(225 ILCS 217/5)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
(a) "Employee" means a licensee or a person who is currently employed by a distributor licensed under this Act whose full or part-time duties include servicing, recharging, hydro-testing, installing, maintaining, or inspecting all types of fire extinguishing devices or systems, other than water sprinkler systems.
(b) "Board" means the Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Advisory Board.
(c) "Person" means a natural person or any company, corporation, or other business entity.
(d) "Fire equipment distributor" means any person, company or corporation that services, recharges, hydro-tests, inspects, installs, maintains, alters, repairs, replaces, or services fire extinguishing devices or systems, other than water sprinkler systems, for customers, clients, or other third parties. "Fire equipment distributor" does not include a person, company, or corporation employing 2,000 or more employees within the State of Illinois that engages in these activities incidental to its own business.
(e) "Public member" means a person who is not a licensee or a relative of a licensee, or who is not an employer or employee of a licensee. The term "relative" shall be determined by rules of the State Fire Marshal.
(f) "Residency" means an actual domicile in Illinois for a period of not less than one year.
(g) "Inspection" means a determination that a fire extinguisher is available in its designated place and has not been actuated or tampered with. "Inspection" does not include the inspection that may be performed by the building owner, tenant, or insurance representative.
(h) "Maintenance" means a determination that an extinguisher will operate effectively and safely. It includes a thorough examination and any necessary repair or replacement. It also includes checking the date of manufacture or last hydrostatic test to see if internal inspection of the cylinder or hydrostatic testing is necessary, and checking for cuts, bulges, dents, abrasions, corrosion, condition of paint, shell hanger attachment, maintenance of nameplate, weight of contents, pressure gauge, valve, removal of pull pin, discharge nozzle, hose assembly, and operating instructions.
(i) "NAFED" means the National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors located in Chicago, Illinois.
(j) "ICC" means the International Code Council.
(Source: P.A. 96-1499, eff. 1-18-11; 97-979, eff. 8-17-12.)
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