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2009 California Health and Safety Code - Section 13195-13199 :: Chapter 1.8. Automatic Fire Extinguisher Systems
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODESECTION 13195-13199
13195. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and administer the regulations and building standards he or she deems necessary in order to (1) establish and control a program for servicing, testing, and maintaining all automatic fire extinguishing systems, including but not limited to, fire sprinkler systems, engineered and preengineered fixed extinguishing systems, standpipe systems, and water flow alarm devices and (2) establish minimum frequencies of service, inspection, and testing for the various types of automatic fire extinguishing systems. All tests of automatic sprinkler systems shall include a test of all supervisory signaling equipment that is provided to determine whether a condition exists that will impair the satisfactory operation of the system. The regulations and building standards established by the State Fire Marshal for servicing, testing, and maintaining automatic fire extinguishing systems shall consider the requirements of the applicable standards of the National Fire Protection Association and the voluntary standards published by the State Fire Marshal entitled the "California Voluntary Standards for Residential Sprinkler Systems," dated January 1982. 13195.5. Every automatic fire extinguishing system, including, but not limited to, fire sprinkler systems, engineered and preengineered fixed extinguishing systems, standpipe systems, and alarm and supervisory equipment attached to those systems shall be serviced, tested, and maintained in accordance with the regulations and building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13195. 13196. The regulations and building standards adopted pursuant to Section 13195 shall be enforced pursuant to Sections 13145 and 13146. 13196.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), no person shall engage in the business of servicing or testing automatic fire extinguishing systems without a license issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter. (b) Persons who engage in the business of servicing or testing fire alarm devices, water flow alarm devices, or the supervisory signaling components of automatic fire extinguishing systems shall not be subject to the licensing requirements contained in this chapter. (c) Industrial systems may be serviced or tested by, or under the supervision of, an engineer employed by a private entity who shall not be subject to the licensing requirements contained in this chapter unless he or she performs the service or testing for a fee outside of the employment relationship. (d) Any specialty contractor, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 7058 of the Business and Professions Code, shall not be subject to the licensing requirements contained in this chapter. 13197. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to establish and maintain the licensing program required by this chapter. To the extent the State Fire Marshal determines is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the regulations may provide for, but need not be limited to, requirements that the applicant for a license pass an examination or possess the qualifications necessary to perform the prescribed service, maintenance, and testing, or both. 13197.5. A license may be denied or revoked by the State Fire Marshal for either of the following reasons: (a) The applicant made a material misrepresentation or false statement in the application. (b) Violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this chapter. 13198. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt a schedule of fees to be paid by licensees in an amount which is necessary to cover the cost of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter by the State Fire Marshal. Any city or county fire department, or any district providing fire protection services may adopt a schedule of fees as required to cover the cost of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The annual and renewal license shall be valid for the period from January 1, to December 31. The annual license fee renewal period shall begin on September 1 and end on November 1 preceding the license year for which the renewal is requested. A penalty of 50 percent of the license fee shall be assessed in all cases where the renewal fees are not paid on or before November 1, preceding the license year for which renewal is requested. 13198.5. It is the legislative intention in enacting this chapter that the provisions of this chapter and the regulations and building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13195 shall apply uniformly throughout the State of California, and no state agency, county, city and county, or district shall adopt or enforce any ordinance or rule or regulation regarding automatic fire extinguishing systems which is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations and standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal. 13199. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter or any regulation or building standard adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13195 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A person is guilty of a separate offense each day during which he or she commits, continues, or permits a violation of this chapter or any regulation or building standards adopted pursuant to this chapter.
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