1. (a) Residential alarms (single station).

   1. (1) Registered firms may employ persons exempt from the licensing provisions of the Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2, §3(b)(10), to sell, install, and service residential, single station alarms. Exempted persons must be under the supervision of a residential fire alarm superintendent (single station), residential fire alarm superintendent, or fire alarm planning superintendent.
   2. (2) Each registered firm that employs persons exempt from licensing provisions of the Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2, §3(b)(10), is required to maintain documentation to include lesson plans and annual test results demonstrating competency of said employees regarding the provisions of Article 5.43-2, adopted standards, and this chapter applicable to single station devices.

2. (b) Fire detection and fire alarm devices or systems other than residential single station.

   1. (1) The sale or lease of fire alarm systems must be performed under the direct supervision of a licensed residential fire alarm superintendent or fire alarm planning superintendent, as applicable to the license.
   2. (2) The installation of all fire detection and fire alarm devices or systems, including monitoring equipment, subject to the Insurance Code, Article 5.43-2 must be performed by or under the direct supervision of a licensed fire alarm technician, residential fire alarm superintendent, or a fire alarm planning superintendent. The certifying licensee must be licensed under the ACR number of the primary registered firm and must be present for the final acceptance test prior to certification.
   3. (3) The maintenance or servicing of all fire detection and fire alarm devices or systems must be performed by or under the direct on-site supervision of a licensed fire alarm technician, residential fire alarm superintendent or a fire alarm planning superintendent.
   4. (4) If the installation or servicing of a fire alarm system also includes installation or servicing of any part of a fire protection sprinkler system and/or a fire extinguisher system other than inspection and testing of detection or supervisory devices, the licensing requirements of the appropriate Insurance Code, Article 5.43-1 or 5.43-3, must be satisfied.
   5. (5) Installation of fire detection or fire alarm devices or systems, including monitoring equipment, must be in accordance with standards adopted in §34.607 of this title (relating to Adopted Standards) except when the installation complies with a more recent edition of an adopted standard or a Tentative Interim Amendment published as effective by the NFPA.

Source Note:The provisions of this §34.616 adopted to be effective February 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 1021; amended to be effective November 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 9449; amended to be effective August 26, 1996, 21 TexReg 7663; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091.