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1 National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA Phone: Fax: M E M O R A N D U M TO: NEC Code-Making Panel 15 FROM: Kimberly Shea DATE: December 5, 2012 SUBJECT: NFPA 70 CMP-15 ROC TC Letter Ballot () The ROC letter ballot for NFPA 70 CMP-15 is attached. The ballot is for formally voting on whether or not you concur with the panel s actions on the comments. Reasons must accompany all negative and abstention ballots. Please do not vote negatively because of editorial errors. However, please bring such errors to my attention for action. Please return your ballot as soon as possible but no later than January 11, Ballots may be returned via to panel15@nfpa.org or via fax to You may also mail your ballot to the attention of Kim Shea at NFPA, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA The return of ballots is required by the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. Attachments: Comments Letter Ballot

2 Sort Listing Comm # Log# Seq# Comm. Action Tech. Comm. Section R NEC-P15 - ( 100.Alternate Power Source, 517.2, and ): A NEC-P15 - ( ): R NEC-P15 - ( ): A NEC-P15 - ( 517.1, Informational Note (New) ): 15-4a CC a A NEC-P15 - ( ): APR NEC-P15 - ( Critical Branch ): APR NEC-P15 - ( 517.2, Critical Branch ): R NEC-P15 - ( Critical Branch ): R NEC-P15 - ( Equipment Branch ): R NEC-P15 - ( Health Care Facilities and Informational ): APR NEC-P15 - ( Life Safety Branch ): APR NEC-P15 - ( 517.2, Life Safety Branch ): A NEC-P15 - ( Patient Care Area ): R NEC-P15 - ( Patient Care Area ): A NEC-P15 - ( Patient Care Areas ): R NEC-P15 - ( Patient Care Facility ): R NEC-P15 - ( Patient Care Room ): R NEC-P15 - ( Wet Procedure Area (New) ): R NEC-P15 - ( Wet Procedure Locations, Wet Procedure ): A NEC-P15 - ( ): R NEC-P15 - ( ): A NEC-P15 - ( ): A NEC-P15 - ( ): A NEC-P15 - ( (A) ): R NEC-P15 - ( (B) ): R NEC-P15 - ( (B) ): A NEC-P15 - ( (C) ): R NEC-P15 - ( (C) ): A NEC-P15 - ( (A) ): A NEC-P15 - ( (A) ): R NEC-P15 - ( (B) ): R NEC-P15 - ( (B)(2) ): R NEC-P15 - ( (C) ): A NEC-P15 - ( (D) ): A NEC-P15 - ( (E) ): R NEC-P15 - ( ): APR NEC-P15 - ( ): R NEC-P15 - ( ): R NEC-P15 - ( ): APA NEC-P15 - ( ): Cycle Page 1

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5 15-1 Log #916 NEC-P15 James F. Williams, Fairmont, WV 15-3 Revise text to read as follows: One or more generator sets, or battery systems where permitted, intended to provide power during the interruption of the normal electrical services or the public utility electrical service intended to provide power during interruption of service normally provided by the generating facilities on the premises. One or more generator sets, or battery systems where permitted, intended to provide power during the interruption of the normal electrical services or the public utility electrical service intended to provide power during interruption of service normally provided by the generating facilities on the premises. Where a multiple supply system consisting of an alternate a secondary power source and a power-supply cord is installed, the feeder from the alternate secondary power source shall be protected by an overcurrent protective device. Installation shall be in accordance with (A), (B), and If an alternate a secondary power source...". The term is used in: section 517, section 551, 695.4(B)(3)(b), 700.4(B), 700.7(B), 701.4, 701.7(B), <info fig>, 702.7(B), <info fig>, , (A,B&C), and In all cases except it appears to have the meaning found presently in The TCC objected to moving the definition to 100 I because of conflicting usages. I believe that changing the term to in would allow the definition to apply to all other usages and would then belong in 100 I as originally proposed. Another adjective rather than may be better. As it stands in the 2011 code we are using the same phrase for two meanings that can lead to confusion. In general, Article 100 shall contain definitions of terms that appear in two or more other articles of the. In accordance with the direction of the correlating committee on Proposal 15-3 this definition should reside only in Removing the definition from and moving it to Article 100 with the changes indicated in the comment will lead to confusion of code users. The meaning of the term as used in the other cited NEC sections is different than that used in health care installations. The panel notes that this is extracted material from NFPA 99 and should be referenced as such. [99: 3.3.5] Log #235 NEC-P15 Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code, It was the action of the Correlating Committee that this proposal be referred to Code-Making Panel 15 for action and to Code-Making Panel 9 for information. This is a direction from the National Electrical Code Technical Correlating Committee in accordance with and of the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. The panel accepts the correlating committee's direction of Comment 15-2 to review Proposal The action on Proposal was taken in conjunction with the panel action on Comment

