SPS 305.003(2)
(2) “ASME" means American society of mechanical engineers.
SPS 305.003(2m)
(2m) “
ASSE” means American society of sanitary engineering.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under section
145.01 (1), Stats., “automatic fire sprinkler contractor" means any individual, firm or corporation who has paid the annual license fee and obtained a license to conduct a business in the design, installation, maintenance or repair of automatic fire sprinkler systems.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (2), Stats., “automatic fire sprinkler system", for fire protection purposes, means an integrated system of underground and overhead piping designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system includes a suitable water supply, such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir or pressure tank or connection beginning at the supply side of an approved gate valve located at or near the property line where the pipe or piping system provides water used exclusively for fire protection and related appurtenances and to standpipes connected to automatic sprinkler systems. The portion of the sprinkler system above ground 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.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s. 145.01 (3), Stats., “automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice" means any person other than an automatic fire sprinkler system contractor or a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitter who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems and who is indentured under ch. 106, Stats. SPS 305.003(6)
(6) “Blasting" means any method of loosening, moving or shattering masses of solid matter by use of an explosive.
SPS 305.003(7)
(7) “Blasting operation" means any enterprise or activity involving blasting.
SPS 305.003(8)
(8) “Branch" means an office, other than the main business office, involved in the sales of manufactured homes that advertises as a sales location, displays new or used homes, takes sales calls, is staffed by licensed salespersons, has signage of a licensed dealer, and accepts offers or contracts on manufactured homes.
SPS 305.003(9)
(9) “Broker" means a manufactured home dealer who has no sales lot, no inventory and no ownership interest in the manufactured homes being sold.
SPS 305.003(10)
(10) “Building permit" means an official document or certificate granting permission to perform construction or erosion control work, except for electrical, plumbing or HVAC, on a one- or 2-family dwelling.
SPS 305.003(11)
(11) “Business establishment" means any industrial or commercial organization or enterprise, including but not limited to a proprietorship, partnership, firm, business trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation or association.
SPS 305.003(12)
(12) “Cash price" means the manufactured home dealer asking price including dealer installed options and accessories and additional dealer mark-up, profit and transportation charges, minus the dollar value of cash discounts.
SPS 305.003(13)
(13) “Cathodic protection tester" means a person who demonstrates an understanding of the principles and measurements of all common types of cathodic protection systems as applied to buried or submerged metal piping systems and metal tanks.
SPS 305.003(14)
(14) “Conflict of interest" means a certified inspector inspecting work in which the inspector or the inspector's employer, other than the state or a municipality, has participated or has a monetary or personal interest.
SPS 305.003(16)
(16) “Corrosion expert" means a person who is qualified to engage in the practice of corrosion control on buried or submerged metal piping systems and metal tanks by reason of thorough knowledge of the physical sciences and the principles of engineering and mathematics acquired by a professional education and related practical experience.
SPS 305.003(17)
(17) “Damage" means defects caused by reasons other than normal wear through home age and usage.
SPS 305.003(18)
(18) “Department" means the department of safety and professional services.
SPS 305.003(19)
(19) “Direct supervision" means to assume the responsibility of an activity of others and its results by providing oversight and guidance at the site where the activity is being conducted.
SPS 305.003(20)
(20) “Dwelling contractor" means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of performing construction or erosion control work on a one- or 2- family dwelling.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Pursuant to s.
101.654 (1) (b), Stats., “dwelling contractor" does not include an owner of a dwelling who resides or will reside in the dwelling.
SPS 305.003(21)
(21) “Electrical construction" means the installation of electrical wiring. “Electrical construction" does not include the maintenance, repair or fabrication of electrical equipment or the installation of electrical wiring and equipment covered by ch.
PSC 114.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.80 (1m), Stats., “electrical wiring" means all equipment, wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, and apparatus used for the production, modification, regulation, control, distribution, utilization, or safeguarding of electrical energy for mechanical, chemical, cosmetic, heating, lighting, or similar purposes, as specified under the state electrical wiring code. “Electrical wiring" does not include the equipment, wiring, material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, and apparatus used by a public utility, an electric cooperative, or a wholesale merchant operator for the purpose of generating, transmitting, distributing, or controlling heat, light, power, or natural gas to its customers or members.
SPS 305.003(23)
(23) “Financial statement" means a balance sheet showing assets, liabilities and net worth.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
167.10 (1), Stats., “fireworks" means anything manufactured, processed or packaged for exploding, emitting sparks or combustion which does not have another common use, but does not include any of the following:
SPS 305.003 Note
(a) Fuel or a lubricant.
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(b) A firearm cartridge or shotgun shell.
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(c) A flare used or possessed or sold for use as a signal in an emergency or in the operation of a railway, aircraft, watercraft or motor vehicle.
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(d) A match, cigarette lighter, stove, furnace, candle, lantern or space heater.
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(e) A cap containing not more than one-quarter grain of explosive mixture, if the cap is used or possessed or sold for use in a device which prevents direct bodily contact with a cap when it is in place for explosion.
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(f) A toy snake which contains no mercury.
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(g) A model rocket engine.
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(h) Tobacco and a tobacco product.
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(i) A sparkler on a wire or wood stick not exceeding 36 inches in length that is designed to produce audible or visible effects or to produce audible and visible effects.
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(j) A device designed to spray out paper confetti or streamers and which contains less than one-quarter grain of explosive mixture.
SPS 305.003 Note
(k) A fuseless device that is designed to produce audible or visible effects or audible and visible effects, and that contains less than one-quarter grain of explosive mixture.
