Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Chapter 09.12.52 - Industrialized Buildings and Manufactured Homes › Section 09.12.52.18 - NCSBCS Reciprocity

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. General.
				The National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc.
				(NCSBCS) has established a program for voluntary reciprocity between the states
				in the regulation of industrialized buildings for use as one- or two-family
				dwellings. States electing to participate in this program agree to accept any
				one- or two-family dwelling which bears the NCSBCS label and the label of the
				state where the dwelling is to be erected as complying with the state's design
				and construction standards for manufactured dwellings. Under the program,
				NCSBCS will accredit System Analysis Agencies and Compliance Assurance
				Agencies. System Analysis Agencies will evaluate manufacturer's Building System
				Certification Documents (BSCD's). Compliance Assurance Agencies will perform
				ongoing inspections to determine whether dwellings are built to BSCD
				requirements, including conformance to an approved Compliance Assurance
				Manual.
B. Determination. The
				Secretary determines, after public hearings, that it would be in the State's
				best interest to participate in the NCSBCS program, and adopts the standards
				established by the program, as they pertain to the evaluation, testing, and
				quality control of one- or two-family dwellings built by manufacturers
				participating in the program.
C.
				Reference Standards. The reference standards set forth in Regulation .07, are
				modified to the extent necessary to comport with the design and construction
				standards established by the program for one- and two-family dwellings built by
				manufacturers participating in the program.
D. Approved Testing Facilities. NCSBCS and
				those agencies accredited by it for participation in the program are designated
				as approved testing facilities, authorized to act as the Department's agents
				for the purpose of determining whether or not a one- or two-family dwelling
				built by a manufacturer participating in the program meets the standards of the
				Department.
E. Exemptions.
(1) Manufacturers participating in the
				program will be exempted from the provisions of Regulations .09 and .12,
				provided they file an application with the Department, on forms obtainable from
				the Department, and pay an annual administration fee of $300.
(2) Any one- or two-family dwelling built by
				a manufacturer participating in the program to be sold, offered for sale, or
				installed in Maryland shall be exempt from the provisions of Regulation .10,
				provided it contains a Maryland State Certification Insignia, available from
				the Department for a $25 fee, and a NCSBCS label, both of which shall be
				mounted in the manner specified by Regulation .10D.
(3) NCSBCS and any inspection agency approved
				by NCSBCS for participation in the program is exempted from the requirements of
				Regulations .12K and .13, for the purposes of §D of this regulation, but
				is subject to those requirements if it acts as an Approved Testing Facility for
				any other purpose.