Is a fire NOC required for a clinic?

Only once the building crosses your state's line. A clinic with no beds is a business building in NBC 2016, so the line is often 15 m or a 500 m² floor; Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim cover it at any size. Beds or an ICU bring the institutional line, often 9 m.

Does a dental clinic need a fire NOC?

Usually not in a low building. NABH's 2025 Delhi notice treats dental clinics with no overnight stay as business occupancy, exempt below 15 m. Uttar Pradesh still covers every business building, and West Bengal asks small clinics for a yearly Form-8 self-certification.

Is a clinic a business or an institutional building?

Without beds, business: NBC 2016 lists outpatient clinics and laboratories in E-2 and doctors' offices in E-1. With patients staying, such as recovery beds or a nursing home, it is C-1 institutional. West Bengal also files no-bed diagnostic centres under C-1.

How many fire extinguishers does a clinic need?

IS 2190 sets the number and position, as West Bengal's Form-8 says. NHSRC gives one ABC extinguisher for each 100 m² as its example for primary health facilities, with CO2 in the laboratory and at electrical panels.

Does a diagnostic centre with an X-ray need a separate fire clearance?

The AERB licence does not cover fire: the AERB code says it does not address fire safety. The fire line is the building's, under your state's rules; in West Bengal a no-bed diagnostic centre self-certifies only up to 6 m.

What does NABH ask from a clinic that needs no fire NOC?

In Delhi, a third-party fire safety audit to NBC Part IV, geo-tagged time-stamped photographs, an affidavit on the building's height and fire compliance, and for a day-care establishment, the basement-use approval from MCD or NDMC.

Do I need a fire NOC to register a clinic under KPME or the Clinical Establishments Act?

The 2010 Act and its 2012 Central Rules have no fire clause; the national clinic standard asks for 1 extinguisher. Karnataka's KPME forms list a fire safety certificate for upload, Andhra Pradesh requires one before registration since 2021, and Gujarat asks for one where applicable.

How long is a clinic's fire certificate valid?

It depends on the state: 2 years in Odisha and Nagaland, 3 years in Bihar, Delhi, Haryana and Manipur, 5 years in Goa and Lakshadweep. Uttar Pradesh gives business buildings 3 years and hospitals 1, and Assam's certificate lasts until cancelled.

What could Flamekite not confirm for clinics?

The official text of the MoHFW 2026 healthcare fire guidelines, a clinic line in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Himachal Pradesh, NABH's 9 to 15 m nursing home case in the Delhi Rules, and the NBCS 2026 protection tables for clinics.

Fire NOC for clinics 34 min read

Fire NOC for a clinic: dental, diagnostic and day-care centres, state by state

Updated October 2026By Flamekite Editorial DeskFacts checked against official sources on 25 October 2026

Quick answer

A clinic with no beds is a business building (E-2) in NBC 2016, so most states ask for a fire NOC only above 15 m or a 500 m² floor; UP and Sikkim at any size.

NBC 2016 names outpatient clinics and laboratories in Group E-2 and doctors' offices in E-1; only buildings where patients stay, such as hospitals and nursing homes, are Group C-1. So a consultation, dental or pathology clinic usually follows its state's business line: over 15 m or 5 storeys in Delhi, 12 m or 500 m² in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, over 1,000 m² or 15 m in Kerala. Add beds, an ICU or overnight stays and the lower institutional line applies, often 9 m. West Bengal lets clinics up to 15.5 m and 500 m² self-certify every year instead.

A no-bed clinic in NBC 2016: E-2; Business: outpatient clinics and laboratories; The classes
Delhi line for a day-care clinic: 15 m; Business; nursing homes from 9 m; The NABH notice
West Bengal self-certification: 500 m²; Clinics and labs up to 15.5 m, every year; Form-8
Odisha self-regulatory below: 30 beds; Under 12 m, no critical care unit; 16 cases

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Fire NOC for a clinic at a glance: 12 facts

What decides whether a clinic, dental, diagnostic or day-care centre needs a fire NOC, with the instrument behind each fact. Last verified 25 October 2026.
What	The rule	Source
Who decides	The state: its fire Act, rules or bye-laws set a height, area, bed or use line; no central law sets one for clinics	Government of Haryana
Clinic with no beds, NBC 2016	Group E business: E-1 names doctors' offices, E-2 outpatient clinics and laboratories	BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
Clinic with beds, NBC 2016	Group C-1, hospitals and sanatoria: buildings that house patients incapable of self-preservation, nursing homes included	BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
NBCS 2026	Keeps outpatient clinics and laboratories in Group E; Table 2 lists "Clinic (daycare)" under Group C at 12 m² a person	BIS, SP 7:2026
NBCS 2026 in law	Voluntary; only Assam had written NBCS 2026 into its fire law by 24 October 2026	Assam Act XIII of 2026
Delhi, NABH reading	Dental clinics, OPDs, diagnostic labs and dialysis centres with no overnight stay are business; no Fire NOC below 15 m	NABH notice 2025
West Bengal	Clinics and labs (E-2) up to 15.5 m and 500 m² upload a yearly self-certification instead of a certificate	WB notification 1930
Odisha	Clinical establishments below 12 m, under 30 beds and with no critical care unit are self-regulatory	Order 50908 of 2019
Any size	Uttar Pradesh section 26(3) names every institutional and business building	UP Act 16 of 2022
X-ray rooms	The AERB diagnostic X-ray code says it does not address fire safety; an AERB licence is not a fire clearance	AERB code SC-3
Government primary facilities	NHSRC: a fire NOC is not uniformly mandatory for PHCs and sub-centres; drills every quarter all the same	NHSRC guidance note
Below any line	Extinguishers and a manual alarm still apply: NBC 2016 Table 7 requires both even for a ground plus 1 clinic	BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4

