Chapter 13 — HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND MEDICAL GAS AND MEDICAL VACUUM SYSTEMS
1305.3 Minimum Station Outlets and Inlets — 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) § 1305.3 · Effective January 1, 2026 · Official source: Building Standards Commission
Station outlets and inlets for medical gas and vacuum systems shall be provided as listed in Table 1305.3.
TABLE 1305.3
MINIMUM OUTLETS AND INLETS PER STATION
| LOCATION | OXYGEN | MEDICAL VACUUM |
MEDICAL AIR |
NITROUS OXIDE |
NITROGEN | HELIUM | CARBON DIOXIDE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient rooms for medical/ obstetrics, and pediatrics |
1/bed | 1/bed | 1/bed | — | — | — | — |
| Examination/ |
1/bed | 1/bed | — | — | — | — | — |
| Intensive care (all) | 3/bed | 3/bed | 2/bed | — | — | — | — |
| Nursery1 | 2/bed | 2/bed | 1/bed | — | — | — | — |
| General operating rooms | 2/room | 3/room4 | 2/room | 1/room | 1/room | — | — |
| Cystoscopic and special invasive procedures |
2/room | 3/room4 | 2/room | — | — | — | — |
| Recovery delivery and labor/ |
2/bed 2/room |
2/bed 3/room4 |
1/bed 1/room |
— | — | — | — |
| Labor rooms | 1/bed | 1/bed | 1/bed | — | — | — | — |
| First aid and emergency treatment3 | 1/bed | 1/bed4 | 1/bed | — | — | — | — |
| Autopsy | — | 1/station | 1/station | — | — | — | — |
| Anesthesia workroom | 1/station | — | 1/station | — | — | — | — |
Notes: 1 Includes pediatric nursery. 2 Includes obstetric recovery. 3 Emergency trauma rooms used for surgical procedures shall be classified as general operating rooms. 4 Vacuum inlets required are in addition to inlets used as part of a scavenging system for removal of anesthetizing gases.
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