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Patient area classification record
The written record of which rooms are patient areas, how each is classified, which rooms are not and why, and every change. AS/NZS 3003:2018 (including Amendment 1:2019) asks the practice to keep it on the premises; Victoria’s regulations and Western Australia’s guidance expect it to be given to the electrician in writing before work starts.
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Record last updated
| Room (name or number) | What happens there (procedures) | Mains-powered equipment applied to patients | Classification | If not a patient area, why | Boundaries (walls and doors) | Decided by and date | Sign and test label fitted | Last test date | Next test due |
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Filling it in
- Classification is one of: body-protected, cardiac-protected, or not a patient area. If mains-powered medical equipment is applied to a patient in the room, it is a patient area.
- Not a patient area needs a reason, for example ‘consultation only, no mains equipment used on patients’. Write it down; that is what the record is for.
- Boundaries are full-height walls and doors. Note an ensuite as part of the area.
- Decided by is the practice, naming who was consulted: clinicians, equipment suppliers, the electrician.
Keeping it current
- Update it whenever a room’s use changes, equipment is added or an area is altered, and date the change.
- Give a copy to the electrician in writing before any work, and to the inspector or certifier when they test.
- Keep it with the certificates and the AS/NZS 3003 test results: auditors, insurers and the next electrician will ask for all three together.
- Set the 12-month reminder from the earliest ‘next test due’ date on the sheet.
From bpea.com.au · a template, not a certificate. The record is the practice’s own document under Clause 2.2.1 of AS/NZS 3003:2018 (including Amendment 1:2019). Information, not advice: your electrician and your state regulator decide what applies to your rooms.