Ambulatory health clinic

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I have ambulatory healthcare clinic outside of hospital standalone separated from hospital.

Is there anything in code that says ambulatory outpatient clinic needs to have generator backup?
 
It might depend on whether or not they have procedure rooms for invasive procedures where loss of power mid-operation could be life threatening. Just because no inpatient operations does not exclude being a day surgery center. But it sounds as if that is not the case for OP.
 
hhsting said:
Not even in any other code?
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I did engineering for Health Care Facilities for about 15 years but moved into the educational market about 7 years ago due to change of place of employment.

NFPA-99 Health Care Facilities - May call for something different.

Here is a link to Free View of that code and all NFPA codes for that matter.

May have to copy/paste it into your web browser address bar.

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The requirements depend on the category of patient care space. The requirements and definitions are in NFPA 99, and referenced in Article 517. If you read the scope of Article 517 (517.1) you will see that the function rather than the occupancy is what determines the requirements. Also note, there is a lot of deference given in the requirements to the facility and their risk assessments. It is the hospital's license on the line if something bad happens, so be wary of wading in and trying to require a bunch of things without understanding what went into the risk assessments.
 
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