Section 338.2302 - Definitions.
BUILDING OFFICIALS AND INSPECTORS REGISTRATION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 54 of 1986
338.2302 Definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act:
(a) “Adopted” means a properly passed rule or ordinance.
(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 the state construction code provided for in section 4 of the state construction code act of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 125.1504 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a part of that code which is of limited application, and includes a modification of or amendment to the code, or a nationally recognized model building code or other nationally recognized model code adopted by a governmental subdivision pursuant to section 8 of the state construction code act of 1972, being section 125.1508 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(f) “Commission” means the state construction code commission as established in section 3 of the state construction code act of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 125.1503 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(g) “Education or training program” means formal or informal courses, seminars, correspondence programs, and other teaching aids for building officials, plan reviewers, and inspectors which have been approved by the commission.
(h) “Enforcing agency” means an enforcing agency as defined in section 2 of the construction code act of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 125.1502 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(i) “Inspector” means the person responsible for the administration and enforcement of the construction of buildings, structures, or appurtenances under the requirements of the applicable building, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing code administered and enforced within the jurisdiction of the employing enforcing agency employing the person.
(j) “Practical construction experience” means experience in construction related trades or code administration and enforcement which is found to be acceptable to the commission.
(k) “Plan reviewer” means a person engaged in the practice of examining construction documents for the purpose of determining compliance with applicable codes.
(l) “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.
(m) “Registered” means a building official, plan reviewer, or inspector who is registered under this act.
(n) “Test” means a method of determining the 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 educational or training programs which have been approved by the commission may be substituted for appropriate tests or portions of tests.
(o) “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