Dental Office Remodel Title 24 Requirements
Part 6 has no dental-specific rule, so a dental suite remodel is documented room by room under the ordinary nonresidential sections when the practice is not a healthcare facility. Three questions decide the submittal: which lighting row each operatory takes, which rooms need sensors and dimming, and which rooms the receptacle rule names.
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Sort the suite into three groups
- Rooms the lighting table names. Table 140.6-C lists Exam/Treatment Room at 1.15 watts per square foot, a type Section 100.1 defines to include dental treatment, but under a healthcare heading. A suite outside the healthcare definition may select a reasonably equivalent type under Section 140.6(c)2A, so state the choice on the NRCC-LTI-E. Waiting areas are 0.55, corridors 0.40, restrooms 0.65 and copy rooms 0.50.
- Rooms the control rules name. Occupant sensing must switch lighting off within 20 minutes in restrooms, conference rooms and offices of 250 square feet or smaller. Multilevel dimming applies to any space of 100 square feet or more whose connected load exceeds 0.5 watts per square foot, with restrooms and one-luminaire rooms excepted. An operatory lit near its 1.15 allowance is far above that line, and the exception for healthcare facilities does not reach a suite outside that definition.
- Rooms the receptacle rule names. Section 130.5(d) lists office areas, lobbies, conference rooms, office kitchen areas and copy rooms. Exam and treatment rooms are not on the list. In an alteration the rule applies only where the power distribution system is entirely new or completely replaced.
Small rooms and ventilation
Demand control ventilation is not required for spaces under 150 square feet or with a design occupancy under 10 people (Exception 3 to Section 120.1(d)3), which excuses a treatment room under 150 square feet. Table 120.1-A has no dental row.
What to hand in
File NRCC-LTI-E and NRCC-MCH-E for the systems you alter, with NRCI forms from the installers. Lighting controls are tested by a certified technician before the occupancy permit, except where controls are added to 20 or fewer luminaires. The classification question sits on dental offices, with the medical equivalent on medical office remodels. See lighting controls, controlled receptacles and our commercial service.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Exam/Treatment Room, defined in Section 100.1 to include dental treatment, is the closest listed type at 1.15 watts per square foot, but Table 140.6-C places it under healthcare facilities. Outside that definition Section 140.6(c)2A lets you select a reasonably equivalent type.
Section 130.5(d) names offices, lobbies, conference rooms, office kitchen areas and copy rooms, and treatment rooms are not among them.
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