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225 ILCS 317/10

(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.

"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.

"Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of providing service for a fire sprinkler system or contracts with a person to provide service for a fire sprinkler
system.

"Fire sprinkler contractor license" means a license issued to a qualified fire sprinkler contractor.

"Fire sprinkler inspector" means an individual who is qualified to perform routine inspection or testing of fire sprinkler systems pursuant to Section 17 and who is employed or contracted by a fire sprinkler contractor.

"Fire sprinkler inspector license" means a license issued to a qualified fire sprinkler inspector.

"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.

"Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

"Person" means an individual, group of individuals, association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, firm, business, 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.

"Responsible managing employee" means the individual designated by the fire sprinkler contractor that is not required to have a designated certified person under Section 120.

"Routine inspection or testing"  means inspection or testing to verify the condition of an existing fire sprinkler system at predetermined intervals in accordance with the standards of the National Fire Protection Association.

"Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to this Act.

"Service" means work on a fire sprinkler system, including, but not limited to, installation, repair, inspection, testing, and maintenance, within the scope of this Act.

"Standards" means those standards or codes referenced in this Act or its rules.

"Supervision" means the direction and management by a designated certified
person or responsible managing employee of the
activities of non-certified personnel in the service of fire
sprinkler systems.

(Source: P.A. 102-612, eff. 8-27-21.)