South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:44 - ELECTRICIANS › Chapter 20:44:19 - Inspection procedures › Section 20:44:19:03 - Rough-in inspection

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
An inspector shall record on the inspector's daily report
				  any electrical installation that has serious or hazardous violations of the
National Electrical Code
, is too incomplete to inspect finally, or
				  is too large to be inspected during one inspection as a rough-in inspection. A
				  blue rough-in tag shall be dated, signed, and applied on or near the service
				  disconnect by the electrical inspector.
When life or safety violations are noted, the inspector shall
				  provide an inspection report to the electrical installer.
The installer shall correct all noted violations and notify
				  the inspector of those corrections by the date specified on the inspector's
				  report and in compliance with 20:44:19:07.
If the installer fails to notify the inspector by the date
				  specified on the inspector's report, the inspector shall issue a correction
				  order to the installer ordering compliance with SDCL chapter 36-16 and this
				  article. The inspector shall assess fees according to §
									20:44:20:12.
If the installer fails to comply with the correction order or
				  fails to pay the $100 administrative fee, the inspector may final void the
				  installation with notice of noncompliance to installer, order a disconnect, or
				  make a compliance request of the electrician's undertaking fund. In addition,
				  the commission may conduct a hearing to determine whether the violator's
				  license should be revoked.
If at any time during the process the owner of a residential
				  or farmstead installation refuses to allow for corrections by an installer the
				  inspector shall final void the installation with notice of non-compliance to
				  installer or order the service disconnected. If at any time during the process
				  the owner of a commercial installation refuses to allow for corrections the
				  inspector shall order the service disconnected.
If an owner performing electrical installations under an
				  owner's exemption refuses to make corrections, the inspector shall final void
				  the installation with notice of non-compliance to installer, provide an
				  inspection report to the owner, or order the service disconnected . The owner
				  shall correct all noted violations and notify the inspector of those
				  corrections by the date specified on the inspector's report and in compliance
				  with 20:44:19:07. If the owner fails to notify the inspector by the date
				  specified on the inspector's report, the inspector shall issue a correction
				  order to the owner ordering compliance with SDCL chapter 36-16 and this
				  article. The inspector shall assess fees according to §
									20:44:20:12.
Violations considered inconsequential to the safety of life
				  and property do not require an inspector's report, and corrections may be made
				  at the convenience of the installer. This status may change with the next
				  inspection.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 36-16-12,
					 36-16-30.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 36-16-15,
					 36-16-29,
					 36-16-31.
Undertaking and insurance required, SDCL
					 36-16-20.