The Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI; New York) has released the 2026 FGI Codes for Planning and Design and the new FGI Handbooks for Planning and Design, according to a news release.
The 2026 editions are available on FGI OneSource, a new digital platform for accessing documents and resources.
The FGI documents represent the latest consensus-based requirements and guidelines for the planning and design of hospitals, outpatient facilities, and residential care and support settings.
Among the changes in the latest edition, the FGI Codes focus exclusively, for the first time, on minimum planning and design requirements. Minimum requirements address areas such as medical/psychiatry units, rural emergency hospitals, discharged patient waiting facilities, and incident command centers.
Read more about the 2026 FGI Codes and Handbooks here.
