TITLE 14 HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER
9 MECHANICAL CODES
PART 5 MEDICAL GAS INSTALLATION AND
CERTIFICATION
14.9.5.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: The Construction Industries Division of the
Regulation and Licensing Department.
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14.9.5.2 SCOPE:
This rule shall apply to all individuals installing, altering,
repairing, servicing and maintaining medical gas and vacuum systems in level I,
level II, and level III installations.
These systems shall include compressed air, piped gas, and piped vacuum
systems in dental office installations.
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14.9.5.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: Sections 60-13-9 and 60-13-44 NMSA 1978.
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14.9.5.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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14.9.5.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE: May 1, 2014, unless a later date is cited at
the end of a section.
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14.9.5.6 OBJECTIVE:
The objective of 14.9.5 NMAC is to promote the general welfare of the
people of New Mexico by providing for the protection of life and property
through the adoption and enforcement of construction codes.
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14.9.5.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. Unregistered
apprentice means a person who, for the purpose of learning a trade of
journeyman and is not registered in an apprenticeship program recognized by the
New Mexico state apprenticeship council.
B. Direct supervision means reasonable
oversight, inspection and evaluation of the work of a person by constant on the
jobsite supervision by a certified journeyman.
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14.9.5.8 JOURNEYMAN
CERTIFICATION AND ENDORSEMENT
A. Medical gas and
vacuum systems installations, alterations, repairs, service and
maintenance shall be performed by a properly certified JP, JG, JPG or JPF that
meet the requirements of American society of sanitary engineers; standard 6010 professional qualification standard for
medical gas and vacuum system installers.
B. The New Mexico
medical gas endorsement shall be issued by the division to a properly certified
journeyman upon successful completion of an approved minimum 32 hour medical
gas and vacuum systems course that meets the requirements of American
society of sanitary engineers; standard 6010 professional qualification standard for medical gas and vacuum system
installers.
C. The minimum
32-hour approved medical gas training course shall consist of a minimum of two
parts: (1) installer training and
proctored exam, and (2) a brazing coupon sent to an independent third-party
laboratory for testing as per American society of sanitary engineers;
standard 6010 professional
qualification standard for medical gas and vacuum system installers, and Chapter
13 of the current adopted New Mexico plumbing code.
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14.9.5.9 QUALIFYING
FOR THE MEDICAL GAS ENDORSEMENT: [RESERVED]
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14.9.5.10 RECERTIFICATION
A. Journeymen carrying
a medical gas endorsement shall maintain a current journeyman certification
pursuant to Section D, 14.6.4 NMAC. The
journeyman shall take an approved medical gas and vacuum systems
re-certification training course every three (3) years.
B. Approved medical
gas and vacuum systems re-certification training courses shall be as per American
society sanitary engineers, standard 6010.
C. All
New Mexico approved medical gas and vacuum systems re-certification training
courses shall meet the requirements of American society sanitary engineers,
standard 6000 professional qualifications standard for medical gas systems,
personnel certification and Chapter 13
of the current adopted New Mexico plumbing code. The approved course shall be a minimum of eight (8) hours
and be followed by a proctored exam with a passing score.
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14.9.5.11 APPRENTICES: A journeyman certificate of competence in the appropriate trade
classification for the work to be performed is required of all individuals
performing mechanical and plumbing work; provided however, that an apprentice,
as that term is defined in CILA Section 60-13-2, may work under the direct
supervision of a validly certified journeyman, as that term is defined in CILA Section
60-13-2 , who is employed by a validly licensed person, as that term is defined
in CILA Section 60-13-2, or a holder of a valid annual permit. Journeyman certifications shall be issued
such that the certificates parallel the mechanical and plumbing license
classification numbers and scopes. The
ratio of certified journeyman to unregistered apprentices must not exceed: (1) one journeyman to two unregistered
apprentices on commercial or industrial work, and (2) one journeyman to three
unregistered apprentices on residential work.
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14.9.5.12 PERMITTING
OF MEDICAL GAS WORK:
A. Permits required
for medical gas and vacuum systems shall be pursuant to 14.5.2 NMAC.
B. Plans and
document submittals for medical gas and vacuum systems shall be pursuant to
Section 10 of 14.5.2 NMAC.
