South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 8 - BUILDING CODES COUNCIL › Article 1 - REGISTRATION, FEES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE › Section 8-105 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
When used in these regulations, the following words and terms
				shall have the meanings so designated.
1. "Act" means Chapter 8 of Title 6 of The
			 Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.
2. "Approved" means approved by the
			 Council.
3. "Building Official"
			 means the officer designated by a local jurisdiction, who is charged with the
			 administration and enforcement of Building Codes and their related
			 programs.
4. "Certificate of
			 Registration" means the document issued by the Council, authorizing the person
			 named thereon, to practice in the stated classification.
5. "Certified" means qualified by examination
			 administered by a recognized code organization in one or more building, system
			 or component inspection disciplines.
6. "Building Code Enforcement" means
			 administering a building inspection department, enforcement and/or rendering
			 interpretations of building, residential, plumbing, electrical, mechanical,
			 fuel gas and energy conservation codes, performing building plans review, or
			 performing inspections on one or more building systems as or under the
			 supervision of a building official. The term shall also apply to the process of
			 reviewing plans, specifications, and other technical data, as well as
			 inspection of buildings and structures.
7. "Codes" means the editions of the building
			 codes referenced in Section
			 6-9-50, Code of Laws of South
			 Carolina, 1976, as amended that have been adopted by the Council.
8. "Commercial Inspector" means a person who
			 performs onsite inspections in one or more construction disciplines, as
			 determined by position description for the local jurisdiction for which
			 employed, for all types of construction in all occupancy groups.
9. "Council" means The South Carolina
			 Building Codes Council.
10.
			 "Department" means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation for the
			 State of South Carolina.
11.
			 "Limited Registration" means a renewable registration issued to a non-certified
			 building code enforcement officer, employed by a local jurisdiction on the
			 effective date of the act.
12.
			 "Provisional Registration" means a nonrenewable registration issued to a
			 building code enforcement officer, who is training for certification required
			 for employment or advancement.
13.
			 "Recognized code organization" means any national code organization approved by
			 the Council, which administers a testing and certification program specifically
			 for building code enforcement officers or special inspectors.
14. Registered/Registrant" means a person
			 approved by Council to practice as a building code enforcement officer or
			 special inspector.
15. "Residential
			 Inspector" means a person who performs onsite building, plumbing, electrical
			 and mechanical inspections on one and two family dwellings, multifamily
			 dwellings three stories or less in height and not exceeding sixteen (16)
			 dwelling units per building or other buildings or structures of light frame
			 construction and not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet in total area
			 that can be constructed within the prescriptive requirements of the South
			 Carolina Residential Code.
16.
			 "Plans Examiner" means a person who performs plan reviews for building,
			 plumbing, electrical or mechanical applications in accordance with the adopted
			 building codes and as determined by the job description for the local
			 jurisdiction for which employed or contracted.
17. "Building Codes Enforcement Officer"
			 means a person registered by the Council as a building official, commercial
			 inspector, residential inspector, plans examiner, or property maintenance
			 inspector.