6 15-3 Log #902 NEC-P15 Lawrence W. Forshner, Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers LLC Add the following sentence at the end of (B) and (B)(2) Receptacles, required by this section, shall be supported by outlet boxes in metal stud partitions, by a bar type bracket, that supports the outlet box by engaging two or more framing members. As designers of electrical systems in health care facilities, we have found that sheet metal type box supports that are bent at 90 degrees, attach to one stud and are intended to provide box and device support by being in contact with the opposite wall of the partition, to be inadequate. Head wall partitions in hospital patient rooms are often not of standard, the receptacles require more pressure to insert a plug and they get more use than office receptacles during normal hospital operations and especially during emergencies. The sheet metal brackets often do not reach the opposite wall or the sheet metal will deflect after installation requiring the wall to be opened to repair and properly fasten the box. Added language in this section to qualify and describe how to securely fasten outlet boxes used to support hospital grade receptacles is needed. Doctors and nurses are not very nice to these receptacles during a code blue. Our experience has demonstrated that the brackets, clips and support schemes, that are available and designed to increase rough-in productivity, to be inadequate where used in a hospital bed location head wall. The National Electrical Code is not intended as a design specification. Chapters 1 through 4 provide for proscriptive installation requirements. Support of outlet boxes is covered in and , and adequately addresses proscriptive installation requirements Log #1296 NEC-P15 Stephen M. Lipster, The Electrical Trades Center Add a new informational note to 517.1: Informational Note: NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code extracted material found in the design elements of this Article cannot be revised by the standard National Electrical Code making process. Revisions to these elements must be submitted to the Electrical Systems Technical Committee of the NFPA 99 Health Care Code. Understandably code users believe the NEC can be revised under the normal NEC code making process. Recent Standards Council decisions have given jurisdiction to large portions of Article 517 to the NFPA 99 ELS. Code users should be made aware of this change so code users participating in the code making process can submit revisions to the proper entity. 2

7 15-4a Log #CC1500 NEC-P15 Code-Making Panel 15, Add extraction reference to definition as follows: One or more generator sets, or battery systems where permitted, intended to provide power during the interruption of the normal electrical service; or the public utility electrical service intended to provide power during interruption of service normally provided by the generating facilities on the premises. [ The Panel notes that this is extracted material from NFPA 99 and should be referenced as such. [99: 3.3.5]. The panel action adds the NFPA 99 reference Log #435 NEC-P15 Neil F. LaBrake, Jr., National Grid USA The Panel action should be accept-in-principle and the recommended text for Critical Branch should read as follows: A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for task illumination, fixed equipment, select receptacles, and select power circuits serving areas and functions related to patient care that are automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of the normal power source. [99: ] Also, the NFPA 99 extract note shall be identified in the NEC for this section. This comment is the work of the Task Group on 2014 NEC/2012 NFPA 99 Correlation with the following representation: Larry Todd, CMP-15; Don Talka, CMP-15; Jim Duncan, CMP-15; Sam Friedman, CMP-15; Walt Vernon, NFPA 99; Dave Dagenais, NFPA 99; James Costley, NFPA 99; Chad Beebe, NFPA 99; Jim Dollard, NEC Correlating Committee; and Neil LaBrake, Jr., NEC Correlating Committee (Chair). As directed by Mr. Michael J. Johnston, NEC Correlating Committee Chair on June 8th, 2012, the Task Group acted on correlation matters and conformance with the Standard Council direction on Installation vs. Performance to resolve any conflicts or inconsistencies resulting from proposed revisions in the NEC Report on Proposals (ROP) related to the 2012 NFPA 99. This definition is under the jurisdiction of the NFPA 99 Technical Committee. This action results in correlation of NFPA Section with NEC ROP. Revise the following definition in to agree with NFPA 99: A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for task illumination, fixed equipment, select receptacles, and select power circuits serving areas and functions related to patient care that are is automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of the normal power source. [99: ] The word "are" should be changed to "is" because it is grammatically matching and does not change the intent. It is consistent with NEC Style Manual The definition is an extraction from NFPA 99, This information should be forwarded to NFPA 99 ELS Committee. 3

