The provisions of this article shall apply to electrical construction and installation criteria in health care facilities that provide services to human beings. The requirements not only apply to single-function buildings but are also intended to be individually applied to their respective forms of occupancy within a multifunction building.
NFPA 99 - Health Care Facilities Code
Establishes criteria for levels of health care services or systems based on risk to the patients, staff, or visitors in health care facilities to minimize the hazards of fire, explosion, and electricity. Requirements address installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, performance, and safe practices for facilities, material, equipment, and appliances.
NFPA 70 (National Electric Code) Article 517 – Health Care Facilities
UL 60601-1 – Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for Safety
Specifies general requirements for the safety of MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT and to serve as the basis for the safety requirements of Particular Standards.
UL 60950-1 – Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements
Specifies requirements intended to reduce risks of fire, electric shock or injury for the OPERATOR and layman who may come into contact with the equipment and, where specifically stated, for SERVICE PERSONNEL.
UL 1363A – Special Purpose Relocatable Power Taps
These requirements cover Special Purpose Relocatable Power Taps intended for indoor use only, with medical equipment, where the medical equipment is intended to be used in General Patient Care Areas or Critical Patient Care Areas as defined by Article 517 of the National Electrical Code for Health Care Facilities, to supply power to plug-connected components of a movable equipment assemblies that is rack-, table-, or pedestal mounted.
UL 1449 – Surge Protective Devices
These requirements cover Surge Protective Devices designed for repeated limiting of transient voltage surges as specified in the standard on 50 or 60 Hz power circuits not exceeding 1000 V.
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