Receptacles listed as tamper-resistant are not required in which location?

• A. Restaurant dining rooms
• B. Hospitals
• C. Hotels
• D. Office buildings

Answer: (A)

Tamper-resistant receptacles use built-in shutters to prevent foreign objects from being inserted, reducing shock hazards in areas where people—especially children—have access to outlets. The safety requirement is applied to many occupancies, such as hospital patient-care areas, hotel guest rooms, and office spaces. Restaurant dining rooms, however, are not among the occupancies that NEC requires to have tamper-resistant receptacles, so they are not required to be listed as tamper-resistant. In practice, some facilities may still use them, but the code does not mandate it for restaurant dining rooms.