Canadian Electrical Code - Health Care Wiring Question

[ElectDesigner]

Hi,

I understand that this is mostly an NEC based forum but I was wondering if someone could help here. I'm trying to understand how the circuiting works for a small medical clinic. The relevant associated standard is shown below, I have circled the relevant section for the application I have in mind :



What I don't get is the number of branch circuits per patient care locations (1.5). The note at the bottom states one dedicated and one shared between to locations?

Scenario:
So lets assume we have two patient care areas, room X and room Y. Each of these rooms have 5 receptacles each. So if my interpretation is correct one of the receptacles in each room has to be on a dedicated circuit while the rest can be shared between the two rooms, meaning a circuit with two receptacles (one from X and one from Y) ? Is this correct?


X1&Y1 - one circuit
X2&Y2 - one circuit
X3 - dedicated
Y3- dedicated
X4&Y4 - one circuit
X5&Y-5 - one circuit

So in total I would need 6 circuits for 10 receptacles? Is this a correct interpretation or did I get it completely wrong?:?
Lets assume for argument sake that the loads are very small.

 

[jafro]

Health Care facility

Health Care facility

I am an inspector in Alberta.
First if you are looking at Table 6 from CSA-Z32 then you should know that the Z series in the CSA Standards are not manditory. They are just an recommendation just like Z462 (Arc Flash) is not manditory but recommendations in Canada. Our American friends have adopted it into law and must abide by it (there version) 95 % the same as Canada since some of our rules vary from theirs.
Please refer to section 24 of the Canadian Electrical Code for the rules.
Also read the Appendix B explanations for these rules

Good Luck