Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 109 - FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR AND INSPECTOR LICENSING RULES › Section 109.30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to this Part:
"Act" means the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act
				[225 ILCS
				317 ].
"Applicant" means an entity that either applies for a fire
				sprinkler contractor license directly or applies on behalf of a candidate for a
				fire sprinkler inspector license; for the purpose of a fire sprinkler inspector
				license, the applicant shall be the fire sprinkler contractor that intends to
				employ the fire sprinkler inspector.
"Authority having jurisdiction" or "AHJ" means the Office and
				governmental authorities.
"ASSE" means the American Society of Sanitary
				Engineering.
"Business" means any person engaged in the business of
				servicing fire sprinkler systems in the State of Illinois.
"Candidate" means a certified or otherwise qualified individual
				for whom a fire sprinkler contractor has applied to license as a fire sprinkler
				inspector.
"Designated certified person" means an individual who
				has met the qualifications set forth in Section 20
of the Act and who
				is designated by the fire sprinkler contractor on a full time basis to provide
				supervision and to assure that each fire sprinkler system is serviced in
				accordance with this Part.
"Fire protection system layout documents" means layout
				drawings, catalog information on standard products, and other construction data
				that provide detail on the location of risers, cross mains, branch lines,
				sprinklers, piping per applicable standard, and hanger locations. Fire
				protection system layout documents serve as a guide for fabrication and
				installation of a fire sprinkler system and shall be based upon applicable
				standards pursuant to Section 30
of the Act
.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person
or
				business
that holds
itself
out to be in the business
				of providing service for a fire sprinkler system or contracts with a
				person
or business
to provide service for a fire sprinkler
				system.
[225 ILCS 317/10 ]
"
Fire sprinkler inspector
"
means an
				individual who is qualified to perform routine inspection or testing of fire
				sprinkler systems pursuant to Section 17
of the Act
and who is
				employed or contracted by a fire sprinkler contractor.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic
				fire extinguishing system employing fire sprinklers, including accessory fire
				pumps and associated piping, fire standpipes, or underground fire main systems,
				starting at the connection to the water service (after the approved backflow
				device is installed under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing
				Code
(77 Ill. Adm. Code 890))
and ending at the most remote
				fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" includes but is not limited to a fire
				sprinkler system in residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public
				or private occupancy. "Fire sprinkler system" does not include single sprinkler
				heads that are in a loop of the potable water system, as referenced in 77 Ill.
				Adm. Code 890.1130 and
				890.1200.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"Install" or "installation" means the initial placement of the
				fire sprinkler system or its extension or alteration after initial
				placement.
"License" means a biennial license issued by the Office
				pursuant to the Act and this Part.
"Licensee" means a person or business organization
				licensed in accordance with
the
Act.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"NFPA" means the National Fire Protection Association.
"NICET" means the National Institute for Certification
				in Engineering Technologies.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"Officer" means an individual within a business who, if the
				business is a:
sole proprietorship, the owner of the business or any
				individual exercising managerial control;
partnership, any partner who has at least 10% ownership
				interest or any partner who exercises managerial control; or
corporation, any corporate officer or director of the
				corporation or any individual who has at least 10% ownership interest in such
				corporation or who exercises managerial control.
"Person" means an individual, group of individuals,
				association, trust, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm,
				business, person doing business under an assumed name, the State of Illinois,
				or a department thereof, any other State-owned and operated institution, or any
				other entity
. [225 ILCS 317/10 ]
"Repair" means any work after the initial installation to
				correct and maintain the fire sprinkler system to provide performance as
				originally planned.
"Responsible managing employee" means the individual
				designated
on a full time basis,
by the fire sprinkler
				contractor that is not required to have a designated certified person under
				Section 120
of the Act, to provide supervision and to assure that each
				fire sprinkler system is serviced in accordance with this Part. [225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"
Routine inspection or testing
"
means
				inspection or testing to verify the condition of an existing fire sprinkler
				system at predetermined intervals in accordance with the standards of the
				National Fire Protection Association.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"
Service
"
means work on a fire
				sprinkler system, including, but not limited to, installation, repair,
				inspection, testing, and maintenance.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]
"State Fire Marshal" means the Executive Director of the Office
				of the State Fire Marshal of the State of Illinois.
"Supervision" means the direction and management by a
				designated certified person or by the responsible managing employee
,
				as applicable
, of the activities of
certified or
non-certified personnel
of the fire sprinkler contractor
in the service of fire sprinkler systems.
[225 ILCS
				317/10 ]