Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-19 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE GEORGIA FIRE SPRINKLER ACT › Rule 120-3-19-.09 - Requirement that Installation, Repair, etc., Be Performed or Supervised by Certificate Holder

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) No person shall act as a fire protection
				sprinkler contractor unless a certificate holder is employed full time, in
				office or on site or combination thereof, to supervise or perform the
				installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or inspection of
				water-based fire protection systems.
(2) Supervision shall be verified by the
				following method: Signed and dated documentation verifying visits to the
				project site, by the Certificate of Competency holder or their designee who is
				authorized by the Certificate of Competency holder to sign the site supervision
				form on behalf of the Certificate of Competency holder. Such documentation
				shall be kept on the site and shall be available to any Code Official on
				demand. The Certificate of Competency holder or their designee as described
				above, and the owner or owner's representative or the general contractor's
				representative shall sign such documentation. Such documentation shall be on
				forms prescribed by the Safety Fire Commissioner. Such verification is required
				unless waived by the Authority Having Jurisdiction, in writing.
(3) Upon project completion, the Certificate
				of Competency holder shall sign and date the documentation verifying that the
				completed installation meets all applicable codes and standards adopted by the
				Safety Fire Commissioner. The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall not waive the
				requirement, at project completion, for a signed verification indicating that
				the completed installation meets all applicable codes and standards.
(4) If the only certificate holder employed
				by a fire protection sprinkler contractor leaves the employment of the fire
				protection contractor, the contractor shall notify the Commissioner in writing
				within 30 days. A new certificate holder must be employed by a fire protection
				sprinkler contractor within 30 days of such notice.
(5) No fire protection sprinkler contractor
				shall permit any person under his or her employment or control to install,
				repair, alter, maintain, or inspect any water-based fire protection system
				unless such person is a certificate holder or is under the supervision of a
				certificate holder employed by the contractor.
(6) Only fire protection sprinkler
				contractors or certificate of competency holders shall alter or renovate
				water-based fire protection systems except as otherwise provided by Chapter 11
				of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and this Chapter of the
				Rules and Regulations.
(7)
				Individuals employed by the building owner or a representative of the building
				owner may repair leaks, repair broken fittings, or perform other routine
				maintenance that does not alter the piping arrangement or operation of a
				water-based fire protection system.
(8) Installations shall conform to the Rules
				and Regulations for the State Minimum Fire Safety Standards as adopted by the
				Commissioner unless otherwise permitted by Chapter 11 of Title 25 of the
				Official Code of Georgia Annotated and this Chapter of the Rules and
				Regulations.
(9) Installations not
				required by the codes and standards adopted by the Safety Fire Commissioner and
				whose design criteria and installation requirements have been enacted into law
				by local county or municipal ordinance, shall be allowed. All other non-code
				required systems shall meet minimum standards as adopted by the Commissioner,
				unless otherwise permitted by other sections of this chapter.
(10) It shall be unlawful for any person to
				begin installation of a fire sprinkler system on any proposed or existing
				building or structure which comes under the classification in Official Code of
				Georgia Annotated Section
				25-2-13(b)(1)  or
				which comes under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Commissioner pursuant
				to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section
				25-2-12 without first having
				drawings of the designed system approved by the appropriate authority having
				jurisdiction unless otherwise allowed by the Authority Having Jurisdiction; in
				writing.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  33-2-9.