Subpart 1.
Scope.
The terms used in parts
7512.0100 to
7512.2800 have the meanings given
them in this part and in Minnesota Statutes, section
299M.01.
Subp. 2.
Authority having
jurisdiction.
"Authority having jurisdiction" means the governmental
organization, office, or individual responsible for approving equipment and
installation or a procedure.
Subp.
3.
Board member.
"Board member" means a director in a corporation and a governor
in a limited liability company.
Subp.
4.
Building code.
"Building code" means the Minnesota State Building Code adopted
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
326B.106,
subdivision 1, and includes future amendments to the building code.
Subp. 5.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety, acting
directly or through the state fire marshal and other authorized agents.
Subp. 6.
Days.
"Days" means calendar days when referring to the amount of time
when the performance or doing of any act, duty, matter, payment, or thing is
ordered, directed, or prescribed. A period of time measured in days, except as
otherwise provided, must be computed so as to exclude the first and include the
last day of the prescribed or fixed period or duration of time. When the last
day of the period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, that day must
be omitted from the computation.
Subp.
7.
Federal approval agency.
"Federal approval agency" means the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
Subp. 8.
Fire code.
"Fire code" means the Minnesota Uniform Fire Code adopted
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
326B.02, subdivision 6,
and includes future amendments to the fire code.
Subp. 9.
Fire protection-related
work.
"Fire protection-related work," when applied to a licensed fire
protection contractor, means the sale, design, installation, modification, or
inspection of a fire protection system, its parts, or related equipment, or the
offer to do so. Fire protection-related work, when applied to a journeyman
sprinkler fitter or an apprentice sprinkler fitter, means the installation,
connection, alteration, repair, or addition to a fire protection system.
Subp. 10.
Inspect or
inspection.
"Inspect" or "inspection" means conducting a final acceptance
test; trip test of dry pipe, deluge, or preaction valves; or a test that an
authority having jurisdiction requires to be conducted under the supervision of
a contractor.
Subp. 11.
Officer.
"Officer" means an officer of a corporation and a manager of a
limited liability company.
Subp.
12.
Owner.
"Owner" means the sole proprietor of a sole proprietorship, a
partner in a partnership, a shareholder holding an interest of five percent or
more in a corporation, and a member holding an interest of five percent or more
in a limited liability company.
Subp.
13.
Potable water source.
"Potable water source" means a gravity tank, fire pump,
reservoir or pressure tank, well, city main, or any combination of these that
provides a reliable, constant, and sufficient supply of water capable of being
used for human consumption.
Subp.
14.
State approval agency.
"State approval agency" means the Department of Labor and
Industry or a state agency in Minnesota or another state if the commissioner
determines that the state agency approves training programs and monitors
apprentice or trainee progress in a manner comparable to that done by the
Department of Labor and Industry or by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
