Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 75 - AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION › Section 75.10 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms have the following meanings as
				  used in this chapter:
(1) Act--Texas
				Occupations Code, Chapter 1302, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
				Contractors.
(2) Advertising or
				Advertisement--Any commercial message which promotes the services of an air
				conditioning and refrigeration contractor.
(3) Air conditioning and refrigeration
				subcontractor--A person or firm who contracts with a licensed air conditioning
				contractor for a portion of work requiring a license under the Act. The
				subcontractor contracts to perform a task according to his own methods, and is
				subject to the contractor's control only as to the end product or final result
				of his work.
(4) Air conditioning
				or heating unit--A stand-alone system with its own controls that conditions the
				air for a specific space and does not require a connection to other equipment,
				piping, or ductwork in order to function.
(5) Assumed name--As defined in the Business
				and Commerce Code, Title 5, Chapter 71.
(6) Biomedical Remediation--The treatment of
				ducts, plenums, or other portions of air conditioning or heating systems by
				applying disinfectants, anti-fungal substances, or products designed to reduce
				or eliminate the presence of molds, mildews, fungi, bacteria, or other
				disease-causing organisms.
(7)
				Biomedical Testing--The inspection and sampling of ducts, plenums, or other
				portions of air conditioning or heating systems to test for the presence of
				molds, mildews, fungi, bacteria, or other disease-causing organisms. The term
				does not include performing any type of treatment or remediation.
(8) Boiler--As defined in Chapter 755 of the
				Health and Safety Code.
(9)
				Business affiliation--The business organization to which a licensee elects to
				assign his license.
(10)
				Certification training program--A program of education and training, further
				addressed in §75.122, consisting of a combination of classroom instruction
				and supervised practical experience.
(11) Certification training program
				provider--A person providing or offering to provide a certification training
				program.
(12) Certified
				technician--A person granted an air conditioning and refrigeration technician
				certification by the department pursuant to §75.120, and §1302.5036
				and §1302.5055 of the Act.
(13) Certified technician (legacy)--A person
				granted a certified technician designation by the department pursuant to
				§75.28, and §1302.508 of the Act, as continued by House Bill 3029
				§18, 85th Leg., R.S. (2017).
(14) Cheating--Attempting to obtain,
				obtaining, providing, or using answers to examination questions by deceit,
				fraud, dishonesty, or deception.
(15) Cryogenics--Refrigeration that deals
				with producing temperatures ranging from:
(A)
				-250 degrees F to Absolute Zero (-459.69 degrees F);
(B) -156.6 degrees C to -273.16 degrees
				C;
(C) 116.5 degrees K to 0 degrees
				K; or
(D) 209.69 degrees R to 0
				degrees R.