1307.3 Permitted Locations for Medical Gases.

Central supply systems for oxygen, medical air, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and all other patient medical gases shall be piped only to medical gas outlets complying with Section 1315.0, into areas where the gases will be used under the direction of licensed medical professionals for purposes congruent with the following:

(1) Direct respiration by patients.

(2) Clinical application of the gas to a patient, such as the use of an insufflator to inject carbon dioxide into patient body cavities during laparoscopic surgery and carbon dioxide used to purge heart-lung machine blood flow

ways.

(3) Medical device applications directly related to respiration.

(4) Power for medical devices used directly on patients.

(5) Calibration of medical devices intended for Section 1307.3(1) through Section 1307.3(4).

(6) Simulation centers for the education, training, and assessment of health care professionals. [NFPA 99:5.1.3.5.2]