8 15-6 Log #1187 NEC-P15 Technical Committee on Electrical Systems, Revise text to read as follows: A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for task illumination, fixed equipment, select receptacles, and power circuits serving areas and functions related to patient care and that are automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of normal power source. [ ] The ELS committee requests this revision to what was accepted at the ROP stage to completely correlate with Section of NFPA This comment was balloted through the Technical Committee on Electrical Systems with the following results: 25 Members Eligible to Vote 2 Not Returned (T. Easty, H. Nash) 23 Affirmative 0 Negatives 0 Abstentions See the panel action and statement on Comment Log #1484 NEC-P15 Randy Hunter, Las Vegas, NV Reject the proposal. The text for for the definition of a critical branch should not be revised as indicated in Proposal 15-12, just as the text in should revert to the 2011 NEC and previous editions of the NEC involved the requirement of the essential electrical system, such as the life safety and the critical branch, to use Article 700, except as amended by Article 517. For the 2014 NEC, Proposal was submitted by the NFPA 99 Technical Committee on Electrical Systems to revise as follows: Application of Other Articles. The life safety branch of the essential electrical system shall meet the requirements of Article 700, except as amended by Article 517. What the NFPA 99 Electrical Committee did not take into consideration is the existing text in (D) stating the following: The sizing requirements in and shall not apply to hospital generator set(s). Both the NFPA 99 Electrical Committee and CMP-15 may have overlooked NEC (D) as a solution to their concerns and negating any reason for deleting the critical branch from Deleting the critical branch from compliance with Article 700 will also delete safety features covered by Article 700, such as for transfer switches where the transfer switches are required to be electrically-operated and mechanically-held. Similar action should be made for Proposal making changes to the definition of a critical branch. Making the necessary changes in Article 517 for critical branch circuits at this point in the process would constitute new material and would not be permitted at the comment stage, however, rejecting the proposal would leave Article 700 as a requirement with a rewrite possible for the 2017 NEC. Panel 15 has been directed by the correlating committee to achieve correlation with NFPA 99,. The panel actions on Comments 15-5 and 15-6 achieves this. The arrangement of the various systems and branches is a performance concern under the purview of the NFPA 99 Electrical Systems committee. Requests for changes to performance requirements should be processed through that committee. 4

9 15-8 Log #918 NEC-P15 James F. Williams, Fairmont, WV Revise text to read as follows: A system of feeders and branch circuits arranged for delayed, automatic, or manual connection to the alternate power source and that serves primarily 3-phase power equipment. [ ]. Three branches are defined in 517: Critical, Equipment, and Life Safety. These branches are defined by what they serve. Only e is identified by the type of electrical circuit. This unnecessary and perhaps misleading. The definition is copied from NFPA 99, but the NEC should be as precise as possible when it comes to electrical descriptions. This is extracted material and Panel 15 has been directed by the correlating committee to maintain correlation with NFPA 99,. The arrangement of the various systems and branches is a performance concern under the purview of the NFPA 99 ELS Committee. Requests for changes to performance requirements should be processed through that committee Log #494 NEC-P15 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Revise text to read as follows: Buildings or portions of buildings in which medical, dental, psychiatric, nursing, obstetrical, or surgical care are provided. Health care facilities include, but are not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, limited care facilities, clinics, medical and dental offices, and ambulatory care centers, whether permanent or movable. : Health care facilities include, but are not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, limited care facilities, clinics, medical and dental offices, and ambulatory care centers, whether permanent or movable. I accept the concept that NEC definitions are not required to be in single sentences. However this definition contains a list of examples and such examples are not usually contained in definitions but as information. If, on the other hand, the CMP believes that this list is a requirement it should place it somewhere else in Article 517, for example as a section or a similar new location, since NEC definitions shall not contain requirements. Moreover, the NEC manual of style does not permit the definition to contain the defined term and the second sentence contains the defined term health care facilities. The NEC Manual of Style states as follows: Definitions. Definitions shall be in alphabetical order and shall not contain the term that is being defined. Definitions shall not contain requirements or recommendations. The glossary of terms gives the definition for "Health Care Facilities" to NFPA The panel suggests that the submitter make the proposal to the appropriate document. 5

