Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 661 - Public Safety Department › Chapter 277 - Licensing of Fire Protection System Technicians › Rule 661-277.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following definitions apply:
"Alarm system"
means the same as defined in
				Iowa Code section 100C.1(1).
"Alarm system components"
means the portion of
				an alarm system installation limited to mounting alarm system raceways, boxes
				or system devices, and pulling of system cable, not including final termination
				at an alarm panel or final connection of the alarm system or alarm system
				testing.
"Alarm system contractor"
or
"contractor"
means the same as defined in Iowa Code section
				100C.1(2).
"Alarm system technician"
or
"technician"
means a person who is engaged in the layout,
				installation, repair, alteration, addition, testing, or maintenance of alarm
				systems and who is licensed under the provisions of this chapter to perform
				work authorized by that license and any endorsement pertaining thereto. An
				alarm system technician shall be an employee of an alarm system contractor or,
				if employed by anyone other than an alarm system contractor, shall perform work
				requiring licensing as an alarm system technician only on property owned or
				occupied by such employer and may obtain a license if the employer is not a
				licensed contractor.
"Alarm system technician trainee"
means a
				person who is engaged in the layout, installation, repair, alteration,
				addition, or maintenance of alarm systems under the direct supervision of a
				responsible managing employee or licensed alarm system technician.
"Alarm system maintenance inspection
				technician"
means an employee of an alarm system contractor who is
				engaged in maintenance inspection of fire alarm, nurse call, or security alarm
				systems.
"Dwelling alarm system"
means a system or
				portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits
				hardwired or wireless arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of a fire
				alarm, nurse call or security alarm or supervisory signal-initiating devices
				and to initiate the appropriate response to those signals, installed in a
				single-family dwelling or a single dwelling unit of a multifamily residential
				building and not interconnected with another dwelling alarm system. A dwelling
				alarm system does not mean single-station or multiple-station alarms installed
				in dwelling units.
"Fire alarm system"
means a system or portion
				ofa combination system that consists of components and circuits hardwired or
				wireless arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of a fire alarm or
				supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the appropriate response
				to those signals that serves the general fire alarm needs of a building or
				buildings and that provides fire department or occupant notification or both. A
				fire alarm system does not mean single-station or multiple-station alarms
				installed in dwelling units.
"Installation"
means hanging electrical
				conduits, raceways or boxes; mounting system devices; pulling system cable;
				activating system-initiating devices and system control units or verifying
				system operations to meet specifications; and performing system acceptance
				testing.
"Layout"
means drawings, calculations and
				component specifications to achieve the specified system design installation.
				"Layout" does not include design.
"Maintenance inspection"
means the same as
				defined in Iowa Code section
				100C.1(13).
"Nurse call system"
means a nurse call system
				or portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits
				hardwired or wireless arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of a nurse
				call system or supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the
				appropriate response to those signals, installed in a facility required to be
				licensed or certified by the state pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 125, 135B,
				135C, 135G, 135H, 135J, 231C, or 231D, or installed in a facility operating
				pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 218, 219, 223, 225, 233A, or 233B, to initiate
				response of on-site medical care providers.
"Responsible managing employee"
means the same
				as defined in Iowa Code section
				100C.1(14).
"Security alarm system"
means a system or
				portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits
				hardwired or wireless arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of a
				security alarm or supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the
				appropriate response to those signals, installed in a building or facility to
				detect unauthorized entry into a building or portion of a building and to
				notify security personnel or building occupants or both.