Clinic fire NOC lines in 26 states and UTs: no beds, beds, term

When a clinic without beds (business) and a clinic with beds or day care (institutional) needs a fire NOC or certificate, and how long it lasts, as each state's instrument or its reviewed Flamekite page records it on 25 October 2026. Mixed-use buildings follow the stricter line.
Option	Clinic with no beds (OPD, dental, lab)	Clinic with beds or day care	Certificate term	Source
Andhra Pradesh	More than 500 m² on a floor, 2 basements or 1 over 500 m², or 24 m and above	Every institutional building, any size, since 1 December 2025	Renewals 1 to 5 years by occupancy	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Arunachal Pradesh	More than 500 m² on a floor, or above 4 storeys or 15 m	Institutional 9 m and above	Hospitals renewed every year (bye-law 11.3)	AP Building Bye-Laws 2019
Assam	Business, OPD clinics and laboratories named, fee from Rs 500	Every hospital and nursing home, high risk at any height or area	Valid until cancelled under the 2025 Act	Assam Act LIII of 2025
Bihar	15 m and above, or any floor over 500 m²	Institutional 9 m and above (rule 15(a))	3 years	Bihar Rules 2021
Chandigarh	A floor over 500 m², or a high-rise	Institutional 9 m and above	5 years since 6 May 2026 (3 under the earlier MC order)	Gazette of India
Chhattisgarh	12 m or more, or 500 m² built-up	Above 9 m, ground plus 2, more than 30 beds or any critical care unit	2 years for hospitals under 15 m, 1 year above	Home Department, Chhattisgarh
Delhi	Over 15 m or 5 storeys	Over 9 m or 3 storeys	3 years for non-residential until 20 May 2027	DFS
Goa	Not confirmed for a clinic with no beds	Educational and institutional buildings at any size (service 97)	5 years	Goa Gazette 2022
Gujarat	Offices above 15 m, or a floor over 500 m²	Hospitals under 15 m banded by a 1,000 m² plot and floors with beds	3 years, then 2-year renewals by a Fire Safety Officer	Gujarat Fire Safety Compliance Portal
Haryana	A floor over 500 m², or a high-rise	Institutional 9 m and above (section 18(2)(b)(iii))	Scheme 2 years, certificate 3 years	Government of Haryana
Himachal Pradesh	Not found	Institutional more than 9 m, or ground plus 2 with mezzanine	No term in the Act	HP Home notification
Jammu and Kashmir	Clinics are use class PSP1, inside the 2021 bye-law fire list	Nursing homes and hospitals up to 20 beds PSP2, larger PSP3, all in the list	Not published	J&K H&UDD
Karnataka	21 m or more (section 13(3))	21 m or more	No term published	Government of Karnataka
Kerala	Offices (E) over 1,000 m² or 15 m; 300 to 1,000 m² file an Appendix L self-declaration	Medical (C) on the same line	See the Kerala page	KMBR amendment 2025
Lakshadweep	Business over 1,000 m²	Institutional over 500 m²	5 years	Lakshadweep Gazette Extraordinary Vol. LXII No. 42, 3 September 2026
Manipur	Over 15 m or ground plus 4	Over 9 m or ground plus 2	3 years	Government of Manipur
Meghalaya	Every business building in Shillong city and adjoining areas	Institutional 9 m or more and over 500 m²	3 years	HPL.127/2023/43
Nagaland	Over 15 m or ground plus 4	Over 9 m or ground plus 2	2 years	Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Nagaland
Odisha	Clinical establishments below 12 m, under 30 beds, with no critical care unit: self-regulatory	12 m, more than 3 floors, more than 30 beds or any critical care unit	2 years	Odisha Rules 2019
Puducherry	Clinical establishments up to ground plus 2: Category B, a licensed agency's fire plan, no separate NOC	Hospitals: Category A	3 years; hospitals every year	Puducherry G.O. 61
Sikkim	Every business building; no agency certificate below 15 m and 500 m² a floor	Every institutional building; no agency certificate below 15 m on a plot under 500 m²	3 years; hospitals 1 year	Sikkim F&ES Rules 2025
Telangana	Business above 15 m	Hospitals above 15 m	See the Telangana page	TSDRFS circular 2016
Tripura	Self-certification up to 10 m and 200 m²; the Recommendation route above	The same line	3 years at first, then every year	Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Tripura
Uttar Pradesh	Every business building; no agency certificate below 10 m and under 500 m²	Every institutional building; no agency certificate below 9 m on a plot under 1,000 m²	Business 3 years; hospitals 1 year	UP Rules 2024
Uttarakhand	Above 12 m and above 500 m² for plan permission; an OPD-only clinic on one floor under 500 m² needs extinguishers	C-1 below 12 m: 2 bands by floors, with hose reel, alarm and terrace tank	3 years	Uttarakhand GO 2025
West Bengal	Clinics and labs (E-2) up to 15.5 m and 500 m²: yearly self-certification on Form-8	Day care or beds (C-1) up to 6 m and 500 m²: Form-6; above, the full certificate	3 years for a certificate	WB notification 1930

Getting a clinic's fire clearance in 8 steps

Fix your occupancy before you sign the lease
No beds and no overnight stay usually means business (E-1 or E-2); recovery beds, day care with beds or inpatients mean institutional (C-1). In West Bengal a no-bed diagnostic centre is still C-1.
Measure the whole building, not your floor
The line counts the building's height, storeys and floor area, mezzanine and stilt included in many states. A clinic on the first floor of a 16 m tower in Delhi is in a building over the business line.
Read your state's row above
Find the business line for a no-bed clinic and the institutional line if you will keep beds, then check whether the landlord already holds a certificate for the building.
Fit the Table 7 minimum for your band
At least extinguishers and a manual call point alarm; a hose reel and terrace tank once there are beds or the building passes ground plus 1. Keep CO2 extinguishers for the lab and electrical panel.
File the route your state allows
Self-certification in West Bengal (Form-8 or Form-6 on edistrict), self-declaration in Kerala between 300 and 1,000 m², a licensed agency's fire plan for Puducherry Category B, or the full NOC application above the line.
Register the clinic with the fire papers in the file
Submit the fire certificate, self-certification or undertaking your clinical establishment law or accreditation asks for with the registration or renewal.
Train staff and drill
Train every staff member on the extinguishers and evacuation, and run a mock drill; NHSRC sets one each quarter for government primary facilities.
Diary the renewal and re-check after any change
Renew before the term ends, file any yearly self-certification on time, and start again when you add beds, an ICU, a basement or a floor.

