Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0780 - Commerce and Insurance
Subtitle 0780-02 - Division of Fire Prevention
Chapter 0780-02-13 - Modular Building Units
Section 0780-02-13-.01 - DEFINITIONS

(a) "Approved construction inspection agency" means an approved inspection agency which is responsible for performing the functions described in Rule 0780-02-13-.07.

(b) "Approved design review agency" means an approved inspection agency which is responsible for performing the functions described in Rule 0780-02-13-.05.

(c) "Approved Construction Inspection Program" means the third-party inspection program utilizing a design review agency and construction inspection agency.

(d) "Building system" means model plans, specifications, and documentation for a system or type of modular building unit, or for the foundation, structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, gas, fire protection, or other system(s) thereof affecting health and safety.

(e) "Closed construction" means any modular building unit, component, assembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all concealed parts or processes of manufacturing cannot be inspected before installation at the site without disassembly, damage, or destruction.

(f) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance.

(g) "Commissioner's Inspection Review Program" means the State Fire Marshal's inspection programs authorized in Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-02-23 for one and two family dwellings, in Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-02-03 for commercial structures, and in Tenn. Comp. R. and Regs. 0780-02-01 for electrical installations.

(h) "Compliance assurance program" means the system, documentation, and methods of assuring that modular building units and their components, including the manufacturing, storage, transportation, assembly, handling, and installation thereof, conform to the standards.

(i) "Component" means any assembly, sub-assembly, or combination of elements for use as a part of a modular building unit, which may include the structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, or other system(s) thereof affecting life safety.

(j) "Damage" means any impairment, adulteration, or breakage occurring to a modular building unit, or any part thereof, that causes it not to comply with the standards.

(k) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the sale, brokerage, or distribution, by consignment or otherwise, of modular building units or components to persons who in good faith purchase such units or components for purposes other than resale.

(l) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Insurance.

(m) "Director" means the director of the modular building units section of the Division of Fire Prevention.

(n) "Division" means the Division of Fire Prevention of the Department of Commerce and Insurance.

(o) "Installer" means any person engaged in the assembly of modular building units on- site or the process or affixing components to land, a foundation, footings, utilities, or an existing building.

(p) "Label" means an insignia approved by the Department for certifying compliance with the standards.

(q) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in the process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming, assembling, or reassembling modular building units or components from raw, unfinished, semi-finished, or finished materials.

(r) "Model" means a specific design of modular building unit which is based upon size, room arrangement, method of construction, location, arrangement or size of plumbing, mechanical or electrical equipment, and systems therein in accordance with plans and specifications submitted to an approved design review agency.

(s) "Open construction" means any modular building unit, component, assembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions can be readily inspected at the site without disassembly, damage, or destruction.

(t) "Person" means any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation.

(u) "Site" means the location on which a modular building unit is installed or is to be installed.

(v) "Sleeping Cabin" means a recreational building or structure used as a transient occupancy with not more than twelve (12) occupants that does not contain a kitchen. A Sleeping Cabin is not a Sleeping Unit as defined by the International Building Code, Section 202.

(w) "Standards" means the standards for the construction and installation of modular building units established by Rule 0780-02-13-.02.

(x) "Standard design" means any modular building unit, component, model or series intended for duplication or repetitive manufacture.

(y) "System prototype" means a specific design or modular building unit designated by the manufacturer to be the standard for imitation reproduction. A system prototype may include options that do not affect the performance function of any system.