South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:44 - ELECTRICIANS › Chapter 20:44:14 - Definitions › Section 20:44:14:01 - General definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Terms defined in SDCL
				  36-16-2 have the same meaning in
				  this article. As used in this article:
(1) "Commission" means the State Electrical
				Commission;
(2) "Inspector's report
				procedure" means a procedure that requires the installer to notify the
				inspector regarding the status of the corrections required, as listed on an
				inspector's report by the day specified;
(3) "Correction order" means a notice written
				by an inspector to the person responsible for the electrical installation,
				listing the violations of this article and stating the time allowed for
				correction;
(4) "Electrical
				lineman" means a person with a minimum of four years of experience with
				electrical power distribution systems;
(5) "Electrical school," as referred to in
				SDCL 36-16-2(4), means
				a four-year educational institution which grants an electrical engineering
				degree (BSEE) and which is accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation
				agency;
(6) "Electrical wiring
				apprenticeship program" means a classroom program supplemented by a minimum of
				144 hours per year of electrical wiring instruction in conjunction with the
				normal 2,000 hours per year of actual electrical wiring on-the-job work
				experience of an apprentice electrician;
(7) "Final subject" means the act of closing
				out a non-compliant residential installation after all inspections have been
				performed and the residence owner of the installation acknowledges acceptance
				of the report of non-compliance;
(8) "Final void" means the act of closing out
				a non-compliant installation prior to the full inspection being
				completed;
(9) "License" means a
				license issued to a person who qualifies under one of the classes defined in
				SDCL 36-16-2 or is granted reciprocity
				from another state;
(10) "Local
				inspection system" means a municipal government or power supplier that has
				complied with commission requirements and which provides local electrical
				inspections under the rules and direction of the commission and SDCL chapter
				36-16;
(11) "Modular home" or
				"modular structure" means a home or other structure built on a factory assembly
				line or other construction site to International Building Code specifications
				and transported to its destination in sections or as a complete assembly, which
				has no permanent steel chassis attached and is not a manufactured home as
				defined in SDCL
				32-7A-1 or a recreational
				vehicle;
(12)
"National
				Electrical Code"
means the code published by the National Fire
				Protection Association (2020 edition) with the following exceptions:
(a) Sections 210.8(F) and 230.67;
(b) Article 100 - definitions - remove the
				new word "machinery" from the definition of "equipment";
(c) The words "through 250-volt" are changed
				to ", single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere" in section 210.8(A);
(d) Eliminate GFCI and AFCI requirement for
				life support equipment and like or similar equipment as determined by Authority
				Having Jurisdiction;
(e) Clarify
				section 334.10. Uses permitted. Type NM, Type NMC, and Type NMS cables may be
				used in the following structures:
(i) One-
				and two-family dwellings and accessory structures;
(ii) Multifamily dwellings, farmsteads, and
				accessory structures of Types III, IV, and V construction, except as prohibited
				in 334.12;
(iii) Other structures
				permitted to be of Types III, IV, and V construction except as prohibited in
				334.12. Cables shall be concealed within walls, floors, or ceilings that
				provide a thermal barrier of material that has at least a 15-minute thermal
				finish rating as identified in listing of fire-rated assemblies;
				and
(f) The words "a zone
				measured 900 mm (3 ft) horizontally and 2.5 m (8 ft) vertically from the top of
				the bathtub rim or shower stall threshold. The identified zone is
				all-encompassing and shall include the space" are changed to "or" and the words
				"the tub" are changed to "a bathtub" in section 406.9(c);