SPS 305.003 Note
(L) A device that is designed primarily to burn pyrotechnic smoke-producing mixtures, at a controlled rate, and that produces audible or visible effects, or audible and visible effects.
SPS 305.003 Note
(m) A cylindrical fountain that consists of one or more tubes and that is classified by the federal department of transportation as a Division 1.4 explosive, as defined in
49 CFR 173.50.
SPS 305.003 Note
(n) A cone fountain that is classified by the federal department of transportation as a Division 1.4 explosive, as defined in
49 CFR 173.50.
SPS 305.003(25)
(25) “General supervision" means to assume the responsibility of an activity of others and its results without being present at the site where the activity is being conducted.
SPS 305.003(26)
(26) “HVAC" means heating, ventilating and air conditioning.
SPS 305.003(27)
(27) “HVAC equipment" means materials, piping, fittings, devices, appliances, apparatus, controls and control wiring used as part of or in connection with permanent heating, ventilating, air conditioning or exhausting systems serving buildings. HVAC equipment does not include residential bathroom fans and kitchen hoods, water heaters, process heating equipment, and space heaters such as masonry fireplaces and chimneys, factory-built fireplaces and venting systems, decorative gas fireplaces, and wood-burning stoves.
SPS 305.003(28)
(28) “Incompetence" means conduct which evidences a lack of competence or ability to discharge the duty required to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, lack of knowledge of the fundamental principles of a particular trade or practice, or an inability to apply those principles, or failure to maintain competency in the current practices and methods applicable to the activity and the state statutes and rules governing the activity.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (6), Stats., “journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter" means any person other than an automatic fire sprinkler contractor who is engaged in the practical installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (7), Stats., “journeyman plumber" means any person other than a master plumber, who is engaged in the practical installation of plumbing.
SPS 305.003(32)
(32) “Licensee" means any manufactured home dealer or manufactured home salesperson or any person who is both a manufactured home dealer and a manufactured home salesperson.
SPS 305.003(33)
(33) “Lift" means a conveyance device covered under the scope of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A18.1a – Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Section
101.16 (1) (b), Stats., reads: “ `Liquefied petroleum gas' means any material which is composed predominantly of, or any mixtures of, any of the following hydrocarbons including their isomers:
SPS 305.003 Note
1. Propane.
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2. Propylene.
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3. Butane.
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4. Butylene.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: See the note after the definition of “fireworks", sub. (18), for the statutory language of s.
167.10 (1) (e),
(f) and
(i) to
(n).
SPS 305.003(36)
(36) “Main business office" means an office involved in the sales of manufactured homes that is the primary management location of the licensed manufactured home dealer.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.91 (2), Stats., “manufactured home" means any of the following:
SPS 305.003 Note
(am) A structure that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation and that is certified by the federal department of housing and urban development as complying with the standards established under
42 USC 5401 to
5425.
SPS 305.003 Note
(c) A mobile home, unless a mobile home is specifically excluded under the applicable statute.
SPS 305.003(38)
(38) “Manufactured home dealer" has the meaning given in s.
101.91 (3), Stats., except for a person who sells no more than one new or used manufactured home in any one calendar year.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.91 (3), Stats., “manufactured home dealer" means a person who, for a commission or other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in, manufactured homes or who is engaged wholly or partially in the business of selling manufactured homes, whether or not the manufactured homes are owned by the person, but does not include:
SPS 305.003 Note
(a) A receiver, trustee, personal representative, guardian, or other person appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court.
SPS 305.003 Note
(b) Any public officer while performing that officer's official duty.
SPS 305.003 Note
(c) Any employee of a person enumerated in par. (a) or (b).
SPS 305.003 Note(d) Any lender, as defined in s.
421.301 (22).
SPS 305.003 Note
(e) A person transferring a manufactured home used for that person's personal, family or household purposes, if the transfer is an occasional sale and is not part of the business of the transferor.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.91 (5m), Stats., “manufactured home community" means any plot or plots of ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community" does not include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of the farm owner or operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Section
101.981 (1) (g), Stats., reads: “Material hoist" means a hoist, other than a personnel hoist, that is used to raise or lower materials during construction, alteration, or demolition of a building or structure.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (8), Stats., “master plumber" means any person skilled in the planning, superintending and the practical installation of plumbing and familiar with the laws, rules and regulations governing the same.
SPS 305.003(43)
(43) “Misconduct" means an act performed by an individual relating to the responsibilities or duties for which the individual has been licensed, registered or certified that jeopardizes the interests of the public, including violation of federal or state laws, local ordinances or administrative rules; preparation of deficient or falsified reports; failure to submit information or reports required by law or contract when requested by the municipality or the department; conduct which evidences a lack of trustworthiness; misrepresentation of qualifications such as education, experience or certification; illegal entry of premises; misuse of funds; or misrepresentation of authority.
SPS 305.003(44)
(44) “Multipurpose piping system" means a type of water distribution system conveying potable water to plumbing fixtures and appliances and automatic fire sprinklers with the intention of serving both domestic water needs and fire protection needs within a one- or 2-family dwelling or manufactured dwelling.
SPS 305.003(46)
(46) “Negligence" means the failure to exercise the degree of care and judgment to protect public health and safety normally expected of an individual performing activities within the scope of a license, certification or registration category.
SPS 305.003(47)
(47) “Net worth" means the difference between the asset and liability values on a financial statement. Negative net worth is the excess of liabilities over assets.
