- (1) The third party inspection agency or third party inspector has no managerial affiliation with modular manufacturers or is engaged in the sale or promotion of modular building units.
- (2) The results of the third party inspection agency's or third party inspector's work accrue no financial benefits to the third party inspection agency or third party inspector through stock ownership of, or other similar affiliation to, any modular manufacturer.
- (3) A third party inspection agency's directors and other management personnel and a third party inspector receive no stock option or other financial benefit from any modular manufacturer.
- (4) A third party inspection agency or third party inspector has sufficient business that the loss or award of a specific contract to determine compliance of a particular modular manufacturer's modular building unit with the State Construction Code applicable to modular building units and this rule would not be a determining factor in the third party inspection agency's or third party inspector's financial well-being.
- (5) The employment security status of the third party inspection agency's or third party inspector's personnel is free of influence or control by modular manufacturers.
A third party inspection agency or third party inspector may not be affiliated with, nor influenced or controlled by, modular manufacturers in any manner which might affect its or their capacity to create reports of findings objectively and without bias. A third party inspection agency or third party inspector is judged to be free of such affiliation, influence and control if it or they comply with all the following conditions:
KEY: modular buildings
Date of Last Change: March 4, 2025
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 15A-1-306.1; 15A-1-307; 15A-1-308