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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-307" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Industrialized Buildings and Manufactured Homes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall determine whether each proposed industrialized building meets the standards contained in the regulations of the Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The determination shall include the evaluation and testing of the industrialized building and the quality control system at the factory of origin and at the building site.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall perform the determination required by subsection (a) of this section through its own personnel or through a designated agent.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The designated agent shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>qualified personnel of a local enforcement agency; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a testing facility that is approved by the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The testing facility shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an architect or professional engineer whose registration is accepted by the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a testing organization that is determined by the Department to be specifically qualified by reason of facilities, personnel, experience, and demonstrated reliability to investigate, test, and evaluate industrialized buildings or their component parts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In addition to evaluating and testing industrialized buildings or their component parts, the testing facility shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>list the units in compliance with the standards adopted by the Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide adequate follow–up services at the point of manufacture to ensure that production units are in full compliance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>provide for each unit an insignia in the form of a label, seal, or other evidence of compliance.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A manufacturer of a building exempted from the applicability of this subtitle under § 12–301(d)(3)(iii) of this subtitle may elect to have the Department perform a determination under subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of the Department certifying and providing an insignia for the building under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
