Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
385 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING BOARD
Chapter 110 - STATE CERTIFICATION OF MODULAR HOMES
Subchapter 5 - Approval of Inspection Agencies
Section 385-110-5-22 - Requirements for Submission
Universal Citation: 02 ME Code Rules ยง 385-110-5-22
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
An inspection agency seeking approval shall submit an application to the Board which includes the items listed in this section.
1. The original Articles of Incorporation of the agency and all subsequent amendments thereto, as filed in the State of incorporation.
2. The bylaws of the organization, if any.
3. The names, addresses, and business of all owners, members of the board of directors and top management personnel.
4. Certification by the agency that:
A. Its board of directors, as a
body, and its technical personnel, as individuals, can exercise independence of
judgment; and
B. Its activities
pursuant hereto will result in no financial benefit to the agency via stock
ownership, or other financial interests in any producer, supplier, or vendor of
products involved, other than through standard published fees for services
rendered.
C. The inspection agency
will not perform design or quality assurance program approvals for any
manufacturer whose design or quality assurance program has been created in
whole or in part by members of the inspection agency or any affiliated
organization.
(1) Names, years of experience,
state in which professionally registered, and other qualifications of the
directors of inspection or evaluation programs. Registration in more than one
State is not required.
(2) Names
and years of experience of employees practicing in the following disciplines:
architecture, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical
engineering, fire protection, and other branches of engineering; the states in
which each is registered; and the services each performs. Registration in more
than one state is not required.
(3)
An organizational chart showing management and supervisory persons, including
the number of graduate engineers and architects, and the names of all
consulting engineers or architects, designating which are full-time and which
are part-time engineers.The ASTM E-541 Standard must be used to establish
minimum personnel requirements.
(4)
Number and location of factory inspectors, supervisors, and other technicians,
including evaluators of factory inspectors and the qualifications of each
specialized group, including records of work experience, licenses held, and
other pertinent qualifications; descriptions of the type of work each group and
each technician is expected to perform; and the qualification of each group and
each technician to perform the work assigned.
(5) Statement from the agency to assure that
all inspectors, evaluators, and other technicians are properly trained to do
each job assigned to them.
(6) An
outline of the general procedures for supervision of inspectors and evaluators,
including checking and evaluation of their work.
(7) All engineers, technicians, and other
personnel who will perform services for the organization, but who are not
employees of the organization, and the supervisory and other relationships
which each will have to the agency.
(8) Type of products, components, equipment,
structures, and other items which the organization has evaluated, tested, or
inspected, and the number of years of experience the organization has had with
each, and the type of codes, standards, specifications, and requirements with
respect to which the organization has had experience in providing evaluation,
inspection, or testing services, and the number of years of experience with
each.
(9) Description of the
record-keeping system the agency proposes to use with particular regard to
availability of records to the Board and the capacity to render
reports.
(10) Description of the
frequency with which the agency performs inspections or evaluations.
(11) List of the States in which the agency
is now approved to inspect or evaluate manufactured housing.
(12) Certification that the agency is able to
evaluate building systems for compliance with the codes, standards,
specifications, and the requirements adopted herein, or manufactured housing
for compliance with approved building systems.
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