(1) "Fire protection sprinkler contractor" means a person engaged in the planning, sale, installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or inspection of fire protection sprinkler systems or water spray systems but does not include local building officials, fire inspectors, or insurance inspectors when acting in their official capacity.
(2) "Licensed fire protection sprinkler contractor" means a fire protection sprinkler contractor who has qualified for and received a license from the South Carolina Licensing Board for Contractors.
(3) "Certificate holder" means an individual who has satisfactorily passed the NICET Level III Fire Sprinkler Technician's Written Competency Test.
(4) "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies.
(5) "Sprinkler contractor's license" means the license issued by the South Carolina Licensing Board for Contractors to a fire protection sprinkler contractor who has submitted (a) an application which is approved; (b) the fee; (c) proof of insurance in an amount and of the type required by this chapter; and (d) proof that the contractor has in its employ a certificate holder who is a full-time employee in a responsible management position. The license is issued in the name of the fire protection sprinkler contractor with the name of the certificate holder on the license.
(6) "Fire protection sprinkler system" means a system of overhead and underground piping to protect the interior or exterior of a building or structure from fire where the primary extinguishing agent is water and designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system includes the overhead and underground water mains, fire hydrants and hydrant mains, standpipes and hose connection to sprinkler systems, supplied from a reliable, constant, and sufficient water supply, such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or connection by underground piping to a city main. The system is a network of specially sized or hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure, or area, generally overhead, and to which sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern. The system includes a controlling valve and a device for actuating an alarm when the system is in operation. The system is usually activated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire area. Fire protection sprinkler systems include the following types: wet-pipe systems, dry-pipe systems, preaction systems, residential systems, deluge systems, combined dry-pipe and preaction systems, nonfreeze systems, and circulating closed loop systems.
(7) "Water spray or water foam system" means a special fixed overhead and underground pipe system connected to a reliable source of fire protection water supply or foam supply equipped with spray nozzles for specific discharge and distribution over the surface or area to be protected. The piping system is connected to the water supply through an automatically or manually activated valve which initiates the flow of water. An automatic valve is activated by operation of automatic detection equipment, hydraulic, pneumatic, or electrically operated, normally installed in the same areas as the spray nozzles. The system is supplied from a reliable, constant, and sufficient water supply such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or connection by underground to a city main. A water foam system includes an adequate reliable supply of foaming agent.
(8) "Person" means individual, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture.
(9) "Board" means the State Licensing Board for Contractors.