Clinic occupancy words: E-1, E-2, C-1, day care and self-certification

Fire officers sort a clinic by these words first. The code definitions are paraphrased from the BIS text and the state instruments named.

E-1, offices: NBC 2016 business subdivision for offices, banks and professional establishments, including doctors' offices. BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
E-2, laboratories and outpatient clinics: NBC 2016 business subdivision for laboratories, outpatient clinics, research establishments, libraries and test houses: where a no-bed clinic or pathology lab sits. BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
Group C, institutional: Buildings for treatment or care of the ill or infirm, which ordinarily provide sleeping accommodation (NBC 2016 clause 3.1.4). BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
C-1, hospitals and sanatoria: Buildings housing patients who cannot save themselves because of health or age: hospitals, infirmaries, sanatoria and nursing homes. BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
Clinic (daycare): A row of NBCS 2026 Table 2 under Group C, with a gross occupant load of 12 m² a person, the same as nursing homes. BIS, SP 7:2026
Mixed occupancy: Where uses intermingle in one building, NBC 2016 treats the whole building as mixed, and the stricter fire provisions govern. BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
Self-certification: West Bengal's yearly online declaration, on Form-5, 6 or 8 for health buildings, that replaces the fire certificate for small buildings. WB notification 1930
Self-regulatory: Odisha's class for clinical establishments below 12 m with no more than 30 beds and no critical care unit: no issuing officer and no term. Order 50908 of 2019
PSP1: Jammu and Kashmir's 2021 bye-law use class for play schools, creches, primary health centres and clinics. J&K H&UDD
MOEFA: A manually operated electric fire alarm with break-glass call points, the alarm NHSRC asks every health facility to have. NHSRC guidance note

NABH's 2025 Delhi notice on dental clinics, labs and day care

NABH answered Delhi health providers' questions on 11 March 2025, on the basis of NBC 2016 Part 4. It is the only official text found that names dental clinics and diagnostic labs in a fire NOC rule.

Word for word

Day Care Establishments (e.g., Eye Centres, Dental Clinics, OPDs, Diagnostic Labs, Dialysis Centres): If these establishments do not provide sleeping or overnight facilities for patients, they fall under the category of Business Occupancy.

NABH notification NABH/Gen/2025/2203, 11 March 2025, point 1 NABH notice 2025

Point 1 lets such establishments run in buildings with a single basement below 200 m² and up to ground plus 3, below 15 m, with basement use subject to MCD or NDMC approval. Point 2: business buildings below 15 m or ground plus 3 are exempt from a Fire NOC; point 3: above 15 m they need one. Nursing homes and hospitals of 9 m or less need no certificate (point 4), but basements may never hold inpatients, operating theatres or a cath lab (point 6). Where no NOC applies, point 9 asks NABH applicants for a third-party fire audit to NBC Part IV, geo-tagged and time-stamped photographs, and an affidavit on the building's height and fire compliance.

Does your clinic need a fire NOC? 16 cases by state

Find the case closest to your clinic. Most no-bed clinics meet the business line; beds or an ICU bring the lower institutional line.

If A clinic of any size in Uttar Pradesh
Yes: section 26(3) names every institutional and business building. Rule 42 spares a business building below 10 m and under 500 m² the qualified agency certificate. Fire NOC UP UP Act 16 of 2022
If A clinic of any size in Sikkim
Yes, institutional and business buildings are special buildings under section 24(3); below 15 m and 500 m² no third-party agency certificate is needed. Fire NOC Sikkim Sikkim F&ES Rules 2025
If A dental clinic, OPD or diagnostic lab in a Delhi building of 15 m or less
No Fire NOC, as a business building under Rule 27 and NABH's 2025 reading. An NABH applicant files a third-party audit, photographs and an affidavit instead. Fire NOC Delhi NABH notice 2025
If A Delhi clinic with beds over 9 m or 3 storeys
Yes: institutional buildings cross the Rule 27 line at 9 m or 3 storeys. Fire NOC Delhi DFS
If A clinic or lab in West Bengal up to 15.5 m and 500 m², stand-alone, no basement
No certificate: upload the Form-8 self-certification on edistrict every year. Fire NOC West Bengal WB notification 1930
If A no-bed diagnostic centre in West Bengal taller than 6 m
It is C-1 in notification 1930, so the 6 m line applies, not 15.5 m: the full certificate route. Fire NOC West Bengal WB notification 1930
If A clinic in Odisha below 12 m with under 30 beds and no ICU
Self-regulatory under Order 50908. More than 30 beds or one critical care unit sends it to the Assistant Fire Officer. Fire NOC Odisha Order 50908 of 2019
If A clinic in Chhattisgarh with more than 30 beds or any critical care unit
Yes, even in a low building; a no-bed clinic is caught at 12 m or 500 m² built-up. Fire NOC Chhattisgarh Home Department, Chhattisgarh
If A clinic with beds of 9 m or more in Bihar, Haryana or Chandigarh
Yes, as an institutional building from 9 m. Without beds, a floor over 500 m² brings it in. Fire NOC Haryana Government of Haryana
If A clinic in Kerala between 300 and 1,000 m², up to 15 m
An Appendix L self-declaration with a copy to the fire station; over 1,000 m² or 15 m, a fire NOC. Fire NOC Kerala KMBR amendment 2025
If A clinic in Karnataka below 21 m
No section 13(3) NOC, yet the KPME registration and renewal forms list a fire safety certificate to upload. Ask the fire service in writing what it will issue below 21 m. Fire NOC Karnataka Government of Karnataka
If An OPD-only doctor's or dental clinic on one floor under 500 m² in Uttarakhand
Extinguishers and automatic extinguishers for the panel, UPS and DG set, under the 2025 low-rise order. Fire NOC Uttarakhand Uttarakhand GO 2025
If A clinical establishment up to ground plus 2 in Puducherry
Category B: the building plan carries a licensed agency's fire plan, and no separate NOC is issued. Fire NOC Puducherry Puducherry G.O. 61
If A clinic in Tripura up to 10 m and 200 m²
Self-certification; above either limit, the Recommendation route. Fire NOC Tripura 2026 Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Tripura
If A clinic or nursing home in Assam
Hospitals and nursing homes are high risk at any size; business buildings with OPD clinics are a listed fee class from Rs 500. Fire NOC Assam 2026 Assam Act LIII of 2025
If A government PHC or sub-centre
NHSRC says a NOC is not uniformly mandatory; where the state does not cover it, the district head signs an undertaking for NQAS. NHSRC guidance note

Fire installations for a clinic by height: NBC 2016 Table 7 rows

Table 7 of NBC 2016 Part 4 sets the minimum for business buildings and for C-1 buildings below 15 m on plots up to 1,000 m². Read off the page images; R means required.

