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If you have a question or need clarification on a regulatory issue, Ask ASHE.

The Advocacy Highway is ASHE's response to a proliferation of health care regulations that may have confusing and contradictory provisions, which sometimes lead to confusing and contradictory interpretations and implementation in health care facilities. The Advocacy Highway is a two-way communications network between ASHE staff and ASHE members, ASHE Advocacy liaisons, and other health professionals with regulatory issues. The exchange of this vital information is essential to ensure that existing and proposed health care regulations are arrived at through a consensus of all interested parties, and that these regulations achieve the desired objective of effectively providing safe facilities without overburdening facilities with costly regulations that do not provide added levels of safety.

The Advocacy Highway should be used to alert ASHE to locally promulgated regulations or regulatory interpretations using the below submission form. Please let us know about code interpretations that are affecting health care facilities in your area, advocacy work being done in your chapters, the results of chapter straw polls on advocacy issues, and any other regulatory information you want to tell to ASHE. If a submission requires immediate attention, please note that in your submission so that ASHE staff can understand the timeline for action on the issue.

ASHE sends notice of new or impending regulations or their interpretations to ASHE members and the advocacy liaisons from each ASHE Chapter, who can distribute the information to their chapter members. In addition, ASHE will use this information in national code reform initiatives as validation of contradictory and/or confusing regulations.


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*First Name:
*Last Name:
*State:
*E-mail:
*Phone:
*Describe the Issue or regulatory update below:

If this is a report of a citation that occurred on a regulation that seems to be mis-interpreted please complete the following form.

Citation Report:
The following information is optional to provide and will not be disclosed by ASHE. This information may be needed to determine the specifics of an issue/citation/interpretation:
Is this an issue within your (advocacy liaison) facility or are you reporting this on behalf of another facility?
Is it okay to contact them? Yes No
If yes, please provide their contact information below.
First Name:
Last Name:
Organization:
E-mail:
Phone:
was this a regulatory citation? Yes No

If yes, was this a:
State Licensure Survey
Joint Commission Survey
CMS Validation
Other
Do you have a copy of the citation document that you can share with ASHE staff?
Yes No
What is the deadline to respond to this citation?
What code is referenced in the citation:
NFPA101
NFPA99
Other (Please specify)

None
What year was the facility (specifically the area in question) built or last underwent a major renovation, or what year was the system in question last upgraded?

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