Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 33 - Fire Protection Sprinkler Systems

• Section 34-33-1 Definitions
  For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed in this section: (1) CERTIFICATE HOLDER. An individual who...
• Section 34-33-2 Administration of chapter vested in State Fire Marshal
  The administration of this chapter is vested in the State Fire Marshal who shall have the power to make rules in relation to weekly fire...
• Section 34-33-3 Installation, repair, etc., of fire protection sprinkler systems - Conformity with chapter required
  It shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture to engage in the business of installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or...
• Section 34-33-4 Installation, repair, etc., of fire protection sprinkler systems - Application for State Fire Marshal's permit; contents; status of applicant; application fee; competency test; reciprocity
  (a) Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture desiring to engage in the business of fire protection sprinkler contractor I shall submit to the...
• Section 34-33-5 Issuance of State Fire Marshal's permit
  (a) If the required fee has been paid, satisfactory written proof from NICET has been provided that the competency test was passed when required by...
• Section 34-33-6 Restrictions and limitations upon permit holder
  In no case shall a certificate holder be allowed to obtain a State Fire Marshal's permit for more than one fire protection sprinkler contractor at...
• Section 34-33-7 Expiration of permit; renewal procedure
  The State Fire Marshal's permit shall expire annually at midnight on September 30. At least 30 days prior, the fire protection sprinkler contractor I or...
• Section 34-33-8 Presentation of permit to local building official; payment of local license fees
  If a certified fire protection sprinkler contractor desires to do business in any part of the state, he or she shall be required by this...
• Section 34-33-9 Chapter imposes no limitation on power of municipality, etc., to regulate work of contractors
  Nothing in this chapter limits the power of a municipality, county, or the state to regulate the quality and character of work performed by a...
• Section 34-33-10 Application of chapter; compliance with chapter required before contract awarded; copies of chapter furnished to invited bidders
  (a) This chapter also applies to any fire protection sprinkler contractor I or II performing work for any municipality, county, or the state. Officials of...
• Section 34-33-11 Disposition of funds collected pursuant to chapter; grants and donations allowed
  All funds collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Fire Marshal's Fund authorized by...
• Section 34-33-12 Penalties
  Whenever the State Fire Marshal shall have reason to believe that any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture is or has been violating any...
• Section 34-33-13 Single family dwelling - No installation requirement
  Nothing in Act 2017-240 is intended to authorize the State Fire Marshal to require the installation of any fire protection sprinkler system in any single...
• Section 34-33-14 Residential structural fires - Collection of information
  (a) The State Fire Marshal shall collect and publish data on all residential structural fires in Alabama in a report that includes all of the...

Last modified: May 3, 2021