	Extinguisher and hose reel	Riser or down comer	Sprinklers	Alarm and detection	Water and pumps
C-1 up to ground plus 1, no beds BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Extinguisher only; no hose reel	None	Only in a basement over 200 m²	Manual alarm; no detection	Terrace tank 5,000 litres and 450 l/min pump only with a basement over 200 m²
C-1 up to ground plus 1, with beds BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Both	None	Only in a basement over 200 m²	Manual alarm; no detection	Terrace tank 5,000 litres, pump 450 l/min, each doubled with a basement over 200 m²
C-1 ground plus 2 or more, no beds BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Both	Down comer	Only in a basement over 200 m²	Manual alarm and automatic detection	Terrace tank 10,000 litres, pump 900 l/min
C-1 ground plus 2 or more, with beds BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Both	Wet riser	Required	Manual alarm and automatic detection	Underground tank 75,000 litres, terrace 10,000
Business below 10 m BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Both	Down comer	Only in a basement over 200 m²	Manual alarm; no detection	Terrace tank 10,000 litres, pump 450 l/min
Business above 10 m to 15 m BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Both	Wet riser	Only in a basement over 200 m²	Manual alarm and automatic detection	Underground tank 50,000 litres, terrace 5,000
Business above 15 m to 24 m BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4	Both	Wet riser and yard hydrant	Required	Manual alarm and automatic detection	Underground tank 1,00,000 litres, terrace 10,000

A C-1 building below 15 m on a plot over 1,000 m² needs the wet riser, yard hydrant, sprinklers and a 1,00,000 litre underground tank. NBCS 2026 clause 6.5.2 adds automatic fire detection for laboratories and outpatient clinics as business buildings. NBC 2016 is withdrawn and NBCS 2026 is voluntary, so a state applies these only as its own rules adopt them.

Minimum fire kit for a small clinic: 12 items from NHSRC and Form-8

Below every NOC line, these are what official documents ask a small health facility to keep. NHSRC wrote them for government primary facilities; West Bengal's Form-8 for clinics that self-certify.

Extinguishers of the right type at prominent places: ABC in OPDs, wards and circulation areas, CO2 in the laboratory and at electrical panels. NHSRC guidance note
Enough extinguishers for the floor: NHSRC gives one ABC extinguisher for each 100 m² as its example. NHSRC guidance note
Extinguishers mounted at least 4 inches off the floor and no higher than 5 ft, along the normal path of travel. NHSRC guidance note
A manually operated electric fire alarm with break-glass call points, the base of each call box at 5 ft. NHSRC guidance note
Illuminated or self-glowing exit signs, some at 1.2 to 1.5 m for patients, and exits never locked. NHSRC guidance note
An evacuation map marked "YOU ARE HERE" and the fire station's number at registration and the nursing station. NHSRC guidance note
Sand buckets to IS 2546 at exits and ramp landings. NHSRC guidance note
An electrical audit every year: loose wires, earthing, MCBs and ELCBs, load on power points. NHSRC guidance note
In West Bengal, extinguishers and a hose reel placed as IS 2190 and IS 3844 require, declared on Form-8. WB notification 1930
In West Bengal, an exclusive overhead fire tank of 10,000 litres up to 10 m, 15,000 litres above, with a 450 LPM terrace pump. WB notification 1930
No collapsible-gate lift doors, and an electrical safety audit by an Electrical Supervisor, both declared on Form-8. WB notification 1930
A landlord's NOC on file if you are the occupier, not the owner (Form-8's last line). WB notification 1930

Clinic registration laws that ask for fire papers

The Clinical Establishments Act, 2010 and its 2012 Central Rules say nothing about fire. The fire wording sits in the minimum standards and in a few states' own rules, and only Andhra Pradesh makes a fire certificate a plain condition of a clinic's registration.

Under the 2010 Act, which the national portal lists for 19 states and UTs, registration rests on section 12's minimum standards. Rule 9 of the Central Rules, 2012 adds rate display, treatment guidelines and records, and no fire item. The National Council's standard for a consultation-only clinic or polyclinic (CEA/Clinic-008) lists 1 fire extinguisher among its emergency equipment, and the short-stay clinic standard (CEA/Clinic-010) says an ABC type. The 2018 amendment rules for diagnostic and pathology labs ask for fire exit signage and at least 1 extinguisher, desirable for basic and medium labs and essential for advanced ones. A fire NOC appears only in the hospital standard's list of legal requirements, "all may not be applicable".

Karnataka's KPME Rules, as amended in March 2018, put a fire safety certificate on the Form A registration upload list and the Form B renewal list, for every category from consultation clinics to labs, with a footnote that the requirement for existing establishments would be notified separately. Ordinance 7 of 29 September 2025 made a Fire Safety Certificate under the Karnataka Fire Force Act a prerequisite for permanent registration; the Bill that replaced it, as passed, left that clause out. So the form asks for the certificate, while the Act, as Flamekite read it, does not.

Andhra Pradesh's G.O.Ms.No.148 of 3 December 2021 added a "Fire Safety Certificate from Fire Department" to what the registering authority must see before it registers a clinic, and a date-of-fire-NOC line to Form I. Kerala's 2023 standards rules list fire-fighting equipment, 1 unit, for clinics (Annexure 4), and an NOC from the Chief Fire Officer among the documents for imaging centres (Annexure 35, an indicative list). Gujarat's 2024 amendment asks every applicant to upload a fire NOC or certificate "as applicable". Tamil Nadu's 2018 rules set fire-fighting equipment for hospitals only, and Delhi's nursing-home checklist asks for a Delhi Fire Service NOC only where beds are on the second floor or above.

