Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 145.91 - Reports to the Department(a) The Department is authorized to require that evaluation agencies, inspection agencies and manufacturers with approved building system documentation shall prepare and submit to the Department regular periodic reports regarding their activities relating to industrialized housing and housing components falling within the scope of the act and this chapter. These reports shall be promptly filed with the Department on forms and at times the Department may specify.(b) The Department is authorized to require that evaluation agencies, inspection agencies and manufacturers with approved building system documentation shall promptly furnish to the Department the special reports and other information as the Department may require which relate in any way to the administration and enforcement of the act and this chapter.(c) Evaluation agencies and inspection agencies are required to notify the Department of the following: (1) A change of facts which would render inaccurate in material respect their application for approval submitted to the Department under § 145.75 (relating to procedures for obtaining approvals of evaluation and inspection agencies), as updated by the latest application for reapproval submitted to the Department under § 145.76 (relating to reapprovals of third-party agencies), as provided more particularly in § 145.75(e).(2) A fact or circumstance of which the third-party agency has actual knowledge which could lead a reasonable person to believe that a manufacturer, third-party agency or other person in violating the act or this chapter, the notification to be promptly given to the Department.(d) Manufacturers with approved building system documentation are required promptly to notify the Department of any fact or circumstance of which the manufacturer has actual knowledge which could lead a reasonable person to believe that a third-party agency or other person is violating a provision of the act or of this chapter.(e) A person installing industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or building components for use on a site in a jurisdiction in this Commonwealth shall complete and return to the manufacturer and provide a copy to the local building code official a Site Installation Inspection Checklist on a form furnished by the manufacturer. The manufacturer is responsible for furnishing to the person performing the installation a copy of the Site Installation Inspection Checklist Form and instructions as to its intended use.The provisions of this § 145.91 adopted July 12, 1974, effective 7/13/1974, 4 Pa.B. 1403; amended November 5, 2004, effective 2/4/2005, 34 Pa.B. 6024; effective date corrected at 34 Pa.B. 6133; amended May 7, 2010, effective 7/7/2010, 40 Pa.B. 2421; amended November 4, 2016, effective 11/6/2017, 46 Pa.B. 6976.See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this § 145.91 amended under section 5 of the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. § 1651.5).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code § 145.41 (relating to adoption of standards); 12 Pa. Code § 145.58 (relating to basic requirements for a compliance control program); 12 Pa. Code § 145.60 (relating to insignia of certification); 12 Pa. Code § 145.62 (relating to data plates); 12 Pa. Code § 145.64 (relating to modification of industrialized housing or housing components after certification); 12 Pa. Code § 145.81 (relating to responsibilities of local enforcement agencies); and 12 Pa. Code § 145.83 (relating to issuance of certificates of occupancy).