HCAI’s OSHPD + Hospital Building Safety Board (HBSB) Road Show

EVENT DESCRIPTION

This in-person event is an opportunity to learn more about the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), the Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD), the Hospital Building Safety Board (HBSB), and how these agencies collaborate to ensure health facility safety, sustainability, and resiliency. Meet the HBSB board members and OSHPD staff who will be presenting the Road Show as they share how they work together and how the design and construction industry can get involved.

Due to building security requirements, please bring your ID to present at the security desk and OSHPD staff will be available to escort you up to the OSHPD conference room.

SPEAKERS

Arash Altoontash, PhD, S.E. + Deputy Division Chief + OSHPD

Dr. Arash Altoontash is the HCAI Deputy Division Chief for Southern California, overseeing the Inspection Services, Fire Prevention, Architectural and Engineering, and Field Operations units in the Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development. He joined the state service in 2018 and has served as a Senior Structural Engineer and Supervisor of Health Facility Review prior to his current assignment.

Arash completed his graduate education at Stanford University in 2004 and is a registered civil and structural engineer in California. As a private sector engineer and project manager, he was in charge of design or review of structural systems and non-structural elements of a variety of building types. As a lecturer, he has developed and taught advanced and introductory Structural Steel Design courses at the University of California, Irvine.

Teresa Endres, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, AAH + Medical Planning Director + Taylor Design + HCAI Hospital Building Safety Board

Teresa Endres, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, AAH, believes design can empower physicians to heal, scientists to discover, and healthcare leaders to innovate. She has planned every modality and department in a hospital, outpatient facility and skilled nursing facility and serves as an architect on the HCAI Hospital Building Safety Board.

AIA CES: Learning Units Applied For

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Review the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Visions and organization chart which includes the Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD), the Hospital Building Safety Board (HBSB), and the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA).
2. Understand much of what HCAI does, which is beyond the regulation of the design and construction of health care facilities under OSHPD jurisdiction, including collection of data which healthcare systems use in the development of their strategic and master plans.
3. Examine who’s on the HBSB and how the HBSB collaborates with OSHPD staff for the development of the building codes, policy intent notices (PINs), code application notices (CANs), advisory guides, and continuing education in the form of webinars, seminars, and Tips of the Day. Included is how the design and construction community can get involved, find useful information on the HCAI/OSHPD website, and other valuable HCAI and OSHPD resources.
4. Review what’s happening on the HBSB and at OSHPD, including updates on code revisions, upcoming webinars and seminars, and new and recently published advisory guides.

PARKING

Paid parking is available in the Wells Fargo building, Westin Bonaventure, 1Cal Parking, Bank of America Building.

*Note to all registrants: When purchasing a ticket, please double check that the address + zip code that you provide matches the billing information on the card you are using.*