Fire wording in clinical establishment laws, as read on 25 October 2026
What	The rule	Source
CE Act 2010 and Central Rules 2012	No fire clause in section 12 or rule 9	Gazette of India
National standard, consultation clinic	1 fire extinguisher (CEA/Clinic-008, Annexure 4)	NCCE standard 008
National standard, short-stay clinic	1 ABC type fire extinguisher (CEA/Clinic-010, Annexure 4)	NCCE standard 010
Diagnostic and pathology labs, G.S.R. 468(E) of 2018	Fire exit signage and at least 1 extinguisher	G.S.R. 468(E) of 2018
Karnataka, KPME Rules as amended 2018	Fire safety certificate on the Form A and Form B upload lists	KPME Rules 2018
Karnataka, Ordinance 7 of 2025	Fire Safety Certificate as a prerequisite; dropped from the Bill as passed	KA Ordinance 7/2025
Andhra Pradesh, G.O.Ms.No.148 of 2021	Fire Safety Certificate before registration, for clinics, labs and dental clinics alike	AP G.O.Ms.No.148
Kerala, standards rules 2023	Fire-fighting equipment for clinics; Chief Fire Officer NOC listed for imaging centres	Kerala CE standards 2023
Gujarat, amendment rules 2024	Upload a fire NOC or certificate as applicable (Annexure 1A, item 17)	Gujarat CE Rules 2024
Tamil Nadu, rules 2018	Fire-fighting equipment for hospitals; nothing for clinics	TN CE Rules 2018
Delhi, DGHS nursing-home checklist	Delhi Fire Service NOC for beds on the second floor or above (Category C)	Delhi DGHS checklist

West Bengal's Form-8 self-declaration for a clinic, line by line

Notification 1930 of 1 March 2024 moved clinics and labs up to 15.5 m and 500 m² out of the high-risk list. Instead the owner or occupier uploads Form-8 every year on edistrict. Proof-read off the page image.

1. Who and where
Name, PAN, Aadhaar and EPIC of the owner or occupier, and the premises: a stand-alone business (E-2) building without basement. WB notification 1930
2. The building
Abutting road width, group, occupancy, height in metres, open space on all 4 sides, and total floor area in m². WB notification 1930
3. Escape
Number and width of staircases and corridors as the building rules require, and whether the stair is naturally or cross ventilated. WB notification 1930
4. Electrical and lift
An electrical safety audit by an Electrical Supervisor or equivalent; a lift door that is not a collapsible gate. WB notification 1930
5. First aid firefighting
Number, type and capacity of extinguishers per IS 2190, and hose reels per IS 3844. WB notification 1930
6. Water
An exclusive overhead fire tank: 10,000 litres up to 10.0 m, 15,000 litres above; an 80 mm down comer, 100 mm with sprinklers; a 450 LPM terrace booster pump. WB notification 1930
7. Sprinklers and alarms
Sprinklers where the gap between the true and false ceiling is above 800 mm; a manual electric fire alarm and automatic detection to the relevant IS. WB notification 1930
8. Power and consent
Alternate power that can run the fire pump, the alarm panel and common-area lights; the owner's NOC where an occupier files. WB notification 1930
9. The undertaking
The declarant keeps every measure in good repair and accepts legal action under the West Bengal Fire Services Act, 1950 if it fails. WB notification 1930

Clinic fire NOC fees in official schedules

Only fees an Act, rule, order or official schedule fixes for business buildings with clinics or for institutional buildings. Consultants' and installers' prices are not shown.

As published

Assam, business with OPD clinics and labs, under 10 mRs 500, Rs 700 or Rs 1,000Up to 150 m², 150 to 500 m², over 500 m²; Annexure A Assam fee Annexure A
Assam, hospitals, sanatoria and nursing homes under 15 mRs 1,000 or Rs 1,500Up to or over 1,000 m²; Rs 2,000 or Rs 2,500 at 15 m and above Assam fee Annexure A
Meghalaya, E-2 laboratories and outpatient clinicsRs 4 per m²Renewal Rs 500; C-1 hospitals and nursing homes Rs 4 per m², renewal Rs 1,500 Meghalaya F&ES
Chandigarh, Group C institutional or Group E businessRs 14 per m², at least Rs 6,615MC Office Order 23, from 1 April 2025; certificate 5 years since 6 May 2026 MCC Office Order 23
Bihar, assembly and institutionalRs 4, Rs 2 and Rs 2 per m²Provisional, final and renewal, Schedule C BFS fee PDF
Bihar, commercial and mercantileRs 8, Rs 4 and Rs 4 per m²Schedule C; whether a no-bed clinic is billed here is the fire office's call BFS fee PDF
Kerala, hospitals up to 16 m on plots up to 1,000 m²; offices under 10 mRs 20 per m², at least Rs 26,000G.O.(Ms)No.272/2024 Kerala Fire and Rescue Services
Goa, educational and institutionalRs 10 per m²Service 97, Deputy Director (Fire), 15 days Goa Gazette 2022
Uttar PradeshNilProvisional, final and renewal certificates, as the UPF&ES dashboard states UP Fire dashboard
West Bengal self-certificationNo fee foundNotification 1930 sets none for the yearly upload WB notification 1930

Every state's fee rules are on the fire NOC fees page. Where a schedule has no clinic row, the fire office decides whether a clinic is billed as business or institutional.

What a clinic risks without fire clearance

A clinic answers to the fire law, and through it to the licensing and registering authorities. These lines come from the Acts, rules and orders named.

Offence	Penalty	Law
Occupying a fire-risk building in Assam without the certificate	Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 low risk, Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 moderate, Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh high; every hospital and nursing home is high risk	Assam Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2025 (Act LIII of 2025) Assam Act LIII of 2025
Letting fire systems fall out of repair in Maharashtra	Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000	Maharashtra Act of 2006, section 36(1) MFS Act 2006 copy
Opening a clinic building in Uttar Pradesh before its fire measures are in place	No occupancy certificate may be issued	UP Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2022, section 26(2) UP Act 16 of 2022
Changing a building's occupancy in Odisha, for example a flat into a clinic	The fire safety certificate stands cancelled automatically and is not renewed; apply afresh	Order 50908 of 2019, paragraph 4 Order 50908 of 2019
A false or lapsed self-certification in West Bengal	Legal action under the Act, which the declarant accepts on the form	Notification 1930 of 2024, Form-8 undertaking WB notification 1930
A Jammu nursing home or hospital without a fire NOC	7 days to produce it, then legal action including sealing	Jammu Municipal Corporation notices of 27 June 2026 Jammu MC
Using a forged fire NOC	A criminal case; police in Arang, Chhattisgarh booked a hospital operator in October 2026	Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, section 318(4), as reported Medical Dialoguesnews report

Each state's full penalty ladder is on the fire NOC penalties page.

