Clarification on FGI Guidelines Edition Being Utilized in Colorado

TO: Facility administrators and building operations managers   FROM: CDPHE HFEMS Division, FGI Plan Review & Safety Services Unit   As most of you are aware, the CDPHE licensing rule 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 2, Part 3 requires a Facility Guidelines Review and subsequent approval for all newly licensed health care facilities, as well as any qualifying renovations and/or additions to existing licensed health care facilities.   The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) updates their Guidelines books every four years. Although FGI has published the 2022 edition of the Guidelines, the Colorado Board of Health has not yet approved the 2022 edition as the edition being utilized in Colorado. Currently, CDPHE still enforces the 2018 edition of the Guidelines for our architectural plan review process. The update process for adoption of the 2022 Guidelines is scheduled to begin sometime in early 2024. At this time, we are unsure how long that update process will take. Until that time comes, we will continue to review all licensed health care projects to the 2018 edition of the Guidelines.   We would also like to remind you that our FGI team conducts an on-line quarterly news/Q&A presentation. This allows us to provide you all with any new Colorado FGI-related news and information as well as an opportunity for you to ask us questions in a forum where numerous people can learn at the same time. If you would like to have your email address added to our notification list, please email our team at the address below and we’ll happily include you. You may also forward this invite to any other parties that you feel may have interest.   If you have any questions or need further information, please see our FGI team web page at    https://cdphe.colorado.gov/facility-guidelines-institute-fgi   You can also email the FGI Plan Review and Safety Services team at FGIreview@state.co.us.