Section 15A-3-601 - General provisionsThe following are adopted as amendments to the NEC to be applicable statewide:
(1) The IRC provisions are adopted as the residential electrical standards applicable to residential installations under the IRC. All other installations shall comply with the adopted NEC.(2) In NEC, Section 210.8(A), the words "through 250-volt" are deleted.(3) In NEC, Section 210.8(A)(5), the word "Basements" is deleted and replaced with "Unfinished portions or areas of the basement not intended as habitable rooms."(4) NEC, Section 210.8(F), is deleted.(5) NEC, Sections 210.52(C)(2) and (3) are deleted and replaced with the following: "210.52(C)(2) Island and peninsular countertops and Work Surfaces. Receptacle outlets, if installed to serve an island or peninsular countertop or work surface, shall be installed in accordance with 210.52(C)(3). If a receptacle outlet is not provided to serve an island or peninsular countertop or work surface, provisions shall be provided at the island or peninsula for future addition of a receptacle outlet to serve the island or peninsular countertop or work surface. 210.2(C)(3) Receptacle outlet location. Receptacle outlets shall be located in one or more of the following:
(a) On or above, but not more than 500 mm (20 inches) above a countertop or work surface.(b) In a countertop using receptacle assemblies listed for use in countertops.(c) In a work surface using receptacle outlet assemblies listed for use in work surfaces or listed for use in countertops. Receptacle outlets rendered not readily accessible by appliances fastened in place, appliance garages, sinks, or range tops as covered in the exception to 210.52(C)(1), occupying assigned spaces shall not be considered as these required outlets.
Exception: In dwelling units designed to be accessible to persons with disabilities, receptacles shall be permitted to be installed not more than 300 mm (12 inches) below the countertop or work surface. Receptacles installed below a countertop or work surface shall not be located where the countertop or work surface extends more than 150 mm (6 inches) beyond its support or base."
(6) NEC, Section 210.12, is deleted.(7) NEC, Section 210.65, is deleted.(8) NEC, Section 230.67, is deleted.(9) NEC, Section 230.71, is deleted and replaced with the following: "230.71 Maximum Number of Disconnects.
(A) General. The service disconnecting means for each service permitted by 230.2, or for each set of service-entrance conductors permitted by 230.40, Exception No. 1, 3, 4, or 5 shall consist of not more than six switches or sets of circuit breakers, or a combination of not more than six switches and sets of circuit breakers, mounted in a single enclosure, in a group of separate enclosures, or in or on a switchboard or in switchgear. There shall be not more than six sets of disconnects per service grouped in any one location. For the purpose of this section, disconnecting means installed as part of listed equipment and used solely for the following shall not be considered a service disconnecting means: (1) Power monitoring equipment;(2) Surge-protective device(s);(3) Control circuit of the ground-fault protection system; or(4) Power-operable service disconnecting.(B) Single-Pole Units. Two or three single-pole switches or breakers, capable of individual operation, shall be permitted on multiwire circuits, one pole for each ungrounded conductor, as one multipole disconnect, provided they are equipped with identified handle ties or a master handle to disconnect all conductors of the service with no more than six operations of the hand.(C) Beginning on July 1, 2027, Section 230.71(B) is no longer in effect.(10) NEC, Section 314.27(C), is deleted and replaced with the following: "314.27(C) Boxes at Ceiling-Suspended (Paddle) Fan Outlets. Outlet boxes or outlet box systems used as the sole support of a ceiling-suspended (paddle) fan shall be listed, shall be marked by their manufacturer as suitable for this purpose, and shall not support ceiling-suspended (paddle) fans that weigh more than 32 kg (70 lb). For outlet boxes or outlet box systems designed to support ceiling-suspended (paddle) fans that weigh more than 16 kg (35 lb), the required marking shall include the maximum weight to be supported."(11) NEC, Section 406.9(C), is deleted and replaced with the following: "406.9(C) Bathtub and Shower Space. Receptacles shall not be installed within or directly over a bathtub or shower stall."Amended by Chapter TBD, 2024 General Session ,§ 9, eff. 2/16/2024.Amended by Chapter 209, 2023 General Session ,§ 27, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Chapter 186, 2018 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/8/2018.Amended by Chapter 249, 2016 General Session ,§ 34, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by Chapter 297, 2013 General Session ,§ 29, eff. 7/1/2013.Amended by Chapter 76, 2012 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2012.Enacted by Chapter 14, 2011 General Session