10 15-10 Log #436 NEC-P15 Neil F. LaBrake, Jr., National Grid USA The Panel action should be accept-in-principle and the recommended text for Life Safety Branch should read as follows: A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for lighting, receptacles, and equipment essential for life safety that are automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of the normal power source. [99: ] Also, the NFPA 99 extract note shall be identified in the NEC for this section. This comment is the work of the Task Group on 2014 NEC/2012 NFPA 99 Correlation with the following representation: Larry Todd, CMP-15; Don Talka, CMP-15; Jim Duncan, CMP-15; Sam Friedman, CMP-15; Walt Vernon, NFPA 99; Dave Dagenais, NFPA 99; James Costley, NFPA 99; Chad Beebe, NFPA 99; Jim Dollard, NEC Correlating Committee; and Neil LaBrake, Jr., NEC Correlating Committee (Chair). As directed by Mr. Michael J. Johnston, NEC Correlating Committee Chair on June 8th, 2012, the Task Group acted on correlation matters and conformance with the Standard Council direction on Installation vs. Performance to resolve any conflicts or inconsistencies resulting from proposed revisions in the NEC Report on Proposals (ROP) related to the 2012 NFPA 99. This definition is under the jurisdiction of the NFPA 99 Technical Committee. This action results in correlation of NFPA Section with NEC ROP. Revise the following definition in to agree with NFPA 99: A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for lighting, receptacles, and equipment essential for life safety that is are automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of the normal power source. [99: ] The word "are" should be changed to "is" because it is grammatically matching and does not change the intent. It is consistent with NEC Style Manual The definition is an extraction from NFPA 99,, This information should be forwarded to NFPA 99 ELS Committee Log #1188 NEC-P15 Technical Committee on Electrical Systems, Revise text to read as follows: A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for lighting, receptacles, and equipment essential for life safety, and that are automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of the normal power source. [ :3.3.94] The ELS committee requests this revision to what was accepted at the ROP stage to completely correlate with Section of NFPA This comment was balloted through the Technical Committee on Electrical Systems with the following results: 25 Members Eligible to Vote 2 Not Returned (T. Easty, H. Nash) 23 Affirmative 0 Negatives 0 Abstentions The panel action on Comment addresses the intent of the recommendation. See the panel statement on Comment

11 15-12 Log #204 NEC-P15 Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code, The Correlating Committee directs the panel to reconsider this proposal with respect to the accuracy of the extracted material and the use of permissive language in the Informational Notes. Defined terms in this proposal shall be extracted from NFPA 99. The Correlating Committee further directs that the panel ensure that where text is extracted from NFPA 99 it meets the requirements of of the NEC Style Manual. In addition, it was the action of the Correlating Committee that further consideration be given to the comments expressed in the voting. This is a direction from the National Electrical Code Technical Correlating Committee in accordance with and of the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. Change the following as shown in the 2014 NEC ROP Version: Space within a health care facility wherein patients are intended to be examined or treated. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is not likely to cause injury to the patients or caregivers but may cause patient discomfort. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is likely to cause major injury or death to patients or caregivers. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is likely to cause minor injury to patients or caregivers. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is not likely to have a physical impact on patients or caregivers. Informational Note No. 1: The governing body of the facility designates patient care space in accordance with the type of patient care anticipated and with the definitions of the area classification. Business offices, corridors, lounges, day rooms, dining rooms, or similar areas typically are not classified as patient care rooms space. Informational Note No. 2: Basic Care SpaceRoom. This spacerooms is typically where basic medical or dental care, treatment, or examinations are performed. Examples include but are not limited to, examination or treatment rooms in clinics, medical and dental offices, nursing homes and limited care facilities. Informational Note No. 2 3: General care space may includes areas such as patient bedrooms, examining rooms, treatment rooms, clinics, and similar areas in where the patient may come in contact with electromedical devices or ordinary appliances such as a nurse call system, electric beds, examining lamps, telephones, and entertainment devices. Informational Note No. 3 4: Critical care space rooms may includes special care units, intensive care units, coronary care units, angiography laboratories, cardiac catheterization laboratories, delivery rooms, operating rooms, and similar areas in which patients are intended to be subjected to invasive procedures and connected to line-operated, electromedical devices. Informational Note No. 4 5: SpaceRooms within a patient care room where a procedure is performed that subjects patients or staff to wet conditions may be are considered as wet procedure areas. This includes standing fluids on the floor or drenching of the work area. Procedures and incidental spillage of liquids do not define wet procedure areas. It is the responsibility of the governing body of the health care facility to designate the wet procedure areas. The panel reconsiders its action and agrees with action taken on Proposal and Proposal to change to the word "space" instead of "room" or "area". As directed, the panel has corrected the permissive language in the informational notes and made other grammatical and editorial corrections. The panel recognizes the following statement from the NEC Correlating Committee Task Group on 2014 NEC/2012 NFPA 99 Correlation: "The TG recognizes in Proposals 15-20, 15-26, 15-33, 15-42, and that these definitions as revised with the term change from areas to spaces do not correlate with NFPA 99,, However, NFPA 99 members of this Task Group are submitting a TIA to NFPA to have correlation when the 2014 NEC is issued based on the A2014 NFPA 99 ROP meeting. The 2015 revision of NFPA 99 can then process the change during its comment stage to ensure its correlation with the 2014 NEC." 7

