For the purposes of this chapter, the department of safety and professional services shall enforce the applicable provisions of the following Wisconsin administrative codes in lieu of the indicated standards that are referenced in the NFPA standards adopted in s. ATCP 93.200:

1. (1) Boilers and pressure vessels. Chapter SPS 341 in lieu of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

2. (2) Building elements. Chapters SPS 361 to 366 in lieu of the following NFPA standards:

   1. (a) NFPA 101®— Life Safety Code®.
   2. (b) NFPA 220 — Standard on Types of Building Construction.
   3. (c) NFPA 221 — Standard for High Challenge Fire Walls, Fire Walls and Fire Barrier Walls.

   4. (d) NFPA 5000®– Building Construction and Safety Code®.

      Note: In addition to addressing new construction for public buildings and places of employment, chs. SPS 361 to 366 generally require in section SPS 361.03 (13) that every existing public building or place of employment be maintained to conform with the building code requirements which applied when the building, structure, element, system, or component thereof was constructed.

3. (3) Electrical installations. Chapter SPS 316 in lieu of NFPA 70 — National Electrical Code®.

History

History: CR 17-092: cr. Register October 2019 No. 766, eff. 11-1-19.