Section 0780-02-07-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) For purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of terms contained in Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-32-101 are applicable. In addition: (a) "Business" means the planning, selling, installing, or servicing of fire protection sprinkler systems.(b) "Certificate" means a certificate of registration issued to a fire protection sprinkler contractor by the Department of Commerce and Insurance.(c) "Inspection" means a visual examination of a sprinkler system or portion thereof to verify that it appears to be in operating condition and free from physical damage.(d) "License" means a license issued by the Department of Commerce and Insurance to a responsible managing employee.(e) "NFPA" means the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., a nationally recognized standards making organization.(f) "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies.(g) "Point of Service" means the point immediately after the tap of the service main where water is used exclusively for fire protection purposes.(h) "Repair" means any work performed after initial installation on a fire protection sprinkler system, not including inspecting and testing.(i) "Service" means to repair, test, or inspect. For the purposes of Tenn. Code Ann. Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 1, the definition of service does not include the inspection or testing of backflow preventers by employees or agents of public water systems regulated under Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-221-701, et seq. and Tenn. Comp. R & Regs. 1200-05-01-.17.(j) "Shop Drawings" means working drawings indicating the fabrication, assembly, installation or erection of a fire protection sprinkler system's components.(k) "Standards" means those standards adopted herein.(l) "Test" means subjection of a fire protection sprinkler system to any procedure necessary to insure its proper operation or installation.(m) "Water Supply" means public and private utility water mains, gravity tanks, pressure tanks, reservoirs, wells, and all other water sources.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-02-07-.01
Original rule filed April 29, 1985; effective May 29, 1985. Amendment filed April 2, 1990; effective May 17, 1990. Amendment filed April 30, 2009; effective July 14, 2009.Authority: T.C.A. § 62-32-103.