The Joint Commission has identified the need to increase the field’s awareness and understanding of the Life Safety Code®.* To address this need, The Joint Commission Perspectives® publishes the column Clarifications and Expectations, authored by George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, director, Department of Engineering, The Joint Commission. This column clarifies standards expectations and provides strategies for challenging compliance issues, primarily in life safety and the environment of care, but also in the vital area of emergency management. You may wish to share the ideas and strategies in this column with your facility department’s leadership.