21 NCAC 18B .0307          CERTAIN ELECTRICAL WORK/MANUFACTURER/PREFABRICATED UNITS

(a)  A manufacturer of prefabricated units is not required to be licensed by the Board to engage in installing, altering or repairing the electric work, wiring, devices, appliances or equipment in or on its prefabricated units under either of the following conditions:

(1)           during the time the prefabricated units are physically located at the actual place of manufacture; or

(2)           after the prefabricated units have been removed from the actual place of manufacture if all of the following conditions are met:

(A)          the prefabricated units have been factory inspected, approved and duly labeled by an independent certifying agency approved by the North Carolina Building Code Council; and

(B)          the work is specifically restricted to that part of the electrical installation covered under the approved independent certifying agency's initial label and such work is performed by the manufacturer's bona fide employees under the onsite direct personal supervision of the independent certifying agency's official inspector and in cooperation with and approval by the local governmental inspection authority.

(b)  Except as specified in this Rule, this exemption from the North Carolina Electrical Contracting Licensing Act does not apply once a unit has been removed from the manufacturing facility and placed anywhere within the State of North Carolina, including sales lots, the property of purchasers and lessees, or any other place for any reason, either temporarily or permanently.

(c)  In order for a manufacturer to engage or offer to engage in the installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of any electric work, wiring, devices, appliances or equipment in connection with any unit, except as permitted in this Rule, the manufacturer must hold an active electrical contracting license issued by the Board.

(d)  Nothing in this Rule shall be construed to exempt any electrical work on any property from the North Carolina State Building Code requirements or from any local special construction rules or permit or inspection requirements.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87‑42; 87‑43;

Eff. October 1, 1988;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. February 2, 2016.