Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G20 - Florida Building Commission › Chapter 61G20-3 - PRODUCT APPROVAL › Section 61G20-3.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The following terms have the meanings indicated:
(1) Accreditation means a procedure by which
				a Commission approved body gives formal recognition that a body or person is
				competent to carry out specific tasks.
(2) Approved accreditation entity body means
				a Commission approved, third party entity, which initially accredits and
				subsequently monitors, on a continuing basis, the competency and performance of
				an agency related to carrying out specific tasks.
(3) Approved certification agency means an
				organization approved by the Commission pursuant to subsection
				61G20-3.008(4),
				F.A.C., to certify products.
(4)
				Approved product evaluation entity means an organization recognized by Florida
				law or approved by the Commission pursuant to subsection
				61G20-3.008(1),
				F.A.C., to evaluate products, for compliance with the Code or intent of the
				Code or the standards referenced therein resulting in the issuance of an
				evaluation report.
(5) Approved
				testing laboratory means a laboratory approved by the Commission pursuant to
				subsection 61G20-3.008(3),
				F.A.C., to test products for compliance with the standards specified in the
				Code.
(6) Approved quality
				assurance entity means an entity approved by the Commission pursuant to
				subsection 61G20-3.008(5),
				F.A.C., to provide oversight and determine that the product or system is being
				manufactured or assembled, per the submitted description, test results, or
				calculations to establish continual product performance.
(7) Approved validation entity means a third
				party entity approved by the Commission pursuant to subsection
				61G20-3.008(2),
				F.A.C., which shall certify to the Commission the product's compliance with the
				standards specified in the Code or intent of the Code for use in state
				approval.
(8) Category of products
				means the type of products identified in Rule
				61G20-3.004, F.A.C.
(9) Certification means the act of
				certifying.
(10) Certification mark
				means a protected mark, applied or issued under the rules of a certification
				system, indicating that confidence is provided that the relevant product,
				process or service is in compliance with a specific standard or other normative
				document.
(11) Certify means the
				act of providing a written statement or labeling or listing confirming that a
				standard or criteria is met.
(12)
				Code means the Florida Building Code.
(13) Commission means the Florida Building
				Commission.
(14) Comparative
				analysis means an engineering analysis that may include interpolation based on
				testing of a product.
(15)
				Department means Florida Department of Business and Professional
				Regulation.
(16) Evaluation means
				an assessment of product conformance to the Code by comparing against standards
				or intent of the Code using testing or comparative analysis or rational
				analysis or a combination thereof.
(17)
(a)
				Evaluation report means a report based upon testing or comparative or rational
				analysis, or a combination thereof, from an approved product evaluation entity
				or a licensed Florida professional engineer or architect indicating that the
				product was evaluated to be in compliance with the Code or the intent of the
				Code and that the product complies with the Code or is, for the purpose
				intended, at least equivalent to that required by the Code.
(b) Legacy report means an evaluation report
				that was originally issued by the National Evaluation Service (NES), Building
				Official Council of America Evaluation Services (BOCA ES), International
				Council of Building Officials Evaluation Service (ICBO ES), or Southern
				Building Code Congress International Incorporated Public Safety Testing and
				Evaluation Services (SBCCI PST & ES), and that was in good standing at the
				time these organizations came together to form the International Code Council
				Evaluation Services (ICC ES); or an evaluation report issued as a result of an
				application received by one of the above-noted organizations prior to March 1,
				2003, with the application being approved by March 1, 2004.