Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) "Adopted", in reference to a rule or ordinance, means properly passed.
(b) "Advisory board" means the building officials advisory board created pursuant to section 3.
(c) "Approved" means reviewed and found acceptable by the commission.
(d) "Building official" means a construction code enforcement person working as an inspector, or plan reviewer, or actively engaged in the administration and enforcement of adopted building, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing codes, or any combination of these codes.
(e) "Code" means that term as defined in section 2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502a.
(f) "Commission" means that term as defined in section 2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502a.
(g) "Education or training program" means formal or informal courses, seminars, correspondence programs, and other teaching aids approved by the commission for building officials, plan reviewers, and inspectors.
(h) "Enforcing agency" means that term as defined in section 2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502a.
(i) "Fire protection system" means that term as defined in the Michigan building code.
(j) "Fire protection system inspector" means a person meeting the qualifications established by this act responsible for the inspection of fire protection systems in accordance with the design and installation standards referenced by the Michigan building code.
(k) "Fire protection system plan reviewer" means a person meeting the qualifications established by this act responsible for the review of fire protection system plans in accordance with the design and installation standards referenced by the Michigan building code.
(l) "Inspector" means the person responsible for the administration and enforcement of the construction of buildings, structures, or appurtenances under the requirements of the code.
(m) "Practical construction experience" means experience in construction related trades or code administration and enforcement that is found to be acceptable to the commission.
(n) "Plan reviewer" means a person engaged in the practice of examining construction documents for the purpose of determining compliance with applicable codes.
(o) "Provisional registration" means a building official, plan reviewer, or inspector who is registered subject to attaining the amount of training, education, and experience required by the appropriate board and the commission.
(p) "Registered" means a building official, plan reviewer, inspector, fire protection system inspector, or fire protection system plan reviewer who is registered under this act.
(q) "Test" means a method of determining qualifications of a person seeking registration as a building official, plan reviewer, or inspector under this act. Tests may be written, oral, practical, or a combination of written, oral, and practical. Completion of education or training programs may be substituted for appropriate tests or portions of tests.
(r) "Code change cycle" means the publication by a nationally recognized code writing body of a new edition of a basic code which includes all approved changes to the basic code since the previous edition. Code change cycle does not include changes to the basic code approved and published in annual supplements to the code.
History: 1986, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 150, Eff. Feb. 4, 2014
Last modified: October 10, 2016