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2000 Edition National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101® Life Safety Code (LSC) Waivers

Guidance for Several Categorical LSC Waivers that are Permitted. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified several areas of the 2000 edition of the LSC and 1999 edition of NFPA 99 that may result in unreasonable hardship on a large number of certified providers/suppliers and for which there are alternative approaches that provide an equal level of protection.

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Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: August 30, 2013

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