Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a)
General Requirements
1) All materials
including equipment, conductors, controls, and signaling devices shall be
installed in compliance with applicable sections of the NFPA 70, including
Article 517, and as necessary to provide a complete electrical
system.
2) All electrical
installations, including alarm, nurses' call and communication systems, shall
be tested to demonstrate that the equipment installation and operation conforms
to this Part.
b)
Switchboards and Power Panels
These items shall comply with NFPA 70. The main switchboard
shall be located in an area separate from plumbing and mechanical equipment and
be accessible only to authorized persons.
c) Panelboards. Panelboards serving lighting
and appliance circuits shall be located on the same floor as the circuits they
serve. This requirement does not apply to the life safety system.
d) Lighting
1) All spaces occupied by people, machinery,
and equipment within buildings, approaches to and through exits from buildings,
and parking lots shall have lighting.
2) Treatment rooms shall have general
lighting in addition to local lighting provided by special lighting units at
the treatment tables. The general lighting shall provide a minimum of 100
footcandles at the treatment tables. Each fixed special lighting unit at the
tables shall be connected to an independent circuit.
e) Receptacles (Convenience Outlets)
1) Each treatment room shall have at least
two receptacles installed on each wall or eight receptacles in diversified
locations per room.
2) Each
observation/treatment room shall have duplex grounding type receptacles as
specified in Article 517-18 and Article 517-19 of NFPA 70. The mounting height
of these receptacles shall be 22 to 42 inches above the finished
floor.
3) Duplex receptacles for
general use shall be installed approximately 50'0" apart in all corridors and
within 25'0" of the ends of corridors. These receptacles shall be circuited to
the emergency system.
f)
At least two x-ray film illuminators shall be installed in each treatment room
and in the x-ray viewing room of the radiology department. More than two units
shall be installed as needed.
g)
Nurses' Calling System
1) Each
observation/treatment room shall be served by at least one calling station.
Calls shall register with nursing staff and shall activate a visible signal in
the corridor at the observation/treatment room door. In multicorridor nursing
units, additional visible signals shall be installed at corridor intersections.
In rooms containing two or more calling stations, indicating lights shall be
provided at each station. Nurses' calling systems that provide two-way voice
communications shall be equipped with an indicating light at each calling
station, which will remain lighted as long as the voice circuit is
operating.
2) Nurse call duty
stations shall be installed in the clean work room, soiled work room, medicine
preparation room, nourishment station and nurses' lounge of the unit.
3) A nurses' call emergency station shall be
provided for patients' use at each patient's toilet and at the shower. These
stations are to be the pull-cord type with the cord reaching within 6 inches of
the floor. The cords are to be located within reach of a patient.
4) In areas where patients are under constant
surveillance, the nurses' calling system may be limited to a bedside station
that will actuate a signal that can be readily seen by the other
nurses.
5) A communications system
that may be used by nurses to summon assistance shall be provided in each
treatment room.
h)
Communication System
1) A loud speaker-type
sound system shall be provided throughout the facility to allow for
announcements, such as paging of personnel and other necessary audio
functions.
2) Speakers shall be
located in all areas to allow personnel to adequately hear all audio outputs
from the system.
3) The system
shall be used as the communication link for emergency announcements, i.e., code
blue, impending disasters and others. The audio line at the last speaker in the
audio circuits shall be electrically supervised against opens and grounds. The
supervision shall be indicated at a building location that is staffed 24 hours
a day.
i) Emergency
Electric Service
1) To provide electricity
during an interruption of the normal electric supply, an emergency source of
electricity shall be provided and connected to the life safety branch, the
critical branch, and the equipment branch for lighting and power as established
in NFPA 70-517.
2) The source of
this emergency electric service shall be as follows:
A) An emergency generating set when the
normal service is supplied by one or more central station transmission
lines.
B) An emergency generating
set or a central station transmission line when the normal electric supply is
generated on the premises.
3) Emergency Generating Set
A) The required emergency generating set,
including the prime mover and generator, shall be located on the premises.
Where stored fuel is required for the emergency generator operations, the
storage capacity shall be sufficient for not less than 24 hours continuous
operation.
B) The emergency
generator set may be used during periods of high energy demands on local
utilities. In the event of an outage of the normal power source, the normal
loads shall immediately be removed from the emergency generator set, and the
life safety branch, the critical branch, and the equipment branch shall be
connected to the generator.