2023 Utah Code › Title 58 - Occupations and Professions › Chapter 86 - State Certification of Commercial Interior Designers Act › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/10/2016
58-86-102.
Definitions.
In addition to the definitions in Section 58-1-102, as used in this chapter:
(1) "Building" means an enclosed structure, including the structural, mechanical, and electrical systems, utility services, and other facilities required for the structure, that has human occupancy or habitation as its principal purpose and is subject to the State Construction Code or an approved code under Title 15A, State Construction and Fire Codes Act.
(2) "International Building Code" means the edition of the International Building Code, issued by the International Code Council, most recently adopted by the state in Section 15A-2-103.
(3)
(a) "Practice of commercial interior design" means, in relation to obtaining a building permit independent of an architect licensed under Title 58, Chapter 3a, Architects Licensing Act, the preparation of a plan or specification for, or the supervision of new construction, alteration, or repair of, an interior space within a newly constructed or existing building when the core and shell structural elements are not going to be changed.
(b) "Practice of commercial interior design" only includes the preparation of a plan or specification for, or the supervision of new construction, alteration, or repair of, a building to be used for the following occupancy groups as described in the International Building Code:
(i) B; and
(ii) M.
(c) "Practice of commercial interior design" does not include:
(i) providing commercial construction documents, independent of a licensed architect, for a space that:
(A) does not already have base building life safety components installed or designed and permitted, including required exit stairs and enclosures, paths of travel, ramps, horizontal exit passageways, disabled access, fire alarm systems, and base building fire suppression systems; or
(B) is undergoing a change of occupancy classification as described in the International Building Code; or
(ii) changes to or the addition of:
(A) foundations, beams, trusses, columns, or other primary structural framing members or seismic systems;
(B) structural concrete slabs, floor and roof framing structures, or bearing and shear walls;
(C) openings in roofs, floors, exterior walls, or bearing and shear walls;
(D) exterior doors, windows, awnings, canopies, sunshades, signage, or similar exterior building elements;
(E) as described in the International Building Code, life safety equipment, including smoke, fire, or carbon dioxide sensors or detectors, or other overhead building elements;
(F) as described in the International Building Code, partial height partitions with mounted or anchored casework, shelving, or equipment;
(G) as described in the International Building Code, bracing for partial height partitions if the top of the partition is more than eight feet above the floor; or
(H) heating, ventilating, or air conditioning equipment or distribution systems, building management systems, high or medium voltage electrical distribution systems, standby or emergency power systems or distribution systems, plumbing or plumbing distribution systems, fire alarm systems, fire sprinklers systems, security or monitoring systems, or related building systems.
(4) "State certification" means a designation granted by the division on behalf of the state to an individual who has met the requirements for state certification related to an occupation or profession described in this chapter.
(5) "State certified" means, when used in conjunction with an occupation or profession described in this chapter, a title that:
(a) may be used by a person who has met the state certification requirements related to that occupation or profession described in this chapter; and
(b) may not be used by a person who has not met the state certification requirements related to that occupation or profession described in this chapter.
(6) "Unlawful conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-86-301.
Enacted by Chapter 294, 2016 General Session