Section 661.276.2. Definitions.

The following definitions apply to rules 661—276.1(100D) through 661—276.6(100D):

“Apprentice fire protection system installer and maintenance worker” means a person, other than a trainee, who is registered in an apprenticeship program approved by the United States Department of Labor and who is engaged in learning the fire protection system industry trade under the direct supervision of a responsible managing employee of a certified fire extinguishing system contractor or licensed fire protection system installer and maintenance worker.

“Department” means the department of public safety.

“Fire extinguishing system contractor” means a person(s) engaging in or representing oneself to the public as engaging in the activity or business of layout, installation, repair, service, alteration, addition, testing, maintenance, or maintenance inspection of automatic fire extinguishing systems in this state, as defined in Iowa Code section 100C.1, and who is certified pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 100C.

“Fire protection system” means a sprinkler, standpipe, hose system, special hazard system, dry system, foam system, or any water-based fire protection system, whether engineered or preengineered and whether manually or automatically activated, used for fire protection purposes which may include an integrated system of underground and overhead piping and which may be connected to a water source.

“Fire protection system installation” means to set up or establish a fire protection system for use in an indicated space.

“Fire protection system installer and maintenance worker” means a person who, having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge, conducts fire protection system installation and maintenance and who is licensed by the department to install or maintain the types of fire protection systems endorsed on the person’s license.

“Fire protection system maintenance” means to provide repairs, including all inspections and tests, required to keep a fire protection system and its component parts in an operative condition at all times and the replacement of the system or its component parts when they become undependable or inoperable.

“Listed” means equipment, materials, or services included in a list published by a nationally recognized independent testing organization concerned with evaluation of products or services that maintains periodic inspection of the production of listed equipment or materials or periodic evaluation of services and whose listing states that either the equipment, material, or service meets appropriate designated standards or has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose.

“Preengineered fire protection system” means a fire protection system that has a predetermined flow rate, nozzle pressure, and quantity of extinguishing agent.

“Responsible managing employee” means a person who is an owner, partner, officer, or manager employed full-time by a fire extinguishing system contractor and who meets the requirements for a responsible managing employee established in Iowa Code chapter 100C and 661—Chapter 275.

“Routine maintenance” means the repair or replacement of existing fire protection system components of the same size and type, for which no changes in configuration are made. “Routine maintenance” does not mean any new installation or any expansion or extension of any existing fire protection system, nor does it mean inspection and testing.

“Temporary license” means a license issued to a fire protection system installer and maintenance worker who is licensed or certified in another state and who will perform work in Iowa only within areas covered by a disaster emergency proclamation issued by the governor pursuant to Iowa Code section 29C.6.

“Trainee” means a person who is engaged in learning the fire protection system industry trade under the direct supervision of a responsible managing employee or a licensed fire protection system installer and maintenance worker who is not a trainee. “Trainee” does not mean a person who is an apprentice fire protection system installer and maintenance worker.

[ARC 9032B, IAB 8/25/10, effective 10/1/10]