatory and Accreditation Consulting ASI

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Continuing Education

To receive credit, you must complete an evaluation for each session through the Education & Events Portal by December 31, 2025. You will use the same ID number listed on your registration confirmation email. If you have any questions regarding your customer ID, please contact registration@ascassociation.org.

  • Administrator Education Units (AEUs): This program is approved for up to 7.00 units of AEU credit for the Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC)® credential by BASC Provider #3272.
  • Nursing Contact Hours: This program is approved for up to 7.00 nursing contact hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #6949.

Disclosure

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Cancellation Policy

Registration fees are nonrefundable.

Can’t attend? Someone from your facility can attend in your place. Substitutions can be made free of charge for your initial substitution and $55 for each additional. All requests must be made in writing and sent via email to the ASCA Meetings Department at registration@ascassociation.org.

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