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CMS Pub. 100-01, ch. 7, § 30.80
Standards for All Records Storage Facilities
A facility that is used to store Federal records, must meet the minimum structural,
environmental, property and life safety standards as outlined in 36 CFR 1228.228-Facility
Requirements http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/36cfr1228_05.html by October 1,
2009. You must submit a Facility Standards for Record Storage Facilities Inspection Checklist
(see Exhibit 14) for all storage facilities used to house CMS records to the CMS Records Officer.
The facility must be constructed with non-combustible materials and building elements,
including walls, columns and floors. You may request a waiver of this requirement from the
National Archives and Records Administration through CMS for an existing records facility with
combustible building elements to continue to operate until October 1, 2009. Your request must
provide documentation that the facility has a fire suppression system specifically designed to
mitigate this hazard and that the system meets the requirements in 36 CFR 1228.230--Fire Safety
Requirements http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/36cfr1228_05.html. Requests for
waivers must be submitted to your CMS Regional Office contact who will forward to the CMS
Records Officer for final approval by the National Archives and Records Administration.
History
(Rev. 38, Issued: 05-26-06, Effective: 06-26-06, Implementation: 06-26-06)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
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