12 15-13 Log #495 NEC-P15 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Please accept the proposal as submitted and do not modify it. The NFPA Standards Council has set up an Advisory Committee on the Glossary on Terminology to obtain consistency in definitions with the NFPA set of documents. The NFPA 99 set of definitions are reasonable and the small differences between what was proposed and what was accepted will simply lead to new confusion when users of both codes find similar terms and similar definitions but a lack of consistency. Accepting extracted definitions will create consistency. See the panel action and statement on Comment Log #205 NEC-P15 Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code, The Correlating Committee directs the panel to reconsider this proposal with respect to the accuracy of the extracted material. Defined terms in this proposal shall be extracted from NFPA 99. The Correlating Committee further directs that the panel ensure that where text is extracted from NFPA 99 it meets the requirements of of the NEC Style Manual. In addition, it was the action of the Correlating Committee that further consideration be given to the comments expressed in the voting. This is a direction from the National Electrical Code Technical Correlating Committee in accordance with and of the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. See the panel action and statement on Comment Log #496 NEC-P15 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Please accept the proposal as submitted and do not modify it. The NFPA Standards Council has set up an Advisory Committee on the Glossary on Terminology to obtain consistency in definitions with the NFPA set of documents. The NFPA 99 definition is reasonable. Accepting extracted definitions will create consistency. The definition for "Patient Care Vicinity" is extracted material from NFPA 99. 8

13 15-16 Log #1400 NEC-P15 Timothy Crnko, St. Louis, MO Revise text to read as follows: Any portion room space of a health care facility wherein patients are intended to be examined or treated. [99: ] : Room Space in which failure of equipment or a system is not likely to cause injury to the patients or caregivers but may cause patient discomfort, Category 3. [99: ]. Space Room in which failure of equipment or a system is likely to cause major injury or death to patients or caregivers. Category 1. [99: ]. Space Room in which failure of equipment or a system is likely to cause minor injury to patients or caregivers. Category 2 [99: ] : Space Room in which failure of equipment or a system is not likely to have a physical impact on patients or caregivers. Category 4 [99: ] Informational Note No. I: This Article reflects the NFPA 99 requirements where the risk to the patient is defined by categories of risk in a specific location or space and the various systems to support. It is important to note these requirements are no longer occupancy-based. The risk to the patient does not change for a given procedure. If the procedure is performed in a doctor's office versus a hospital the risk remains the same. The different essentially electrical systems Type 1, 2, and 3 are designed to meet the designated Category for the specific room usage, intended use of receptacles, etc. Four levels of systems categories are defined in NFPA 99, based on the risks to patients and caregivers in the facilities. See NFPA 99:4.1. The categories are as follows: (1) Category 1: Systems are expected to work or be available at all times to support patient needs. [99:A.4.1.1] (2) Category 2: Systems are expected to provide a high level of reliability; however limited short durations of equipment downtime can be tolerated without significant impact on patient care. Category 2 systems support patient needs but are not critical for life support. [99:A.4.1.2] (3) Category 3: Normal building system reliabilities are expected. Such systems support patient needs. but failure of such equipment would not immediately affect patient care. Such equipment is not critical for life support. [99:A.4.1.3] (4) Category 4: Such systems have no impact on patient care and would not be noticeable to patients in the event of failure. [99:A.4.1.4] Informational Note No. 12: The governing body of the facility designates patient care spaces rooms in accordance with the type of patient care anticipated and with the definitions of the area classification. Business offices, corridors, lounges, day rooms, dining rooms, or similar areas typically are not classified as patient care rooms. [99: ] lnformational Note No. 3: Patient Care Room, business offices, corridors, lounges, day rooms. dining rooms or similar areas typically are not classified as patient care rooms. [99:A.3.3.l38] Basic Care Room. These rooms are typically where basic medical or dental care. treatment. or examinations are performed. Examples include but are not limited to, examination or treatment rooms in clinics, medical and dental offices, nursing homes and limited care facilities. [99:A ] Critical Care Room. These rooms are typically where patients are intended to be subjected to invasive procedures and connected to line-operated patient care-related appliances. Examples include but are not limited to special care patient rooms used for critical care, intensive care, and special care treatment rooms such as angiography laboratories,cardiac catheterization laboratories, delivery rooms, operating rooms, post-anesthesia care units, trauma rooms and other similar rooms. [99: A ] General Care Room. Examples include but are not limited to, inpatient bedrooms dialysis rooms in vitro fertilization rooms procedural rooms and similar rooms. [99:A ] Support Room. Examples of support rooms include. but are not limited to anesthesia work rooms, sterile supply, laboratories, morgues, waiting rooms, utility rooms and lounges. [99:A ] Informational Note No. 4. Spaces within a patient care room where a procedure is performed that subjects patients or staff to wet conditions may be considered as wet procedure areas. These include standing fluids on the floor or drenching of the work area. Routine housekeeping procedures and incidental spillage of liquids do not define wet procedure areas. It is the responsibility of the governing body of the health care facility to designate the wet procedure 9

