AI for Healthcare Occupancy Compliance

Healthcare facilities are among the most code-intensive building types, subject to the IBC for general building code requirements, NFPA 101 for life safety, FGI Guidelines for healthcare-specific design requirements, and CMS Conditions of Participation for Medicare/Medicaid-certified facilities. AI compliance checking for healthcare manages this overlapping web of requirements.

Smoke compartment design is a critical healthcare-specific requirement. The Life Safety Code requires healthcare occupancies to be divided into smoke compartments of limited size, with smoke barriers that meet specific construction and opening protection requirements. AI checks compartment sizes, verifies smoke barrier construction, confirms that door hold-open devices are connected to the fire alarm system, and validates that each compartment provides adequate area for relocating patients from an adjacent compartment during a fire event.

Medical gas systems, infection control risk assessments, and patient handling requirements add further layers of complexity unique to healthcare. AI cross-references the FGI Guidelines requirements for each room type against the design documents — verifying that operating rooms have the correct air change rates, that patient rooms meet the minimum size requirements, and that nurse stations have the required sightlines to patient rooms.