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14.9.5.13 VERIFICATION
AND INSPECTION OF MEDICAL GAS AND VACUUM SYSTEMS:
A. Qualifications
for medical gas and vacuum system verifiers:
(1) Medical gas and
vacuum systems shall be verified by third-party verifiers who meet the
requirements of American society of sanitary engineers,
standard 6030 professional
qualification standard for medical gas and vacuum system verifiers and Chapter
13 of the current adopted New Mexico plumbing code;
(2) Medical gas and vacuum system verifiers
shall not be, or work for, the installing contractor, design professional or
manufacturer;
(3) Medical gas and vacuum system
verifiers shall meet the inspection standards and requirements of the health
care facility in which the medical gas and vacuum system is being verified;
(4) Re-certification of
medical gas and vacuum system verifiers inspecting projects containing medical
gas and vacuum systems shall meet the requirements of American
society of sanitary engineers, standard 6030 professional qualification standard for medical gas and vacuum system
verifiers;
(5) Approved medical gas and
vacuum systems re-certification training courses shall be a minimum of eight
(8) hours and be followed by a proctored exam with a passing score;
B. State and local
building inspectors shall inspect medical gas and vacuum systems pursuant to
Chapter 13 of the current adopted NMPC and Section 9, Subsection E of 14.5.3.9
NMAC;
C. No state or
local building shall issue a final inspection for (mechanical/plumbing final
and general construction final) a medical gas and vacuum system project without
first receiving proper and complete documentation from the medical gas and
vacuum system verifier;
D. If there is a
dispute regarding code compliance between a medical gas and vacuum system
verifier and a state or local inspector, the mechanical bureau chief of the
construction industries division shall make the final determination, subject to
the appeal rights currently in effect under the construction industries
division rules.
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14.9.5.14 APPLICABLE
CODES:
A. All construction
industries division systems shall be installed in compliance with Chapter 13 of
the NMPC; provided, however, that a dental office, as defined in Section
3.3.108 of the NFPA 99-C, 2005 edition, in which nitrous oxide will be
administered without a halogenated agent shall comply with the NFPA’s level
three (3) piped gas and vacuum systems standard for waste anesthetic gas
disposal systems.
B. All medical gas
and vacuum systems shall be installed in compliance with Chapter 13 health care
facilities and medical gas and vacuum systems and the applicable referenced
standards in table 14-1 of the currently adopted New Mexico plumbing code.
C. All individuals
installing a medical gas and vacuum system shall comply with all applicable
codes, standards, rules and regulations adopted by the construction industries
division, or the division’s and shall be subject to possible revocation or
suspension of their licenses and certificates of competence, and assessment of
an administrative penalty pursuant to the CILA Section 60-13-23 and Section
23.1, NMSA 1978.
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14.9.5.15 FAILURE
TO COMPLY WITH CODE STANDARDS OR REQUIREMENTS: [RESERVED]
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14.9.5.16 STATE
AND LOCAL INSPECTORS:
A. State and local
building inspectors inspecting projects containing medical gas and vacuum
systems shall be certified and shall meet the requirements of American
society sanitary engineers, standard 6020, professional qualification standard for medical gas and vacuum system
inspectors;
B. Re-certification
of state and local inspectors inspecting projects containing medical gas and
vacuum systems shall meet the requirements of American
society of sanitary engineers, standard 6020.
C. Approved medical
gas and vacuum systems re-certification training courses shall be a minimum of
eight (8) hours and be followed by a proctored exam with a passing score.
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HISTORY OF 14.9.5 NMAC:
Pre NMAC History: None.
History of Repealed Material:
14.9.5
NMAC, Medical Gas Installation and
Certification (filed 05/08/2007)
repealed 5/01/14.
NMAC History:
14 NMAC
9.5, Medical Gas Installation and Certification (filed 05/15/2000) was also renumbered, reformatted and amended to
14.9.5 NMAC, Medical Gas Installation and Certification, effective 6/06/07.
14.9.5 NMAC, Medical Gas Installation and
Certification (filed 05/08/2007) was replaced by 14.9.5 NMAC, Medical Gas
Installation and Certification, effective 05/01/14.