Different rules.
Same proof.
Hospices, nursing homes, group homes, surgery centers, dialysis units, child care centers: each answers to its own rules and its own inspector. All of them have to show that the building checks happened on schedule and that every problem found was fixed. FacilityRounds keeps that proof as locked, dated records, ready before anyone asks.
The rounds get walked. The record has to hold up.
Whoever inspects you, a state surveyor, an accreditor, a licensing inspector or the fire marshal, wants the same thing: proof that the checks happened when they were due, and that what failed got fixed.
Checks that come back around
Weekly generator tests, monthly extinguisher and exit checks, quarterly drills, annual vendor inspections. Each one is scheduled per building, and the dashboard shows what's due and overdue.
Proof in one click
Every inspection shows who walked it and when. Export the history to Excel, or print a PDF of any inspection that reads like your paper form.
Records that stay put
A completed inspection locks. Any change after that is logged with who, what and when, so nobody fills in last month's log the night before a visit.
Failures stay open until fixed
Techs tap Pass or Fail on each item, or "Mark all Pass" on a long section. A Fail needs a comment and keeps the inspection open, on the dashboard, until it's fixed.
Know what's about to fail
The equipment registry tracks each unit's age and expected life. The end-of-life report lists what's already past it and what's due in the next one to three years, so the budget talk starts with a list.
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Inpatient units and hospice houses
If your hospice runs an inpatient unit or a residence, that building has to meet the Life Safety Code, and the surveyor will ask for the logs that prove it.
42 CFR 418.110: hospices that provide inpatient care directly must meet the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101, 2012 edition).
42 CFR 418.113: inpatient hospices test their emergency plan with an exercise twice a year.
State surveyors for CMS, or your accreditor (Joint Commission, CHAP or ACHC), at least every 36 months.
Since March 2025 the Joint Commission sends a dedicated Life Safety Code surveyor on inpatient hospice surveys. Survey results are public on Form CMS-2567.
- Weekly generator inspection and monthly load test
- Monthly fire extinguisher checks
- Exit signs, emergency lighting, clear exits
- Fire doors and smoke barriers
- Water temperature log
- Eyewash station flushes
- Fire drills on every shift
The live demo's Cedar Hollow Care Network has a Hospice House with its rounds, inspection history and generator already filled in.
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The Life Safety Code findings surveyors write most often in nursing homes aren't about broken equipment. They're about missing records of tests that should happen on a schedule.
Nursing homes, 42 CFR 483.90: the Life Safety Code and the Health Care Facilities Code (NFPA 101 and NFPA 99, 2012 editions). Emergency preparedness under 42 CFR 483.73.
Assisted living and memory care: licensed by your state, under its own building and fire rules.
Nursing homes: state survey agency surveyors for CMS, at least every 15 months, with a Life Safety Code survey alongside the health survey.
Assisted living: state licensing surveyors and the local fire marshal.
- Sprinkler inspection and testing (K353)
- Generator and emergency power testing (K918)
- Fire alarm testing (K345)
- Fire drills (K712)
- Corridor doors and hazardous areas (K363, K321)
- Plus water temperatures where residents bathe
Residential treatment, group homes and ICF/IID
Small buildings, people living there around the clock, staff on three shifts. Surveyors check that every shift has drilled, not just the day crew.
ICF/IID, 42 CFR 483.470: the Life Safety Code, and evacuation drills at least quarterly for each shift of staff.
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities: emergency preparedness under 42 CFR 441.184. Residential treatment and IDD group homes: your state's licensing rules.
State surveyors for ICF/IID certification, and state licensing inspectors for group homes and residential treatment.
Your accreditor, if you hold one (Joint Commission, CARF or COA), and the local fire marshal.
- Evacuation drills on every shift, every quarter
- Environmental risk rounds: ligature points, damaged fixtures
- Smoke detectors, extinguishers, exit signs
- Doors, locks and alarms working as intended
- Water temperatures
Surgery centers, dialysis and clinics
Outpatient checks get squeezed into a busy clinical day. They still have to be on the record when the surveyor arrives.
Surgery centers, 42 CFR 416.44: the Life Safety Code and NFPA 99 (2012 editions). Emergency preparedness under 42 CFR 416.54.
Dialysis, 42 CFR 494.60: equipment, emergency equipment and the water treatment system maintained to the manufacturer's recommendations; the Life Safety Code applies to some units.
Clinics: your state license and fire code. Rural health clinics and FQHCs also answer to 42 CFR 491.
State surveyors for CMS, and accreditors such as AAAHC or the Joint Commission.
The local fire marshal, for every outpatient building.
- Generator and emergency power tests
- Emergency equipment checks
- Eyewash station flushes
- Fire extinguishers, exits and emergency lighting
- Readings with limits, like temperatures, that flag themselves when out of range
The live demo includes Riverside Clinic, an outpatient building with its own generator and lab eyewash station.
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Not healthcare, but still licensed and still inspected. The licensing inspector and the fire marshal want proof that the drills and checks happened every month.
Child care centers: your state's child care licensing rules, plus the fire code (NFPA 101 or the International Fire Code), which calls for a fire drill every month.
Schools: monthly drills under the model fire codes, and EPA's asbestos rule (AHERA) requires a check of known asbestos material every six months.
Nonprofit campuses: the local fire code and OSHA.
State child care licensing inspectors, the fire marshal and the health department.
For schools and campuses, the fire marshal and your insurance carrier's loss-control inspector.
- Monthly fire drill log: date, time, exit used, how long it took
- Fire extinguishers, exit signs, emergency lights
- Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Playground and outdoor area checks
- First-aid kits and posted emergency plans
See your own rounds on the record.
Click through the live demo first: walk a round, fail an item, open the locked report. No password, just your email, and it resets every night. Or start free with one building, no credit card. Rules for your facility type not listed here? Email us; the rounds work the same way.