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<chapter num="05" heading="Compliance with International Mechanical Code" title_num="09" subtitle_num="15">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Incorporation by Reference.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the documents set forth in §B of this regulation are adopted.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>In compliance with Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§12-101(p) and 12-205(a), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Board adopts the most recent version of the following Codes as they may be amended, modified, or updated from time to time:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>International Mechanical Code (International Code Council, 500 New Jersey Ave., N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001), which has been incorporated by reference in COMAR 09.12.50.02-1B(5); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (International Code Council, 500 New Jersey Ave., N.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001), which has been incorporated by reference in COMAR 09.12.50.02-1B(4) and 09.12.51.04A(2) except Chapters 1—11 and 25—44.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>The requirements of this chapter do not apply to work areas subject to the Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code as adopted by the Department of Labor under Public Safety Article, §12-1004, Annotated Code of Maryland, except as provided by that Code.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Business Regulation Article, §§9A-205 and 9A-310(a)(1)(iii), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 1996 (23:4 Md. R. 267); adopted permanently effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 943)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.03 amended affective May 18, 1998 (25:10 Md. R. 746); June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1106)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective June 24, 2013 (40:12 Md. R. 1042); April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R. 326)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective December 16, 2019 (46:25 Md. R. 1131)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective April 12, 2004 (31:7 Md. R. 584)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01C adopted as an emergency provision effective October 25, 2001 (28:24 Md. R. 2125); adopted permanently effective March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 502)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective June 24, 2013 (40:12 Md. R. 1042)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02C, E amended effective December 16, 2019 (46:25 Md. R. 1131)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02C, H amended effective April 12, 2004 (31:7 Md. R. 584)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed effective April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R. 326)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective June 24, 2013 (40:12 Md. R. 1042)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective December 16, 2019 (46:25 Md. R. 1131)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03F amended effective April 12, 2004 (31:7 Md. R. 584)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 repealed effective April 13, 2026 (53:7 Md. R. 326)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>