Where clinics go wrong on fire clearance, and the fix

Eight faults that recur in the instruments read for this page, each with the instrument's own answer.

If Running a Delhi day-care centre or dental clinic in a basement without approval
NABH's 2025 notice makes basement use subject to MCD or NDMC approval; get it, and keep the basement under 200 m². NABH notice 2025
If Putting recovery beds, an OT or a cath lab in the basement
NABH: basements may not hold inpatients, operating theatres or cath labs. Move them above ground. NABH notice 2025
If Calling a West Bengal diagnostic centre E-2 to use the 15.5 m line
Notification 1930 puts a hospital or diagnostic centre without beds in C-1 at 6 m. Check which row names your use. WB notification 1930
If Adding a 31st bed or an ICU in Odisha or Chhattisgarh
Either one takes the clinic out of the self-regulatory or low class. Apply before the change, not after. Odisha Rules 2019
If Converting a flat into a clinic in a residential block
NBC treats intermingled uses as mixed occupancy, governed by the stricter rules, and Odisha cancels the old certificate on a change of use. BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
If Treating the AERB X-ray licence as the fire clearance
The AERB code says it does not address fire safety. Fire is the state fire service's call. AERB code SC-3
If An NABH applicant below the NOC line with nothing to show
File a third-party fire audit to NBC Part IV, geo-tagged photographs and an affidavit on height and compliance. NABH notice 2025
If Fitting dry powder extinguishers next to analysers and computers
NHSRC recommends CO2 for electronic equipment, since powder leaves a residue that can damage it. NHSRC guidance note

Clinic fire hazards: 6 dos and 4 don'ts for oxygen, autoclaves and labs

Clinics carry their own fire loads: gas cylinders, sterilisers, lab solvents and stand-by generators. These come from the NHSRC guidance note.

Do

Chain gas cylinders upright, keep valve caps on, and store full cylinders apart from empty ones. NHSRC guidance note
Give the sterilisation area an exhaust and its own fire equipment: sterilisers are high-pressure, heat-producing machines. NHSRC guidance note
Keep flammable stock in metal cabinets labelled "FLAMMABLE MATERIAL- KEEP FIRE AWAY". NHSRC guidance note
Put a soak pit round the DG set and an extinguisher beside it. NHSRC guidance note
Run refresher fire training at least twice a year for every staff member, cleaners and contractors included. NHSRC guidance note
Hold a mock evacuation drill each quarter and record it on the NHSRC format. NHSRC guidance note

Don’t

Don't store oil near the DG set. NHSRC guidance note
Don't let cartons, equipment or furniture block corridors, ramps or exits. NHSRC guidance note
Don't lock exit doors while patients are inside. NHSRC guidance note
Don't allow smoking anywhere in the facility; display the No Smoking signage. NHSRC guidance note

Clinic fire NOC worked cases: 9 clinics in 9 states

Flamekite's reading of each state's rules for 9 example clinics. The clinics are illustrations; the figures are the instruments'.

Case 1
A dental clinic on the second floor in Lajpat Nagar, Delhi
Ground plus 3 commercial building, 12 m, no basement, no beds.
What applies Business under 15 m and 5 storeys: no Fire NOC under Rule 27. For NABH, a third-party audit, photographs and a height affidavit. NABH notice 2025
Case 2
A pathology lab in Salt Lake, Kolkata
Stand-alone 9 m building, 400 m² in all, no basement.
What applies E-2 within 15.5 m and 500 m²: Form-8 self-certification every year, declaring extinguishers, hose reel, a 10,000 litre overhead tank and a 450 LPM pump. WB notification 1930
Case 3
An imaging centre with no beds in Howrah
Stand-alone 8 m building, 450 m².
What applies A diagnostic centre without beds is C-1 in notification 1930 and self-certifies only up to 6 m. At 8 m it takes the certificate route. WB notification 1930
Case 4
A 20-bed day surgery in Bhubaneswar
Ground plus 2, 10 m, no ICU.
What applies Below 12 m, under 30 beds, no critical care unit, and not more than 3 floors: self-regulatory under Order 50908. An ICU would take it to the Assistant Fire Officer. Order 50908 of 2019
Case 5
A polyclinic in Lucknow
Ground plus 1, 7 m, 300 m², no beds.
What applies Covered at any size under section 26(3). Below 10 m and under 500 m², no qualified agency certificate; business certificates last 3 years under Rule 44. UP Rules 2024
Case 6
A dental clinic in a Guwahati shopping block
8 m building, the clinic 120 m².
What applies Business under 10 m and up to 150 m²: Rs 500 a stage in Annexure A; the certificate stays valid until cancelled. Assam fee Annexure A
Case 7
An OPD clinic in Shillong
Business building, clinic 150 m².
What applies Shillong's 2024 notification covers business buildings at any size. As E-2: 150 × Rs 4 = Rs 600, renewal Rs 500. Flamekite's arithmetic. Meghalaya F&ES
Case 8
A family clinic in Dehradun
One floor, 140 m², OPD only.
What applies Annexure F of the 2025 order: extinguishers and automatic extinguishers for the panel, UPS and DG set. Uttarakhand GO 2025
Case 9
A 600 m² polyclinic floor in Chandigarh
Business building, one floor over 500 m².
What applies A special building under the Haryana Act as extended: 600 × Rs 14 = Rs 8,400, above the Rs 6,615 minimum; certificate for 5 years (S.O. 2264(E) of 6 May 2026). MCC Office Order 23

Clinic fire rules in India, dated: 2003 to 2026

Fifteen dated steps that decide what a clinic owes today.