14 areas. [99: ] Informational Note No. 2: General care spacesrooms may include areas such as patient bedrooms, examining rooms, treatment rooms, clinics, and similar areas in where the patient may come in contact with electromedical devices or ordinary appliances such as a nurse call system, electric beds, examining lamps, telephones, and entertainment devices. Informational Note 3: Critical care spacerooms may include special care units, intensive care units, coronary care units, angiography laboratories, cardiac catheterization laboratories, delivery rooms, operating rooms, and similar areas in which patients are intended to be subjected to invasive procedures and connected to line operated, electromedical devices. Use "room" rather than "space" as used in NFPA 99. Include NFPA 99 designated Category for each room since this is the guide post as to designated risk and this then makes an extract reference possible which is more transparent. Informational Note No. 1 is needed to inform reader of the major change from occupancy-based to risk-based. The last two paragraphs from 2012 NFPA 99 Origins and Development of NFPA 99 on page 99-3 in part: The 2012 NFPA 99 Chapter 4 is the foundation for the change to a risked-based approach rather than an occupancy-based: ". " to 4,1.3 details four different categories of facility systems that should be applied to Chapter 6 Electrical Systems, For instance, Category 1 systems are intended to supply loads where failure could result in "major injury or death of patients or caregivers". The 2012 NFPA 99 in Chapter 3 section ties the patient care rooms to categories. Examples: critical care room would be Category 1, general care room would be Category 2, and basic care room would be Category 3. The 2012 NFPA 99 has three types of essential electrical systems: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3. NFPA 99: specifies which type of essential electrical system is required to serve various categories of rooms, Examples: "critical care rooms (Category 1 Room) shall be served only by a Type 1 essential electrical system and "general care rooms (Category 2 Room) shall be served only by a Type l or Type II "essential electrical system. (Note the 2012 NFPA is inconsistent in its nomenclature in denoting Types: such as sometime it denotes Type 2 and sometime it denotes Type II.) Other examples of where the type of essential electrical system is designated is NFPA : "Receptacles for Patient Bed Locations in Critical Care Areas (Category 1)" means these receptacles need to be served by an essential electrical system Type 1 and "Receptacles for Patient Bed Locations in General Care Areas (Category 2)" means these receptacles need to be served by an essential electrical system Type 2. Informational Note No. 3 is extracted material from NFPA 99 Annex to help readers understand the information. See panel action and statement on Comment NFPA 99,, ELS has jurisdiction over the design criteria for health care facilities. The submitter is advised to send his comment to NFPA 99 Electrical Systems committee for correlation. 10

15 15-17 Log #497 NEC-P15 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Please accept the proposal as submitted and do not modify it. The NFPA Standards Council has set up an Advisory Committee on the Glossary on Terminology to obtain consistency in definitions with the NFPA set of documents. The NFPA 99 definition is reasonable. Accepting extracted definitions will create consistency. The panel reaffirms its intention to use the word "space" as evidenced by the panel action and statement on Comment The panel also reaffirms its intention to use the word "location" instead of the word "area" in the definition title. The panel believes that the informational note provides clarity Log #498 NEC-P15 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Revise text to read as follows: Those spaces within patient care areas where a procedure is performed and that are normally subject to wet conditions while patients are present. These include standing fluids on the floor or drenching of the work area, either of which condition is intimate to the patient or staff. Routine housekeeping procedures and incidental spillage of liquids do not define a wet procedure location.. The area in a patient care room where a procedure is performed that is normally subject to wet conditions while patients are present, including standing fluids on the floor or drenching of the work area, either of which condition is intimate to the patient or staff. [ ] : Routine housekeeping procedures and incidental spillage of liquid do not define a wet procedure area or location. The action by CMP 15 is unclear. No proposal was accepted to delete the definition of wet procedure locations in spite of the acceptance in of a definition for wet procedure location area. In order to clarify the action of CMP 15 this comment asks that the existing definition of wet procedure locations be deleted and the definition of wet procedure area be extracted from NFPA 99. This comment also recommends that the informational note proposed by CMP 15 in be added to the extracted definition because it definitely gives useful information to the user of the NEC. See panel action and statement on Comment

