The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Business - Inspecting, planning, certifying, leasing, selling, servicing, testing, installing, monitoring, or maintaining of fire alarm or fire detection devices and systems.
2. (2) Certificate - The certificate of registration issued by the state fire marshal.
3. (3) Certify - To attest to the proper planning or servicing, installing, or maintaining of fire detection and fire alarm devices and systems, including monitoring equipment, by attaching a completed installation/service record label and completing an installation certificate form or other additional form required by a governmental authority.
4. (4) Commissioner - The commissioner of insurance.
5. (5) Department - The Texas Department of Insurance.
6. (6) Direct supervision - The control of work, excluding the installation of conduit, raceways, junction boxes, back boxes, or similar electrical enclosures, as it is being performed on fire detection or fire alarm devices and systems by a licensed fire alarm technician or a licensed fire alarm planning superintendent.
7. (7) Firm - A person or an organization, as defined in the Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2.
8. (8) Local authority having jurisdiction - As used in the Texas Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2, §9(c), means a fire chief, fire marshal, or other designated official having statutory authority.
9. (9) Monitoring equipment - Equipment used to transmit and receive fire alarm, trouble, and supervisory signals from protected premises to a firm registered to monitor or one exempt from licensing by the Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2.
10. (10) NFPA - National Fire Protection Association, a nationally recognized standards-making organization.
11. (11) NICET - National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies.
12. (12) Plan - To lay out, detail, draw, calculate, devise, or arrange an assembly of fire alarm or detection devices, equipment, and appurtenances, including monitoring equipment, in accordance with standards adopted in this chapter.
13. (13) Primary registered firm - The registered fire alarm company with the responsibility for the fire alarm system certification.
14. (14) Repair - To restore to proper operating condition.
15. (15) Test - The act of subjecting a fire detection or alarm device or system, including monitoring equipment, to any procedure required by applicable standards or manufacturers' recommendations to determine whether it is properly installed or operates correctly.

Source Note:The provisions of this §34.606 adopted to be effective April 14, 1989, 14 TexReg 1639; transferred effective September 1, 1991, as published in the Texas Register March 6, 1992, 17 TexReg 1745; amended to be effective June 4, 1993, 18 TexReg 3297; amended to be effective November 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 9449; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091; amended to be effective July 14, 1999, 24 TexReg 5212.