Georgia Code, Title 25, Chapter 12 - Regulation of Fire Extinguishers and Suppression Systems

• § 25-12-1 - Compliance With Chapter; License Requirement
  It is unlawful for any firm to engage in the business of installing, inspecting, recharging, repairing, servicing, or testing of portable fire extinguishers or...
• § 25-12-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Commissioner" means the Safety Fire Commissioner. (2) "Engineered fire suppression system" means any fire suppression system...
• § 25-12-3 - Installation, Inspection, Servicing, or Testing of Fire Suppression Systems
  All fire suppression systems required by the Commissioner's rules and regulations or by other state or local fire safety rules or regulations must be...
• § 25-12-4 - Installation, Inspection, Servicing, or Testing of Portable Fire Extinguishers
  All portable fire extinguishers required by the Commissioner's rules and regulations or by other state or local fire safety rules or regulations must be...
• § 25-12-5 - Visual Inspection of Preengineered Fire Suppression Systems or Portable Fire Extinguishers by Fire Chiefs, Fire Marshals, or Fire Inspectors
  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to fire chiefs, fire marshals, fire inspectors, or insurance company inspectors with regard to the routine...
• § 25-12-6 - Visual Inspection of Self-Owned Fire Suppression Systems or Portable Fire Extinguishers; Fees Not Applicable to Employees of Local Government or Members of Legally Organized Fire Departments
  (a) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any firm that engages only in the routine visual inspection of fire suppression systems...
• § 25-12-7 - License and Fee Required for Firm Installing, Inspecting, Servicing, or Testing Fire Suppression Systems or Portable Fire Extinguishers
  Each firm in the business of installing, altering, inspecting, repairing, recharging, servicing, maintaining, or testing fire suppression systems or in the business of inspecting,...
• § 25-12-8 - Permit and Fee Required for Individual Installing, Inspecting, Servicing, or Testing; Exemption
  Each individual actually performing the installing, inspecting, repairing, recharging, servicing, or testing activities must possess a valid and subsisting permit issued by the Commissioner....
• § 25-12-9 - Period of Licenses and Permits; Failure to Renew
  The licenses and permits required by this chapter shall be issued by the Commissioner for each license year beginning January 1 and expiring the...
• § 25-12-10 - Forms of Licenses, Permits, and Applications; Information Required
  The forms of such licenses and permits and applications and fees therefor shall be prescribed by the Commissioner by rule or regulation, subject to...
• § 25-12-11 - Requirement for Issuance of License
  A license may not be issued by the Commissioner until: (1) The applicant has submitted to the Commissioner evidence of registration as a Georgia...
• § 25-12-12 - Requirement for Issuance of Permit
  No permit may be issued to a person for the first time by the Commissioner until the applicant has submitted a nonrefundable filing fee...
• § 25-12-13 - Amended Licenses or Permits
  (a) Any firm or individual holding a valid license or permit desiring to perform an activity not covered by the current permit may submit...
• § 25-12-14 - Production of License or Permit on Demand
  Every permittee must have a valid and subsisting permit upon his person at all times while engaging in the installing, inspection, recharging, repairing, servicing,...
• § 25-12-15 - Rules and Regulations for Standards of Fire Suppression Systems and Fire Extinguishers
  The Commissioner may adopt rules and regulations setting forth the proper installation, inspection, recharging, repairing, servicing, or testing of fire suppression systems or portable...
• § 25-12-16 - Specifications for Service Tags to Be Attached to Fire Extinguishers and Fire Suppression Systems
  The Commissioner shall make and promulgate specifications as to the number, type, size, shape, color, and information and data contained thereon of service tags...
• § 25-12-17 - Violation of Chapter by Licensee or Permittee
  (a) The violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated pursuant to this chapter or the failure...
• § 25-12-18 - Cease and Desist Orders; Period of Revocation; Civil Penalty; Opportunity for Hearing; Civil Actions
  (a) Whenever the Commissioner shall have reason to believe that any individual is or has been violating any provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner,...
• § 25-12-19 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter
  (a) Any person, firm, or corporation which violates any provision of this chapter or any order, rule, or regulation of the Commissioner shall be...
• § 25-12-20 - Delegation of Authority by the Commissioner
  Any authority, power, or duty vested in the Commissioner by any provision of this chapter may be exercised, discharged, or performed by a deputy,...
• § 25-12-21 - Fees Collected; Grants and Gifts
  (a) All fees collected by the Commissioner for licenses, permits, and related examinations pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in...
• § 25-12-22 - Power of Municipality, County, or State to Regulate Not Limited
  (a) Nothing in this chapter limits the power of a municipality, a county, or the state to require the submission and approval of plans...

Last modified: October 14, 2016