16 15-19 Log #206 NEC-P15 Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code, The Correlating Committee directs that the panel reconsider this proposal with respect to the Correlating Committee Action on Proposals and This is a direction from the National Electrical Code Technical Correlating Committee in accordance with and of the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. Change the following as shown in the 2014 NEC ROP Version to read as follows: Part II shall apply to patient care spaces of all health care facilities. See panel action and statement on Comment The panel made an editorial change Log #387 NEC-P15 Dan Ordahl, Apple Valley, MN Add new text to read as follows: All 125 volt, single-phase 15 and 20 amp receptacles that are installed in patient care areas, shall be listed hospital grade type. With increasing complex procedures being performed in the clinic exam room and dentist office. The equipment being utilized for those procedures is listed for use only with a hospital grade receptacle. But that equipment will still fit directly into a nonhospital grade receptacle. It would only seem prudent that hospital grade receptacles be installed in those areas requiring the special wiring methods in (A). The special wiring methods in (A) shall be provided for branch circuits for All patient care areas. This requirement of the wiring method is not limited to patient bed locations. A hospital grade receptacle is designed to a higher standard than a standard receptacle for use and grounding. This would work in harmony with the higher standard for wiring methods serving all patient care areas required in (A). Use of standard receptacle is a weak-link between the (A) wiring method and the hospital grade equipment to patient safety. This change would eliminate the use of existing locking type receptacles and receptacles listed for "Hospital Use Only". Patient bed locations in patient care space require hospital grade receptacles as addressed in (B) and (C)(2). This section addresses grounding of receptacles and fixed equipment in Patient Care Space. Equipment in dental offices often uses Midget Locking receptacles "NEMA configuration ML-2". 12

17 15-21 Log #367 NEC-P15 Vince Baclawski, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Revise text and add the 2012 references to read as follows: Receptacles with insulated grounding terminals, as permitted in (D), shall not be permitted. An isolated ground receptacle shall not be installed within a patient care vicinity. [ (B)] The Panel Action on this proposal should have been Accept In Part. The first part of Proposal that would not permit isolated ground receptacles in patient care vicinity should have been accepted. The panel s concern is that redundant grounding is needed for the patient s safety. However, if isolated ground receptacles are not permitted in the patient care vicinity, this concern would be addressed. Away from this space the use of isolated ground receptacles would mitigate against equipment interference due to electrical noise without affecting patient safety. Furthermore, acceptance of the proposal s first part would correlate with the requirements of Therefore, a Panel Action of Accept In Part would have been more appropriate Log #1542 NEC-P15 Brian E. Rock, Hubbell Incorporated Receptacles with insulated grounding terminals, as permitted in (D), shall not be permitted. An isolated ground receptacle shall not be installed within a patient care vicinity. [ (B)] The first part of Proposal that would not permit isolated ground receptacles in patient care vicinity should have been accepted. The panel s concern is that redundant grounding is needed for the patient s safety. However, if isolated ground receptacles are not permitted in the patient care vicinity, this concern would be addressed. Away from this space the use of isolated ground receptacles would mitigate against equipment interference due to electrical noise without affecting patient safety. Furthermore, acceptance of the proposal s first part would correlate with the requirements of Therefore, a Panel Action of Accept In Part would have been more appropriate. 13

18 15-23 Log #207 NEC-P15 Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code, The Correlating Committee directs that the panel reconsider this proposal with respect to the Correlating Committee Action on Proposals and The Correlating Committee notes that the term "space" is not used in NFPA 99. This is a direction from the National Electrical Code Technical Correlating Committee in accordance with and of the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. Change the following as shown in the 2014 NEC ROP Version as follows: The requirements of shall apply to hospitals and other buildings (including multiple occupancy buildings) with critical care spaces or utilizing electrical life support equipment, and buildings that provide the required essential utilities or services for the operation of critical care spaces or electrical-life support equipment. See panel action and statement on Comment The panel made editorial changes Log #445 NEC-P15 James F. Williams, Fairmont, WV Each patient bed location shall be provided with a minimum of eight receptacles They shall be permitted to be of the single, duplex, or quadruplex type, or any combination of the three. All receptacles shall be listed hospital grade and shall be so identified. The grounding terminal of each receptacle shall be connected to an insulated copper equipment grounding conductor sized in accordance with Table Why chase the additional receptacle configurations? The important part is Hospital Grade. The text in question aids the NEC user and correlates with NFPA 99,. 14

19 15-25 Log #1407 NEC-P15 Timothy Crnko, St. Louis, MO Revise text to read as follows: Each patient bed location shall be provided with a minimum of eight receptacles. Category 2. [99: (A)] Include the NFPA 99 designated Category since this is the guide post as to designated risk and this then makes an extract reference possible which is more transparent. 99: provides the for various locations and each is designated Category where appropriate. This then ties to 99: which provides the requirements for the Type essential electrical system (Type I, 2, or 3) that must serve various types of patient care rooms which are designated with a Category where appropriate. The last two paragraphs from 2012 NFPA 99 on page 99-3 in part: The 2012 NFPA 99 Chapter 4 is the foundation for the change to a risked-based approach rather than an occupancy-based: to details four different categories of facility systems that should be applied to Chapter 6. For instance, Category I systems are intended to supply loads where failure could result in. The 2012 NFPA 99 in Chapter 399: ties the patient care rooms to categories, Examples: critical care room would be Category 1, general care room would be Category 2, and basic care room would be Category 3. The 2012 NFPA 99 has three types of essential electrical systems: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3. NFPA specifies which type of essential electrical system is required to serve various categories of rooms. Examples: essential electrical system and essential electrical system. (Note the 2012 NFPA is inconsistent in its nomenclature in denoting Types: such as sometime it denotes Type 2 and sometime it denotes Type II.) Other examples of where the type of essential electrical system is designated is 99: : means these receptacles need to be served by an essential electrical system Type 1 and means these receptacles need to be served by an essential electrical system Type 2. The use of the term Category 2 as described in NFPA 99, necessary in the NEC and would be confusing to NEC users. is not 15