8 July 2003
West Bengal notification 279 lists the high-risk buildings that need a fire certificate; the 2024 notification modifies it. WB notification 1930
23 May 2012
The Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules set the conditions for registration; none is about fire. Gazette of India
27 March 2018
Karnataka's amended KPME Rules add a fire safety certificate to the registration and renewal forms. KPME Rules 2018
6 March 2019
Odisha's amended rule 9(1)(i) catches clinical establishments at 12 m, more than 3 floors, more than 30 beds or any critical care unit. Odisha Rules 2019
19 November 2019
Odisha Order 50908 makes small clinical establishments below 12 m self-regulatory. Order 50908 of 2019
3 December 2021
Andhra Pradesh G.O.Ms.No.148 makes a fire safety certificate a condition of registering a clinic. AP G.O.Ms.No.148
1 March 2024
West Bengal notification 1930 moves clinics and labs up to 15.5 m and 500 m² to yearly self-certification. WB notification 1930
23 March 2024
MoHFW and NDMA issue a joint advisory to prevent hospital fires. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and NDMA
25 May 2024
Seven newborns die at a baby-care hospital in Vivek Vihar, Delhi; police say it had no fire clearance. The Tribunenews report
11 March 2025
NABH tells Delhi providers that no-bed day-care establishments are business occupancy and need no Fire NOC below 15 m. NABH notice 2025
6 June 2025
Uttarakhand eases Table 7 for low-rise buildings and sets extinguishers for OPD-only doctor's and dental clinics. Uttarakhand GO 2025
10 September 2025
Puducherry G.O. 61 puts clinical establishments up to ground plus 2 in Category B. Puducherry G.O. 61
1 December 2025
Andhra Pradesh's amendment, deemed in force, brings every institutional building into the Provisional NOC. Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
24 April 2026
MoHFW issues the National Guidelines on Fire and Life Safety in Healthcare Facilities, as reported. TeamLease RegTechnews report
30 April 2026
NBC 2016 withdrawn; SP 7:2026 takes its place as a voluntary standard. Gazette of India

Clinic fire rules in numbers

15.5 m
Height up to which a West Bengal clinic or lab may self-certify WB notification 1930
500 m²
Total floor area cap for that West Bengal self-certification WB notification 1930
6 m
West Bengal's self-certification height for a no-bed diagnostic centre (C-1) WB notification 1930
30 beds
Above this an Odisha or Chhattisgarh clinic leaves the small class Odisha Rules 2019
12 m² a person
NBCS 2026 occupant load for a day-care clinic BIS, SP 7:2026
200 m²
Largest single basement NABH allows a Delhi day-care establishment NABH notice 2025
100 m²
Floor area NHSRC gives as its example for each ABC extinguisher NHSRC guidance note
4 drills a year
Mock drills NHSRC sets for primary health facilities, one each quarter NHSRC guidance note

Clinic and nursing home fire inspections reported, 2018 to 2026

From news reports, not yet an official source.

These are press reports and municipal notices, not rules. They show where inspectors look first: private hospitals, nursing homes and the clinics around them.

27 June 2026
Jammu Municipal Corporation gives nearly 200 hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and lodges 7 days to produce fire NOCs. Jammu MC
6 June 2026
Tirhut's Divisional Commissioner orders audits of all private hospitals, clinics and nursing homes in the division after an ICU fire, with a 15 June deadline. Patna Pressnews report
5 June 2026
From district data, 231 of Jamshedpur's 253 hospitals and nursing homes run without a valid fire NOC. Avenue Mailnews report
18 March 2026
Odisha reports over 2,215 hospitals and clinics audited the year before and plans mandatory third-party audits for healthcare facilities. Kalinga TVnews report
3 August 2024
Odisha weighs third-party fire auditors because nearly 5,000 clinical establishments remain unaudited. OrissaPOSTnews report
2018
Odisha's health department asks the Home Department to ease fire norms for small clinics: over 1,700 registered, at least 70% very small pathology, dental, X-ray and polyclinic units. The page carries no date; its image path is July 2018. OrissaPOSTnews report

Clinic fire NOC myths, checked against the codes

You may have read
Every clinic is a hospital in the fire code.
Myth
What the sources say
NBC 2016 puts outpatient clinics and laboratories in business subdivision E-2 and doctors' offices in E-1; only buildings where patients stay are C-1. BIS, NBC 2016 Part 4
You may have read
A small clinic never needs anything from the fire service.
Myth
What the sources say
Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim cover business and institutional buildings at any size, and Table 7 asks for extinguishers and an alarm in the smallest band. UP Act 16 of 2022
You may have read
The AERB licence for the X-ray covers fire safety.
Myth
What the sources say
The AERB code says it does not address the fire safety of X-ray equipment; its consents are radiological only. AERB code SC-3
You may have read
NABH demands a fire NOC from every clinic.
Myth
What the sources say
In Delhi, where no NOC applies, NABH takes a third-party audit, photographs and an affidavit instead. NABH notice 2025
You may have read
Self-certification means no fire equipment.
Myth
What the sources say
West Bengal's Form-8 still declares extinguishers, hose reels, a 10,000 litre tank, a pump, alarms and detection. WB notification 1930
You may have read
If the building has a fire NOC, my clinic inside it is covered.
Myth
What the sources say
A change of use matters: NBC treats intermingled uses as mixed occupancy, and Odisha cancels a certificate on any change of occupancy. Order 50908 of 2019

Where a clinic files fire papers, and where to check a NOC

These official addresses held the forms, registers and rules a clinic needs on 25 October 2026.

