Section 33-07-04.2-18 - Electrical requirements1. All materials must be listed as complying with applicable standards of underwriters' laboratories incorporated, or other similarly established standards. 2. Circuit breakers or fusible switches that provide disconnecting means and overcurrent protection for conductors connected to switchboard and distribution panels must be enclosed or guarded to provide a dead-front type of assembly. The main switchboard must be located in a separate enclosure accessible only to authorized persons. The switchboard must be convenient for use, readily accessible for maintenance, clear of traffic lanes, and in a dry ventilated space devoid of corrosive fumes or gases. Overload protective devices must be suitable for operating properly in the ambient temperature conditions. 3. Lighting and appliance panels must be provided for the circuits on each floor. This requirement does not apply to emergency system circuits. 4. Two duplex receptacles are required between adjacent beds. 5. A nurse calling station must be installed at each resident bed, toilet, bath, and shower. The nurse calling station at the toilet, bath, or shower must be an emergency call. a. All calls must register both visibly and audibly at the nurses' station and must actuate a visible signal in the corridor at the resident's door, in the clean workroom, and soiled workroom. b. If installed, a nurse calling system providing two-way voice communication must be equipped with an indicating light at each calling station that lights and remains lighted as long as the voice circuit is operative. 6. Emergency electric service must be provided to circuits as follows: a. Lighting at the switch-gear location and boiler room.c. Refrigerators for dietary and medication needs. d. Fire pump, if installed. e. All required duplex receptacles in resident corridors. f. Equipment, such as burners and pumps necessary for operation of one or more boilers and their necessary auxiliaries and controls, required for heating and sterilization. g. Equipment necessary for maintaining electrical service. h. A minimum of one duplex receptacle convenient to the bed location for each resident requiring the use of life support systems. N.D. Admin Code 33-07-04.2-18
General Authority: NDCC 23-01-03, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-16-01, 28-32-02