Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G15 - Board of Professional Engineers › Chapter 61G15-34 - MECHANICAL SYSTEMS › Section 61G15-34.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Appliances. A device or apparatus that is
				manufactured and designed to utilize energy and specifically regulated by codes
				and standards.
(2) Codes and
				Standards. Those nationally recognized Codes and Standards adopted directly or
				by reference in Florida Building Code (including Florida Energy Efficiency
				Code, Chapter 13) and Florida Fire Prevention Code, both of which are
				incorporated by reference through Rule
				61G15-18.011, F.A.C.
(3) Component. Any individual device to be
				part of a mechanical system.
(4)
				Engineer of Record for the Mechanical Systems. The Florida Professional
				Engineer who is in responsible charge for the preparation, signing, dating,
				sealing and issuing of any engineering document(s) for mechanical systems
				design criteria or performs the analysis and is responsible for the preparation
				of the mechanical documents for the project.
(5) Equipment. All piping, ducts, vents,
				control devices and other components of systems other than appliances which are
				permanently installed and integrated to perform its intended
				function.
(6) Fuel Gas. A natural
				gas, manufactured gas, liquefied petroleum gas or mixtures of these gases,
				intended to be used as a source for thermal energy and not for motor
				fuel.
(7) Mechanical. Any device or
				mechanism that operates due to the action of the material forces in nature
				acting on bodies or masses.
(8)
				Mechanical Delegated Engineering Documents. Mechanical Engineering Documents
				prepared by a delegated engineer to whom the Engineer of Record for the
				Mechanical System has delegated responsibility for the design of a mechanical
				component or system and which are signed, sealed and dated by the delegated
				engineer.
(9) Mechanical
				Engineering Documents. All mechanical drawings, specifications, reports,
				calculations, data and other documents utilized to establish the overall design
				and requirements for the construction, alteration, modernization, repair,
				demolition, arrangement, and/or use of the mechanical system(s) or analysis or
				recommendations, as prepared by the Engineer of Record for the mechanical
				system. Mechanical Engineering Documents shall additionally meet the
				requirements of Rule 61G15-30.003, F.A.C.,
				Engineering Documents.
(10) Point
				of Delivery. For natural gas systems, the point of delivery is the outlet of
				the service meter assembly or the outlet of the service pressure regulator or
				service shutoff valve where a meter is not provided. Where a valve is provided
				at the outlet of the service meter assembly, such valve shall be considered to
				be downstream of the point of delivery. For undiluted liquefied petroleum gas
				systems, the point of delivery shall be considered to be the outlet of the
				service pressure regulator, exclusive of line gas regulators, in the
				system.
(11) Service Pressure
				Regulator. For natural gas systems, a device installed by the serving gas
				supplier to reduce and limit the service line pressure to delivery pressure.
				For undiluted liquefied petroleum gas systems, the regulator located upstream
				from all line gas pressure regulators, where installed, and downstream from any
				first stage or a high pressure regulator in the system.
(12) Shop Drawings. Submittals, catalog
				information on standard products, or drawings prepared solely to serve as a
				guide for fabrication and installation and requiring no engineering input.
				These submittals do not require the seal of a Florida Professional
				Engineer.
(13) System. Any assembly
				of components, materials, appliances, equipment, work systems, machines,
				products or devices which require design in accordance with mechanical
				engineering standards in order to perform its intended function.
(14) No later than December 31, 2024, the
				Board shall review and consider amendment, modification, or repeal of this rule
				if review determines this rule creates barriers to entry for private business
				competition, is duplicative, outdated, obsolete, overly burdensome, or imposes
				excessive costs.
Rulemaking Authority
					 471.008,
					 471.033(2) FS.
					 Law Implemented 471.033
					 FS.
New 11-16-94, Amended 2-5-96, 11-13-08, 4-25-21,
					 8-29-21.