NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code provides performance criteria for healthcare facilities that follow a risk-based approach, where it is the risk posed to patients, staff or visitors that defines safety guidelines. The main criteria of the code's scope is to provide minimum requirements for the installation, inspection, testing, maintenance and performance of healthcare facilities and keeping occupants safe as well.
NFPA 99 compliance requires that all repair, maintenance and inspections are conducted by credentialed personnel, usually a third party specializing in medical compliance.