S.C. Code Regs. § 61-56.702 - Practice, Procedure, and Quality Control
702.1. Practices: All Installers.
(1) A licensee shall adequately supervise
employees and ensure that all onsite wastewater systems for which the licensee
is responsible are constructed and repaired in accordance with this regulation
and other applicable regulations, permits, and standards issued by the
Department. Onsite wastewater systems must be installed pursuant to and in
compliance with permits to construct issued by the Department.
(2) An installer does not have the authority
to make any changes to a construction or repair project that deviate from an
issued permit without first obtaining Department approval.
(3) Installers do not have the authority to
subcontract unlicensed installers to conduct work under their
licenses.
(4) The specific scope of
activities authorized under each tier of licensure is set forth in this
regulation's definition of "licensed onsite wastewater system installer." A
licensed installer is prohibited from performing any construction or repair
that is inconsistent with the scope of activities authorized under the
licensee's applicable tier.
702.2. Onsite Wastewater System Installer
Self-Inspections.
(1) All Tier 3 installers
and Tier 1 or Tier 2 installers directed to perform self-inspections under
Section 104.3(1)(c) shall provide the Department the opportunity to perform a
final inspection and shall arrange with the Department in advance a time for
the final inspection of an onsite wastewater system that is being installed.
If, after thirty (30) minutes of that arranged time, the Department
representative has not arrived for the inspection, the installer shall:
(a) Inspect the system;
(b) Record the findings on a form approved by
the Department; and
(c) Cover the
system.
(2) It shall be
considered a violation of this regulation to conduct a self-inspection of a
system or cover a system without first scheduling a final inspection time with
the Department and waiting the full thirty (30) minutes of the arranged time
for the Department to conduct a final inspection.
(3) The installer shall not cover a system or
seek Department final approval for a system that, upon inspection, is
determined not to be in compliance with the permit to construct.
(4) Documentation of system installation and
self-inspection using the Department-approved format, including the installer's
signature and license number, as well as the system measurements and other
specified information, shall be submitted to the Department within two (2)
business days of the final self-inspection date. A copy of this document(s)
must also be furnished to the property owner for whom the system was installed.
Failure to submit to the Department the required documentation within the
required timeframe shall be considered a violation of this
regulation.
(5) An onsite
wastewater system shall not be placed into operation unless and until the
Department has issued a final approval to operate.
702.3. Quality Control: Installers.
The Department will conduct random final inspections on no less than three (3) percent annually of the total number of systems installed during the preceding fiscal year. The Department will also conduct field reviews of final installation and inspection documentation submitted by the installer and compare them to the actual installations those documents represent.
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