Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.31171 - Requirements of submission for approval of inspection and evaluation agencies
Rule 1171.
(1) An
inspection or evaluation agency seeking approval shall submit an application to
the commission which includes the items listed in this rule.
(2) The original articles of incorporation of
the agency and all subsequent amendments thereto, as filed in the state of
incorporation.
(3) The bylaws of the
organization.
(4) The names,
addresses, and business affiliations of all members of the board of directors
and of top management personnel.
(5)
Stock owned in amounts over $5,000.00 reflecting the financial interests of the
agency's board of directors and top management personnel if requested by the
commission.
(6) Certification by the
agency that:
(a) Its board of directors, as a
body, and its technical personnel, as individuals, can exercise independence of
judgment.
(b) Its activities
pursuant hereto will result in no financial benefit to the agency via stock
ownership, or other financial interests in any producer, supplier, or vendor of
products involved, other than through standard published fees for services
rendered.
(7) Names,
years of experience, state in which professionally registered, and other
qualifications of the directors of inspection or evaluation programs.
(8) Names and years of experience of
employees practicing in the following disciplines: architecture, structural
engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, fire protection
and other branches of engineering; the states in which each is registered and
the services each performs.
(9) An
organization chart showing management and supervisory persons, including the
number of graduate engineers and architects, and the names of all consulting
engineers or architects, designating which are full time and which are part
time engineers.
(10) Number and
location of factory inspectors, supervisors and other technicians, including
evaluators of factory inspectors and the qualifications of each specialized
group, including records of work experience, licenses held and other pertinent
qualifications; descriptions of the type of work each group and each technician
is expected to perform, and the qualifications of each group and each
technician to perform the work assigned.
(11) An outline of the training program, if
any, of the agency to assure that all inspectors, evaluators and other
technicians are properly trained to do each job assigned to them.
(12) An outline of the general procedures for
supervision of inspectors and evaluators, including checking and evaluation of
their work.
(13) All engineers,
technicians, and other personnel who will perform services for the organization
but who are not employees of the organization, and the supervisory and other
relationships which each will have to the agency.
(14) Type of products, components, equipment,
structures, and other items which the organization has evaluated, tested or
inspected, and the number of years of experience the organization has had with
each, and the type of codes, standards, specifications and requirements with
respect to which the organization has had experience in providing evaluation,
inspection or testing services, and the number of years of experience with
each.
(15) Description of the record
keeping system the agency proposes to use with particular regard to
availability of records to the commission and the capacity to render reports to
the commission.
(16) Description of
the frequency with which the agency is capable of performing inspections or
evaluations.
(17) List of the states
in which the agency is now approved to inspect or evaluate premanufactured
units or building components, and a further listing of those states in which
the agency intends to seek such approval within the next 2 years.
(18) Certification that the agency is able to
evaluate building systems for compliance with the codes, standards,
specifications, and requirements adopted in this state, or premanufactured
units or building components for compliance with approved building
systems.
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