NFPA 99-2018 Health Care Facilities Code (Effective Date 9 26 2017).pdf

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32、Code, was prepared by the Technical Committees on Electrical Systems, Fundamentals, Health Care Emergency Management and Security, Hyperbaric and Hypobaric Facilities, Mechanical Systems, Medical Equipment, and Piping Systems, released by the Correlating Committee on Health Care Facilities, and acte

33、d on by NFPA at its June Association Technical Meeting held June 47, 2017, in Boston, MA. It was issued by the Standards Council on August 17, 2017, with an effective date of September 6, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions. This document has been amended by one or more Tentative Interim Amen

34、dments (TIAs) and/or Errata. See “Codes Plumbing; Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning; Security Management; and Features of Fire Protection. Many of these systems were not previously addressed by NFPA 99. These are important systems and protection features in health care and needed to be addressed. The Technical Committees on Gas Delivery Equipment and the Technical Committee on Electrical Equipment were combined into a single Technical Committee on Medical Equipment. The hyperbaric chapter had relatively minor changes for clarity.