Medical Office Remodel Title 24 Requirements
Part 6 has no medical office category for alterations, lighting or ventilation. It has a defined term, healthcare facility, and the carve-outs follow that term. Whether a suite is one is for the building department to confirm before design starts; if it is not, the ordinary nonresidential rules apply.
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The one definition that matters
Section 100.1 defines a healthcare facility as a health facility under Health and Safety Code Section 1250, or a clinic under Section 1204 located within a health facility. Alterations to healthcare facilities are excepted from Section 141.0, ventilation follows Chapter 4 of the California Mechanical Code in place of Section 120.1, and exceptions in Sections 120.5, 130.1(b), 130.1(c) and 130.5(d) are keyed to the same term. Section 130.4 sends their lighting acceptance documentation to OSHPD.
Where the words medical office do appear
Only in the solar and battery tables, where Medical Office Building/Clinic shares a row with offices in Tables 140.10-A and 140.10-B. Section 140.10(a) applies to newly constructed building types, so that row does not make a remodel a different occupancy.
If the suite is not a healthcare facility
- Table 140.6-C lists Exam/Treatment Room at 1.15 watts per square foot and Imaging Room at 0.60 under the heading Healthcare Facility and Hospitals. For an area not listed, a reasonably equivalent type may be selected, with offices and corridors using their own rows.
- Examination and surgical lights and lighting integral to medical equipment are left out of lighting power if they are additions to, and separately switched from, general lighting.
- Table 120.1-A has no medical or exam room row. Air leaving an unlisted space takes the class of the most similar listed space.
What to settle first
Ask the building department how the practice is classified, because that decides whether Section 141.0, the shut-off controls and the acceptance tests apply. Then document on NRCC-LTI-E and NRCC-MCH-E for the work you change. A move into a former office is covered under change of use and alteration or new construction.
See medical offices, dental office remodels and lighting alterations; our commercial service can scope the set.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Only if it meets the Part 6 definition: a health facility or a licensed clinic located within one. Many private offices do not, so confirm with the building department.
Section 120.5 excepts systems serving healthcare facilities and Section 130.4 sends their lighting documentation to OSHPD. A suite that is not a healthcare facility follows the ordinary tests.
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