West Bengal
West Bengal e-District
The yearly fire self-certification on Form-5, 6 or 8 for small clinics, labs and day care WB notification 1930
edistrict.wb.gov.in
Delhi
Delhi Fire Service
Rule 27 buildings and the fire safety certificate DFS
dfs.delhi.gov.in
Uttar Pradesh
Nivesh Mitra single window
Where Uttar Pradesh clinics apply for the fire certificate Nivesh Mitra
niveshmitra.up.nic.in/services.aspx
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh: Verify NOC
Check a clinic building's NOC by its NOC ID UP Verify NOC
upfireservice.gov.in/upfire/nocverify
Gujarat
GujFireSafety CoP Valid Certificate register
Search whether a Gujarat building holds a valid certificate Gujarat Valid Certificate
gujfiresafetycop.in/ValidCertificate.aspx
NABH
NABH notice on Delhi fire certificates
What NABH accepts from day-care establishments and small nursing homes in Delhi NABH notice 2025
portal.nabh.co/Announcement/Notification%20Regarding%20the%20Applicability%20of%20Fire%20Safety%20Compliance%20Certificates.pdf
National
NHSRC fire guidance for primary facilities
Checklists, the undertaking format, drill and extinguisher records NHSRC guidance note
qps.nhsrcindia.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/Guidance%20Note_Fire%20Safety%20Measures%20for%20Primary%20health%20facilities.pdf

Offices behind clinic fire rules: AERB and West Bengal Fire

Only as printed on the documents Flamekite read. For your own clinic, the fire station of your area inspects.

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board AERB code SC-3
Issues the diagnostic X-ray safety code; radiation consents only, not fire
Address
Niyamak Bhavan, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400 094
Website
www.aerb.gov.in
Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Government of West Bengal WB notification 1930
Issued notification 1930 on self-certification
Address
2nd Floor, South Block, Bikash Bhawan, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 091
Website
wbfes.gov.in
National Health Systems Resource Centre, Quality and Patient Safety Division NHSRC guidance note
Wrote the fire guidance note for primary health facilities
Address
New Delhi
Website
qps.nhsrcindia.org

What Flamekite could not confirm about clinic fire rules

Gaps on 25 October 2026. Where no authority has said it, this page does not guess.

National
The MoHFW 2026 guidelines
The National Guidelines on Fire and Life Safety in Healthcare Facilities of 24 April 2026 are known only from secondary reports; the official text was not found, so nothing from them is used as a rule. TeamLease RegTechnews report
Maharashtra
The clinic line
Schedule-I rows for business and institutional buildings were not proof-read, and no clinic trigger was found. Amendment Act 2023
Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh
A clinic row
Neither state's fire instruments read for this page name a clinic or a business line below their high-rise thresholds. TNSWP
Goa and Himachal Pradesh
A no-bed clinic
Goa's service list covers institutional buildings at any size but names no business class for clinics; Himachal's 2019 notification names institutional buildings only. Goa Gazette 2022
Delhi
NABH's 9 to 15 m case
NABH's point 5 exempts a 9 to 15 m nursing home that uses only the basement, ground and first floor. Flamekite did not find that case in the Delhi Fire Service Rules. NABH notice 2025
Odisha, Maharashtra, West Bengal
Health-registration fire clauses
Odisha's 2018 clinical establishment rules (the official site failed its security check), Maharashtra's 2021 nursing home rules and West Bengal's 2017 rules were not read in an official copy, so their fire conditions are not shown. Order 50908 of 2019
NBCS 2026
Table 7 for clinics
The NBCS 2026 protection tables for institutional and business buildings were not proof-read for this page and are not shown. BIS, SP 7:2026

Questions about fire NOCs for clinics

Is a fire NOC required for a clinic?: Only once the building crosses your state's line. A clinic with no beds is a business building in NBC 2016, so the line is often 15 m or a 500 m² floor; Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim cover it at any size. Beds or an ICU bring the institutional line, often 9 m.
Does a dental clinic need a fire NOC?: Usually not in a low building. NABH's 2025 Delhi notice treats dental clinics with no overnight stay as business occupancy, exempt below 15 m. Uttar Pradesh still covers every business building, and West Bengal asks small clinics for a yearly Form-8 self-certification.
Is a clinic a business or an institutional building?: Without beds, business: NBC 2016 lists outpatient clinics and laboratories in E-2 and doctors' offices in E-1. With patients staying, such as recovery beds or a nursing home, it is C-1 institutional. West Bengal also files no-bed diagnostic centres under C-1.
How many fire extinguishers does a clinic need?: IS 2190 sets the number and position, as West Bengal's Form-8 says. NHSRC gives one ABC extinguisher for each 100 m² as its example for primary health facilities, with CO2 in the laboratory and at electrical panels.
Does a diagnostic centre with an X-ray need a separate fire clearance?: The AERB licence does not cover fire: the AERB code says it does not address fire safety. The fire line is the building's, under your state's rules; in West Bengal a no-bed diagnostic centre self-certifies only up to 6 m.
What does NABH ask from a clinic that needs no fire NOC?: In Delhi, a third-party fire safety audit to NBC Part IV, geo-tagged time-stamped photographs, an affidavit on the building's height and fire compliance, and for a day-care establishment, the basement-use approval from MCD or NDMC.
Do I need a fire NOC to register a clinic under KPME or the Clinical Establishments Act?: The 2010 Act and its 2012 Central Rules have no fire clause; the national clinic standard asks for 1 extinguisher. Karnataka's KPME forms list a fire safety certificate for upload, Andhra Pradesh requires one before registration since 2021, and Gujarat asks for one where applicable.
How long is a clinic's fire certificate valid?: It depends on the state: 2 years in Odisha and Nagaland, 3 years in Bihar, Delhi, Haryana and Manipur, 5 years in Goa and Lakshadweep. Uttar Pradesh gives business buildings 3 years and hospitals 1, and Assam's certificate lasts until cancelled.
What could Flamekite not confirm for clinics?: The official text of the MoHFW 2026 healthcare fire guidelines, a clinic line in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Himachal Pradesh, NABH's 9 to 15 m nursing home case in the Delhi Rules, and the NBCS 2026 protection tables for clinics.

Keep reading

Fire NOC in IndiaThe law, issuer, portal and validity in all 36 states and UTs.
Which buildings need a fire NOCHeight, area and use lines for all 36 states and UTs.
Fire NOC feesEvery published state rate, per m² and per stage.
Fire NOC validityTerms for every occupancy, state by state.
Fire NOC documentsStage-wise papers, with Puducherry's bed details for health buildings.
Fire NOC penaltiesWhat each state's law sets for running without one.
National Building Code 2026NBCS 2026, the voluntary standard that replaced NBC 2016.
Fire audit checklistNBC-based items, with the DGFS hospital checklist.

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