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Patient Care Space. Any space of a health care facility wherein patients are intended to be examined or treated.

[NFPA 99:3.3.136]

Category 1 Space. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is likely to cause major injury or death of patients, staff, or visitors. [NFPA 99:3.3.136.1] Category 2 Space. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is likely to cause minor injury to patients, staff, or visitors. [NFPA 99:3.3.136.2] Category 3 Space. Space in which the failure of equipment or a system is not likely to cause injury to patients, staff, or visitors but can cause discomfort.

[NFPA 99:3.3.136.3] Category 4 Space. Space in which failure of equipment or a system is not likely to have a physical impact on patient care. [NFPA 99:3.3.136.4] Patient Medical Gas. Piped gases such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, helium, carbon dioxide, and medical air that are used in the application of human respiration and the calibration of medical devices used for human respiration. [NFPA 99:3.3.142] PB. Polybutylene. PE. Polyethylene. PE-AL-PE. Polyethylene-aluminum-polyethylene. PE-RT. Polyethylene of raised temperature.

9:3.3.136.4] Patient Medical Gas. Piped gases such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, helium, carbon dioxide, and medical air that are used in the application of human respiration and the calibration of medical devices used for human respiration. [NFPA 99:3.3.142] PB. Polybutylene. PE. Polyethylene. PE-AL-PE. Polyethylene-aluminum-polyethylene. PE-RT. Polyethylene of raised temperature.

Penetration Firestop System. A specific assemblage of field-assembled materials, or a factory-made device, which has been tested to a standard test method and, where installed properly on penetrating piping materials, is capable of maintaining the fire- resistance rating of assemblies penetrated. Person. A natural person, his heirs, executor, administrators, or assigns and shall also include a firm, corporation, municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, or governmental agency. The singular includes the plural, male includes female. PEX. Cross-linked polyethylene. PEX-AL-PEX. Cross-linked polyethylene–aluminum-crosslinked polyethylene. Pipe. A cylindrical conduit or conductor is conforming to the dimensions commonly known as “pipe size.” Plumbing. The business, trade, or work having to do with the installation, removal, alteration, or repair of plumbing systems or parts thereof. Plumbing Appliance. A special class of device or equipment that is intended to perform a special plumbing function. Its operation, control, or both may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements, or pressure- or temperature-sensing elements. Such device or equipment may operate automatically through one or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, a measured volume or weight; or the device or equipment may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator. Plumbing Appurtenance. A manufactured device, a prefabricated assembly, or an on-the-job assembly of component parts that is an adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures. An appurtenance demands no additional water supply, nor does it add a discharge load to a fixture or the drainage system. It performs some useful function in the operation, maintenance, servicing, economy, or safety of the plumbing system. Plumbing Fixture. An approved type installed receptacle, device or appliance that is supplied with water or that receives liquid or liquid-borne wastes and discharges such wastes into the drainage system to which it may be directly or indirectly connected. Industrial or commercial tanks, vats, and similar processing equipment are not plumbing fixtures, but may be connected to or discharged into approved traps or plumbing fixtures where and as otherwise provided for elsewhere in this code. Plumbing Official. See Authority Having Jurisdiction. Plumbing System. Includes all potable water, alternate water sources, building supply, and distribution pipes; all plumbing fixtures and traps; all drainage and vent pipes; and all building drains and building sewers, including their respective joints and connections, devices, receptors, and appurtenances within the property lines of the premises and shall include potable water piping, potable water treating or using equipment, medical gas and medical vacuum systems, liquid and fuel gas piping, and water heaters and vents for same.

traps; all drainage and vent pipes; and all building drains and building sewers, including their respective joints and connections, devices, receptors, and appurtenances within the property lines of the premises and shall include potable water piping, potable water treating or using equipment, medical gas and medical vacuum systems, liquid and fuel gas piping, and water heaters and vents for same.

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Plumbing Vent. A pipe provided to ventilate a plumbing system, to prevent trap siphonage and backpressure, or to equalize the air pressure within the drainage system. Plumbing Vent System. A pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow of air to or from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air within such system to protect trap seals from siphonage and backpressure. Point-of-Entry, Water Treatment Unit. A device serving the water distribution system of a building for the purposes of altering, modifying, adding, or removing minerals, chemicals, contaminants, and suspended solids in the water. Point-of-Use, Water Treatment Unit. A device serving a single atmospheric outlet such as a faucet for the purposes of altering, modifying, adding, or removing any minerals, chemicals, contaminants, and suspended solids in water. Pollution. An impairment of the quality of the potable water to the degree that does not create a hazard to the public health but which does adversely and unreasonably affect the aesthetic qualities of such potable water for domestic use. Also, defined as “Low Hazard.” Potable Water. Water that is satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes and that meets the requirements of the Health Authority Having Jurisdiction. PP. Polypropylene. Pre-fabricated Shower Enclosure. A factory-assembled watertight structure with enclosing walls, a drain, and door or open access way. Pressure. The normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas, per unit of area, on the wall of the container.

r drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes and that meets the requirements of the Health Authority Having Jurisdiction. PP. Polypropylene. Pre-fabricated Shower Enclosure. A factory-assembled watertight structure with enclosing walls, a drain, and door or open access way. Pressure. The normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas, per unit of area, on the wall of the container.

Residual Pressure. The pressure available at the fixture or water outlet after allowance is made for pressure drop due to friction loss, head, meter, and other losses in the system during maximum demand periods. Static Pressure. The pressure is existing without any flow. Pressure-Balancing Valve. A mixing valve that senses incoming hot and cold water pressures and compensates for fluctuations in either to stabilize outlet temperature. Pressure-Lock-Type Connection. A mechanical connection that depends on an internal retention device to prevent pipe or tubing separation. The connection is made by inserting the pipe or tubing into the fitting to a prescribed depth. Private or Private Use. Applies to plumbing fixtures in residences and apartments, to private bathrooms in hotels, hospitals, and health care facilities, and to restrooms in commercial establishments where the fixtures are intended for the use of a family or an individual. Private Sewage Disposal System. A septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field, into one or more seepage pits, or into a combination of subsurface disposal field and seepage pit or of such other facilities as may be permitted under the procedures set forth elsewhere in this code.

DEFINITIONS

Private Sewer. A building sewer that receives the discharge from more than one building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or another point of disposal. Proportioning System for Medical Air USP. A central supply that produces medical air (USP) reconstituted from oxygen USP and nitrogen NF by means of a mixer or blender.

[NFPA 99:3.3.102.1] Public or Public Use. Applies to plumbing fixtures that are not defined as private or private use. Public Sewer. A common sewer directly controlled by public authority. Public Water System. A system for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if such system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves an average of twenty-five individuals daily for at least 60 days per year. Push Fit Fitting. A mechanical fitting where the connection is assembled by pushing the tube or pipe into the fitting and is sealed with an o-ring. PVC. Polyvinyl Chloride. PVDF. Polyvinylidene Fluoride.