(225 ILCS 317/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires:
"Designated certified person" means an individual who has met the
qualifications set forth
under Section 20 of this Act.
"Fire protection system layout documents" means layout drawings, catalog information on standard products, and other construction data that provide detail on the location of risers, cross mains, branch lines, sprinklers, piping per applicable standard, and hanger locations. "Fire protection system layout documents" serve as a guide for fabrication and installation of a fire sprinkler system and shall be based upon applicable standards pursuant to Section 30 of this Act.
"Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of or contracts with a person to install or repair a fire sprinkler
system.
"Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic fire extinguishing
system employing
fire sprinklers, including accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire
standpipes, or
underground fire main systems starting at the
connection to the water service after the approved backflow
device
is installed under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code and ending at
the most
remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" includes but is not
limited to a fire sprinkler
system in a residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public, or
private occupancy.
"Fire sprinkler system" does not include single sprinkler heads that are in
a loop of the potable water system, as referenced in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.1130
and 890.1200.
"Licensee" means a person or business organization licensed in accordance
with this Act.
"NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in Engineering
Technologies.
"Person" means an individual, group of individuals, association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, person doing business under an assumed name, the State of
Illinois, or department
thereof, any other state-owned and operated institution, or any other entity.
"Supervision" means the direction and management by a designated certified
person of the
activities of non-certified personnel in the installation or repair of fire
sprinkler systems.
(Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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