New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 32A - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS RULES
Subchapter 7 - LICENSED MASTER HEARTH SPECIALIST ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Section 13:32A-7.2 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Barbecue appliance" means an appliance that cooks food by applying heat as a result of burning solid fuel, gas fuel, natural or manufactured gas, wood fuel, or pellet fuel.
"Board" means the State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating,< >Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors.
"Bona fide representative" means a licensed master hearth specialist who has not less than one percent ownership of the issued and outstanding shares of stock in a corporation, or not less than one percent ownership of any other firm or legal entity engaged in hearth professional work in this State. A "bona fide representative" means, with respect to a corporation, partnership, or other firm or legal entity engaged in hearth professional work in this State that generates more than 65 percent of its gross revenue from sources other than hearth professional work, or with respect to a publicly traded corporation, including its wholly owned subsidiaries, whose principal business in New Jersey is hearth professional work:
1. In the case of a sole proprietorship, the owner;
2. In the case of partnership, the partner;
3. In the case of a limited liability company, a manager; or
4. In the case of a corporation, an executive officer.
"Committee" means the Licensed Master Hearth Specialist Advisory Committee.
"Decorative space heater appliance" means an appliance that offers a decorative view of flames and provides heat to the immediate area by the means of thermal radiation or convection, and includes free standing, mounted, or built-in appliances, stoves, fireplaces, inserts, and gas logs, and may be fueled by solid fuel, gas fuel, natural or manufactured gas, wood fuel, or pellet fuel.
"Employee" means an individual who is employed by a hearth professional work business.
"Hearth product appliance" means a fireplace, fireplace insert, stove, or log set that offers a decorative view of flames and may be fueled by solid fuel, gas fuel, natural or manufactured gas, wood fuel, or pellet fuel, and may include a passive or powered air vent heated by flames, a convection chamber for the purpose of heating the room air by the means of gravity, or a manufacturer approved or supplied fan.
"Hearth professional work" means the installation, replacement, connection, venting, inspection, repair, maintenance, or servicing of hearth product appliances, barbecue appliances, outdoor patio appliances, and decorative space heater appliances, and shall include the installation, inspection, repair, or servicing of vents, vent connectors, masonry, metal and factory-built chimney and vent systems, and natural or manufactured gas piping on the load side of the meter.
"Licensed master hearth specialist" means a person who holds a current, valid license to engage in hearth professional work pursuant to P.L. 2019, c. 260 (N.J.S.A. 45:16A-29 et seq.).
"Outdoor patio appliance" means an appliance that is located outdoors and may be fueled by solid fuel, gas fuel, natural or manufactured gas, wood fuel, or pellet fuel, including free standing, mounted, or built-in appliances, stoves, fireplaces, fire pits, inserts, and gas logs.
