Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 880 - ILLINOIS MODULAR DWELLINGS AND MOBILE STRUCTURES CODE › Section 880.65 - Approval of Inspection Agencies

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
			 Initial Approval Procedures
1) Application
			 Requirements. An inspection agency seeking approval shall submit a written
			 application to the Department that shall include the following items:
A) The original articles of incorporation of
			 the agency and all subsequent amendments to those articles, as filed in the
			 state of incorporation.
B) The
			 bylaws of the organization, if any.
C) The names, addresses, and business
			 interests of all members of the board of directors and of management
			 personnel.
D) Certification by the
			 agency that:
i) Its board of directors and
			 technical personnel can exercise independence of judgment;
ii) Its activities will result in no
			 financial benefit to the agency via stock ownership, or other financial
			 interests in any producer, supplier, or vendor of products involved, other than
			 through standard published fees for services rendered.
E) Names, years of experience, state in which
			 professionally registered, and other qualifications of the directors of
			 inspection programs.
F) Names and
			 years of experience of employees practicing in the following disciplines:
			 architecture, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical
			 engineering, fire protection, and other branches of professional engineering;
			 the states in which each is registered; and the services each
			 performs.
G) An organizational
			 chart showing management and supervisory persons, including the number of
			 licensed graduate engineers and architects and the names of all consulting
			 licensed engineers or architects, designating which are full-time and which are
			 part-time. The personnel requirements of the American Society for Testing and
			 Materials (ASTM E-54), Criteria for Agencies in System Analysis and Compliance
			 Assurance for Manufactured Buildings, shall be met.
H) Number and location of factory inspectors,
			 supervisors, and other technicians, including evaluators of factory inspectors
			 and the qualifications of each specialized group, including records of work
			 experience, licenses held, and other pertinent qualifications. Descriptions
			 shall be included of the type of work each group and each technician is
			 expected to perform.
I) Statement
			 from the agency to assure that all inspectors, evaluators, and other
			 technicians are properly trained to do each job assigned to them.
J) An outline of the general procedures for
			 supervision of inspectors and evaluators, including checking and evaluation of
			 their work.
K) Names of all
			 engineers, technicians, and other personnel who will perform services for the
			 organization but who are not employees of the organization, and the supervisory
			 and other relationships that each will have to the agency.
L) A list of the types of products,
			 components, equipment, structures, and other items that the organization has
			 evaluated, tested, or inspected, and the number of years of experience the
			 organization has had with each.
M)
			 A list of the types of codes, standards, specifications, and requirements with
			 which the organization has had experience in providing inspection or testing
			 services, and the number of years of experience with each.
N) Description of the recordkeeping system
			 the agency proposes to use, with particular regard to availability of records
			 to the Department and the capacity to send reports to the Department.
O) Description of the frequency with which
			 the agency performs inspections or evaluations.
P) List of the states in which the agency is
			 now approved to inspect or evaluate modular dwellings, mobile structures or
			 building components for compliance with approved building systems.