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<article heading="Article VI.">
  <section heading="Sec. 17-25. Standards.">
    <paragraph indent="1">(a)   A person must not sell or install electrical equipment which does not contain the certification of an inspection authority approved by the Department.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(b)   The standards and requirements of this Chapter must be based upon the currently designated edition of the National Electrical Code and amendments thereto as specified in regulations adopted by the County Executive under Method (2) of section 2A-15 of this Code and are hereby declared to be minimum standards and requirements. Any electrical equipment or installation which is equal or superior to such standards and requirements must be deemed to be in compliance therewith.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(c)   Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, conformity of installations of electrical equipment with such regulations adopted pursuant to section 17-2(b) is prima facie evidence that such installations are reasonably safe to persons and property.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(d)   A person must not occupy or offer to sell for occupancy any mobile home, prefabricated or modular dwelling, industrialized building, or similar structure as defined in the National Electrical Code, without having first obtained from the manufacturer a certification by the State of Maryland that the structure meets the standards contained in regulations adopted under sections 12-301 through 12-313 of the Public Safety Article of the Maryland Code.</paragraph>
    <paragraph indent="1">(e)   All electrical installations, including outlets, panel boxes, heat panels and fixtures subject to damage from flooding must be located, built, and floodproofed to eliminate or minimize flood damage.</paragraph>
  </section>
  <section heading="Sec. 17-26. Reserved." />
  <section heading="Sec. 17-27. Reserved." />
  <section heading="Sec. 17-28. Reserved." />
</article>