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  1. jar546

    What is a Health Care Facility according to the NEC?

    First, here is the definition: Health Care Facilities. Buildings, portions of buildings, or mobile enclosures in which human medical, dental, psychiatric, nursing, obstetrical, or surgical care are provided. [99:3.3.67] Now here is what that means: The term health care facility should not be...
  2. jar546

    NEC 517.14 Health Care Facilities

    If a Chiropractor's office in a strip mall has 2 separate services providing power to his patient care areas, do the panels need to comply with 517.14 to each other, even if different services? In this case, the panels serve the left and right side of a common hallway (vicinity).
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