South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 8 - BUILDING CODES COUNCIL
Article 1 - REGISTRATION, FEES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
Section 8-105 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, December 22, 2023
When used in these regulations, the following words and terms shall have the meanings so designated.
1. "Act" means Chapter 8 of Title 6 of The Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.
2. "Approved" means approved by the Council.
3. "Building Official" means the officer designated by a local jurisdiction, who is charged with the administration and enforcement of Building Codes and their related programs.
4. "Certificate of Registration" means the document issued by the Council, authorizing the person named thereon, to practice in the stated classification.
5. "Certified" means qualified by examination administered by a recognized organization in one or more building, system or component inspection disciplines.
6. "Code Enforcement" means administering a building inspection department, enforcement or rendering interpretations of building, residential, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, fuel gas and energy conservation codes, performing building plans review, or performing inspections on one or more building systems for new construction or renovation, as or under the supervision of a building official.
7. "Codes" means the editions of the building codes referenced in Section 6-9-50, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended that have been adopted by the Council.
8. "Commercial Inspector" means a person who performs onsite inspections in two or more construction disciplines, as determined by position description for the local jurisdiction for which employed, for all types of construction in all occupancy groups.
9. "Council" means The South Carolina Building Codes Council.
10. "Department" means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation for the State of South Carolina.
11. "Limited Registration" means a renewable registration issued to a non-certified building code enforcement officer, employed by a local jurisdiction on the effective date of the act.
12. "Practice of Code Enforcement" means the process of administering or enforcing codes and all related standards. The term shall also apply to the process of reviewing plans, specifications and other technical data, as well as inspection of buildings and structures.
13. "Provisional Registration" means a nonrenewable registration issued to a building code enforcement officer, who is training for certification required for employment or advancement.
14. "Recognized code organization" means any state or national organization approved by the Council, which administers a testing and certification program specifically for building code enforcement officers or special inspectors.
15. "Registered/Registrant" means approved by Council to practice as a building code enforcement officer, special inspector or contract inspector and listed in a register maintained by the Department.
16. "Residential Inspector" means a person who performs onsite building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical inspections on one and two family dwellings, multifamily dwellings three stories or less in height and not exceeding sixteen (16) dwelling units per building or other buildings or structures of light frame construction and not exceeding five thousand (5,000) square feet in total area.
17. "Single Discipline Inspector" means a person who performs onsite inspections in one construction discipline, as determined by position description for the local jurisdiction for which employed, for all types of construction in all occupancy groups.
Added by State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 6, Part 3, eff June 26, 1998. Amended by State Register Volume 34, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 2010.
