Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 385 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD › Chapter 110 - STATE CERTIFICATION OF MODULAR HOMES › Subchapter 5 - Approval of Inspection Agencies › Section 385-110-5-22 - Requirements for Submission

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
An inspection agency seeking approval shall submit an
					 application to the Board which includes the items listed in this
					 section.
1. The original Articles of
				  Incorporation of the agency and all subsequent amendments thereto, as filed in
				  the State of incorporation.
2. The
				  bylaws of the organization, if any.
3. The names, addresses, and business of all
				  owners, members of the board of directors and top management
				  personnel.
4. Certification by the
				  agency that:
A. Its board of directors, as a
				  body, and its technical personnel, as individuals, can exercise independence of
				  judgment; and
B. Its activities
				  pursuant hereto 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.
C. The inspection agency
				  will not perform design or quality assurance program approvals for any
				  manufacturer whose design or quality assurance program has been created in
				  whole or in part by members of the inspection agency or any affiliated
				  organization.
(1) Names, years of experience,
				  state in which professionally registered, and other qualifications of the
				  directors of inspection or evaluation programs. Registration in more than one
				  State is not required.
(2) 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 engineering; the states in
				  which each is registered; and the services each performs. Registration in more
				  than one state is not required.
(3)
				  An organizational chart showing management and supervisory persons, including
				  the number of graduate engineers and architects, and the names of all
				  consulting engineers or architects, designating which are full-time and which
				  are part-time engineers.The ASTM E-541 Standard must be used to establish
				  minimum personnel requirements.
(4)
				  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 of the type of work each group and
				  each technician is expected to perform; and the qualification of each group and
				  each technician to perform the work assigned.
(5) Statement from the agency to assure that
				  all inspectors, evaluators, and other technicians are properly trained to do
				  each job assigned to them.
(6) An
				  outline of the general procedures for supervision of inspectors and evaluators,
				  including checking and evaluation of their work.
(7) 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
				  which each will have to the agency.
(8) Type of products, components, equipment,
				  structures, and other items which the organization has evaluated, tested, or
				  inspected, and the number of years of experience the organization has had with
				  each, and the type of codes, standards, specifications, and requirements with
				  respect to which the organization has had experience in providing evaluation,
				  inspection, or testing services, and the number of years of experience with
				  each.
(9) Description of the
				  record-keeping system the agency proposes to use with particular regard to
				  availability of records to the Board and the capacity to render
				  reports.
(10) Description of the
				  frequency with which the agency performs inspections or evaluations.
(11) List of the States in which the agency
				  is now approved to inspect or evaluate manufactured housing.
(12) Certification that the agency is able to
				  evaluate building systems for compliance with the codes, standards,
				  specifications, and the requirements adopted herein, or manufactured housing
				  for compliance with approved building systems.