Q3 ADVOCACY LIAISON WEBINAR 9/17/13 Please mute your line to reduce
background noise Do not put us on hold if you have
background music on your hold line. At the end of the presentation we will
do regional updates. This session will be recorded and the
slides will be distributed after the meeting.
A TWO-WAY STREET The ASHE advocacy highway is a two-
way street of communication between ASHE and chapter advocacy liaisons
The goal of the advocacy highway is to support communication and improve advocacy efforts at the national, state and local level
A TWO-WAY STREET Gives us the opportunity to share
national issues at the local level
Gives us the opportunity to share your local advocacy issues nationally
LEARNING FROM ASHE ASHE will keep chapter advocacy
liaisons up-to-date about national advocacy efforts and issues affecting health care facilities
ASHE will provide practical tools and resources to empower chapter advocacy liaisons
CMS CATEGORICAL WAIVERS S&C 13-58 LSC issued August 30, 2013 Covers several “categorical waivers” Simplified process doesn’t require
formal approval These waivers are effective
immediately
MEDICAL GAS MASTER ALARMS Allows substitution
of a centralized computer system for one Category 1 medical gas master alarm.
OPENINGS IN EXIT ENCLOSURES Permits existing
openings in exit enclosures to mechanical equipment spaces if they are protected by fire-rated door assemblies.
EMERGENCY GENERATORS AND STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS
Reduces the annual diesel-powered generator exercising requirement from two (2) continuous hours to one hour and 30 minutes.
DOORS Allows more than
one delayed-egress lock in the egress path where the clinical needs require specialized security measures or when a patient requires specialized protective measures for safety.
SUITES(1) one of the required means of egress from sleeping and non-sleeping suites allowed to be through another suite(2) an increase in sleeping room suite size up to 10,000 ft2.
EXTINGUISHING REQUIREMENTS Reduction in the
testing frequencies for sprinkler system vane-type and pressure switch type waterflow alarm devices to semiannual, and electric motor-driven pump assemblies to monthly.
CLEAN WASTE & PATIENT RECORD RECYCLING CONTAINERS
Allows the increase in size of containers used solely for recycling clean waste or for patient records awaiting destruction outside of a hazardous storage area to be a maximum of 96-gallons
S&C 13-25 CATEGORICAL WAIVERS Covers Waivers Previously Listed in
S&C12-21 Corridor width
Fixed furniture and crash carts and movement aids allowed in the corridor
Decorations Increases the amount of wall space that may be
covered by combustible decorations Kitchens open to the corridor Fireplace provision
HOW TO REQUEST A CATEGORICAL WAIVER Document your desire and that you
comply with the waiver provisions in your policy and procedures manual.
Verbally announce that you are requesting the waivers at each entrance interview
Check with your State Agency and verify the waivers will be accepted for licensing
ELECTION OF CATEGORICAL WAIVERS
COALITION FOR CURRENT CODES
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
NEXT ADVOCACY LIAISON WEBINAR December 3, 2013 11:00-12:00 CT
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