20 15-26 Log #437 NEC-P15 Neil F. LaBrake, Jr., National Grid USA The Panel action should be accept-in-principle and the recommended text for (C) should read as follows: Receptacles that are located within the patient rooms, bathrooms, playrooms, and activity rooms of pediatric units, other than nurseries, shall be listed tamper-resistant or shall employ a listed tamper-resistant cover. [99: (F)] Also, the NFPA 99 extract note shall be identified in the NEC for this section. This comment is the work of the Task Group on 2014 NEC/2012 NFPA 99 Correlation with the following representation: Larry Todd, CMP-15; Don Talka, CMP-15; Jim Duncan, CMP-15; Sam Friedman, CMP-15; Walt Vernon, NFPA 99; Dave Dagenais, NFPA 99; James Costley, NFPA 99; Chad Beebe, NFPA 99; Jim Dollard, NEC Correlating Committee; and Neil LaBrake, Jr., NEC Correlating Committee (Chair). As directed by Mr. Michael J. Johnston, NEC Correlating Committee Chair on June 8th, 2012, the Task Group acted on correlation matters and conformance with the Standard Council direction on Installation vs. Performance to resolve any conflicts or inconsistencies resulting from proposed revisions in the NEC Report on Proposals (ROP) related to the 2012 NFPA 99. Pediatric locations are under the jurisdiction of the NFPA 99 Technical Committee. This action results in correlation of NFPA Section (F) with NEC ROP Log #1189 NEC-P15 Technical Committee on Electrical Systems, Revise text to read as follows: Receptacles that are located within the patient rooms, bathrooms, playrooms, and activity rooms of pediatric units, or spaces with similar risk as determined by the governing body, other than nurseries, and patient care areas of designated pediatric locations shall be listed tamper resistant or shall employ a listed tamper-resistant cover. This comment is being proposed to change this section to match an accepted proposal at the NFPA 99 ELS committee meeting. The proposed change now references spaces with similar risks to address the concern of limiting this to only patient rooms noted in the reason for the reject at the ROP stage. This is a performance requirement which the ELS committee has reviewed the technical nature of. This comment was balloted through the Technical Committee on Electrical Systems with the following results: 25 Members Eligible to Vote 2 Not Returned (T. Easty, H. Nash) 22 Affirmative 1 Negative (DeHanes) 0 Abstentions The correlating committee has charged CMP 15 to coordinate with the 2012 edition of NFPA 99, and this is accomplished by accepting the extracted text from Comment

21 15-28 Log #208 NEC-P15 Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code, The Correlating Committee directs that the panel reconsider this proposal with respect to the Correlating Committee Action on Proposals and This is a direction from the National Electrical Code Technical Correlating Committee in accordance with and of the Regulations Governing Committee Projects. See the panel action and statement on Comment Log #1190 NEC-P15 Technical Committee on Electrical Systems, Revise text to read as follows: Each patient bed location room shall be supplied by at least two branch circuits, one or more from the critical branch and one or more circuits from the normal system. At least one branch circuit from the critical branch shall supply an outlet(s) only at that bed location. All branch circuits from the normal system shall be from a single panelboard. Critical branch receptacles shall be identified and shall also indicate the panelboard and circuit number supplying them. The branch circuit serving patient bed locations shall not be part of a multi-wire branch circuit. The NFPA 99 ELS TC is proposing these changes to be consistent with NFPA 99. The term emergency system is no longer used in NFPA 99. This comment was balloted through the Technical Committee on Electrical Systems with the following results: 25 Members Eligible to Vote 2 Not Returned (T. Easty, H. Nash) 22 Affirmative 1 Negative (DeHanes) 0 Abstentions Change the following as shown in the 2014 NEC ROP Version: Each patient bed location shall be supplied by at least two branch circuits, one or more from the critical branch and one or more circuits from the normal system. At least one branch circuit from the critical branch shall supply an outlet(s) only at that bed location. All branch circuits from the normal system shall be from a single panelboard. Critical branch receptacles shall be identified and shall also indicate the panelboard and circuit number supplying them. The branch circuit serving patient bed locations shall not be part of a multi-wire branch circuit. The panel made editorial changes. 17