Ch. 13 Health Care Facilities and Medical Gas and Medical Vacuum Systems — 2025 California Plumbing Code
California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-10-23 · California
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Cite as: 2025 California Plumbing Code (Title 24, Part 5) Chapter 13 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
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CHAPTER 13
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND MEDICAL GAS AND MEDICAL VACUUM SYSTEMS
Part I – General Requirements.
1301.0 General Requirements.¶
1302.0 Design Requirements.¶
1303.0 Health Care Facilities.¶
1304.0 Medical Gas and Medical Vacuum Piping Systems.¶
1304.0 Medical Gas and Medical Vacuum Piping Sys- tems.
1305.0 System Performance.¶
1306.0 System Certification.¶
1307.0 Central Supply Systems.¶
1308.0 Pressure-Regulating Equipment.¶
1309.0 Oxygen Concentrator Supply Units.¶
1310.0 Category 1 Medical Air Central Supply Systems.¶
1310.0 Category 1 Medical Air Central Supply Sys- tems.
1311.0 Compressor Intake.¶
1312.0 Medical Surgical Vacuum Central Supply Systems.¶
1312.0 Medical Surgical Vacuum Central Supply Sys- tems.
1313.0 Medical-Surgical Vacuum Exhaust.¶
1314.0 Valves.¶
1315.0 Station Outlets and Inlets.¶
1316.0 Pressure and Vacuum Indicator Locations.¶
1317.0 Warning Systems.¶
1318.0 Piping Materials for Field-Installed Positive Pressure Medical Gas Systems.¶
Pressure Medical Gas Systems.
1319.0 Piping Materials for Field-Installed Medical-Surgical Vacuum Systems.¶
Surgical Vacuum Systems.
1320.0 Joints and Connections.¶
1321.0 Brazed Joints.¶
1322.0 Welded Joints.¶
1323.0 Installation of Piping and Equipment.¶
1324.0 Performance Criteria and Testing Category 1 (Gases, Medical Surgical Vacuum).¶
(Gases, Medical Surgical Vacuum).
1325.0 Category 2 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems.¶
1326.0 Category 3 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems.¶
1327.0 Dental Gas and Vacuum Systems.¶
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