South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 8 - BUILDING CODES COUNCIL
Article 1 - REGISTRATION, FEES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
Section 8-105 - Definitions

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 code organization in one or more building, system or component inspection disciplines.

6. "Building Code Enforcement" means administering a building inspection department, enforcement and/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 as or under the supervision of a building official. The term shall also apply to the process of reviewing plans, specifications, and other technical data, as well as inspection of buildings and structures.

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 one 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. "Provisional Registration" means a nonrenewable registration issued to a building code enforcement officer, who is training for certification required for employment or advancement.

13. "Recognized code organization" means any national code organization approved by the Council, which administers a testing and certification program specifically for building code enforcement officers or special inspectors.

14. Registered/Registrant" means a person approved by Council to practice as a building code enforcement officer or special inspector.

15. "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 that can be constructed within the prescriptive requirements of the South Carolina Residential Code.

16. "Plans Examiner" means a person who performs plan reviews for building, plumbing, electrical or mechanical applications in accordance with the adopted building codes and as determined by the job description for the local jurisdiction for which employed or contracted.

17. "Building Codes Enforcement Officer" means a person registered by the Council as a building official, commercial inspector, residential inspector, plans examiner, or property maintenance inspector.