Significant Changes in the Draft 2026 FGI Guidelines
AIAU24-AAH04R
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Course expires on: 05/15/2027
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Description
Get an overview of the major changes to Facility Guidelines Institute’s (FGI) 2026 Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Hosipitals, Outpatient Facilities, and Residential Health, Care, and Support Facilities in this engaging and informative session, including the new chapter on short-term outpatient care facilities, the new chapter on residential behavioral and mental health treatment facilities, revised design considerations for rural emergency hospitals, updated room size and clearances for rehab hospitals, revised planning requirements for procedure and operating rooms, the new minimum percentage for single-occupancy rooms in most residential facility types, and improved flexibility to support the design of small-scale residential facilities.
FGI’s senior leadership and an expert facility architect will outline and discuss the guidelines’ many revisions in addition to reviewing efforts to improve the documents’ usability and enforceability.
This session was recorded live on June 11, 2024.
Course expires 5/15/2027
Learning Objectives
Understand the rationale behind the revisions in the draft of the 2026 FGI guidelines for hospitals, outpatient facilities, and residential care facilities.
Identify critical changes in the guidelines related to patient and staff safety and infection control.
Describe new patient types, space types, and facility types proposed for inclusion in the new guidelines.
Discuss the proposed changes to rehabilitation therapy spaces and/or facilities in the hospital, outpatient, and residential guidelines.
Presented in partnership with the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH).
Heather Livingston is the CEO of the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI). Prior to becoming CEO, she was the chief operating officer for FGI and managing editor of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of hospitals, outpatient facilities, and residential health, care, and support facilities. Heather served as consulting editor for FGI from 2011 through 2016 and was a freelance writer from 2006 through 2015. Prior to that, she was an associate editor for the American Institute of Architects and director of the Business Week/Architectural Record awards program. Her work has appeared in This Old House, Cadalyst, Architectural Record, AIArchitect, and other design publications.
Gregg graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1984 and became a licensed architect in 1987. From 1998 to 2008, Gregg was the Facility Architect for the St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho where he worked on over 400 health care projects ranging from Medical Imaging Equipment Replacement projects to Master Planning Regional Healthcare Campuses. Since then, he has been consulting for the local hospital systems and has served on the Board of the Idaho Society of Healthcare Engineers.
John Williams has 30 years of experience with healthcare design, planning and regulation. John is the Vice President of content and outreach with the Facilities Guidelines Institute. He is also the executive director of Facilities Construction and Licensing with the Washington State Department of Health and leads the review of licensed healthcare facilities to state licensing and federal certification requirements. He chaired the International Code Council’s Healthcare Committee for 12 years and is currently the Chair of the FGI Health Guidelines Revision Committee. He also serves on various technical committees for NFPA. He is a frequent speaker on healthcare codes and standards.