Chapter 13 — HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND MEDICAL GAS AND MEDICAL VACUUM SYSTEMS
1320.2 Changes in Direction — 2025 California Plumbing Code
California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) § 1320.2 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
Positive pressure patient gas systems, medical support gas systems, and vacuum systems constructed of hard-drawn seamless copper or stainless steel tubing shall have all turns, offsets, and other changes in direction made using fittings or techniques appropriate to any of the following acceptable joining methods:
(1) Brazing, as described in Section 1321.0.
(2) Welding, as described in Section 1322.1 through Section 1322.2.1.
(3) Memory metal fittings, as described in Section 1322.3.
(4) Axially swaged, elastic preload fittings, as described in Section 1322.4.
(5) Threaded, as described in Section 1322.5. [NFPA 99:5.1.10.3.1]
1320.2.1 Medical Vacuum Systems. Vacuum systems and WAGD systems fabricated from copper tubing shall be permitted to have branch connections made using mechanically formed, drilled, and extruded teebranch connections that are formed in accordance with
the tool manufacturer’s instructions. Such branch connections shall be joined by brazing, as described in Section 1321.0. [NFPA 99:5.1.10.3.3]
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