Do all receptacles in patient care aeas need to be hospital grade?

[john@schmittinc.com]

If you are upgrading from office space to patient care, do you need to eliminate the convenience outlets that are existing in the offices and add the four required outlets? Or can you just add the Four and leave the existing, existing?

 

[M. D.]

I think the branch circuits would have to comply with
Source Mike holt Newsletter

Section 517.13 requires all branch circuits serving patient care areas to be installed in a metal raceway or cable that is identified as an acceptable grounding return path in accordance with 250.118 [517.13(A)]. In addition, the grounding terminals of all receptacles and conductive surfaces of fixed electric equipment in patient care areas shall be grounded by an insulated copper equipment grounding (bonding) conductor [517.13(B)] that is installed in the raceway or cable.

 

[roger]

HG receptacles are only required at the patient bed locations, see 517.18 and 517.19

Roger

 

[john@schmittinc.com]

There is three outlets, on three different walls, supplied by standard 12-2 MC cable. Will I need to upgrade the MC to hospital grade for those three, Or can I leave those as is and run a new branch circuit to supply the four outlets described by 517.18

 

[chris kennedy]

There is three outlets, on three different walls, supplied by standard 12-2 MC cable. Will I need to upgrade the MC to hospital grade for those three, Or can I leave those as is and run a new branch circuit to supply the four outlets described by 517.18

Welcome to the Forum John. Look at the red part in M.D.'s post #2. It is what it is. Could you blank the existing is another question.

Branch Circuit. The circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the circuit and the outlet(s).

Outlet. A point on the wiring system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment.