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Material taken from the National Electric Code

is reprinted with permission

from NFPA 70

, 2023 edition. National Electrical Code

NEC

Text

Article 210 Branch Circuits Not Over 1000 Volts ac,

1500 Volts dc, Nominal

210.8 Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection

for Personnel.

(B) Other Than Dwelling Units.

(2) Kitchens – or areas with a sink and permanent provisions

for either food preparation or cooking

(3) Areas with sinks and permanent provisions for food

preparation, beverage preparation, or cooking

(4) Buffet serving areas with permanent provisions for food

serving, beverage serving, or cooking

(7) Sinks where receptacles or cord-and-plug connected

xed or stationary appliances are installed within 1.8 m (6ft)

from the top inside edge of the bowl of the sink

Expert Analysis

Revisions have been made to clarify several points on

GFCI protection in non-dwelling kitchens:

In non-dwelling kitchens, GFCI protection is required for

all 125 through 250 Volt receptacles supplied by single

phase 50 A or less circuits rated 150 volts to ground or

less, and 3-Phase 100 A or less.

The text in (3) closely parallels the deﬁnition of a kitchen,

but the words “beverage preparation” has been added.

This prevents locations like coee and ice cream shops

from avoiding GFCI requirements.

In (4) the NEC addresses buet serving areas which are

popular and previously not directly addressed in the NEC.

Lastly, in (7) text was added to include cord-and-plug

appliances. The NEC makes it clear that they want GFCI

protection in the kitchen.