We were just surveyed in March at one facility and May at another. Both
surveyors used the 2000 addition for K-tags.

Timothy Dotson M.A.
Regional  Administrator
Echoing Valley Residential Center
Echoing Woods Residential Center
Community Connections of Montgomery County
937-237-7881 / 937-854-5151

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Subject: FW: life safety code for ICFs/MR

Please see the question below. Any information or insight you have would
be helpful. Thanks!

Anita Allen
Vice President

I'm writing wondering if you have any insight regarding the use of the
2002 Life Safety Codes in ODH surveys of ICFs/MR.  Recently, we've been
receiving sites under the '02 standards, but were unaware that ODH was
using something different than the '00 manual.  We've questioned
surveyors about this during exit interviews, and contacted the Dayton
regional office, but haven't received any answers.  All information that
I have access to indicates that we're still working from the '00
standards, unless a facility has applied for a waiver (link below).
Do you have any ideas on how or where we can get a definitive answer?
Have other ICFs had the same issue?
Thanks for your help with this!

http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/chcf/comhfs/com_faqs/chcfsfaqlsc.asp

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