Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
505Safety standard—patient areas
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505 Safety standard—patient areas
(1) The occupier of any premises that contains a patient area or an area that is intended to be a patient area must ensure that any person who is carrying out electrical installation work in the patient area is appropriately licensed to carry out that work.
(2) The occupier of any premises that contains a patient area or an area that is intended to be a patient area must ensure that any electrical installation located in the patient area is safe and maintained and operated safely.
(3) A person who commissioned electrical installation work on any premises that contains a patient area or an area that is intended to be a patient area must ensure that—
(a) any person who is carrying out electrical installation work in the patient area is appropriately licensed to carry out electrical installation work; and
(b) the registered electrical contractor or licensed electrician commissioned to carry out the electrical installation work in the patient area is given written notice prior to the carrying out of the electrical installation work that includes the following information—
(i) whether or not the electrical installation work requires or includes electrical installation work in a patient area or an area intended to be a patient area;
(ii) the location and boundary of any patient area;
(iii) the use or intended use of any patient area.
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