20:44:14:01General definitions.

Terms defined in SDCL 36-16-2 have the same meaning as in this article. Terms used in this article mean: (1) "Commission," the State Electrical Commission; (2) "Correction order," a notice written by an inspector to the person responsible for the electrical installation, listing the violations of this article and stating the time allowed for correction; (3) "Electrical lineman," a person with a minimum of four years of experience with electrical power distribution systems; (4) "Electrical school," as referred to in SDCL 36-16-2, a four-year educational institution that grants a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and is accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation agency; (5) "Electrical wiring apprenticeship program," a classroom program supplemented by a minimum of one hundred forty-four hours per year of electrical wiring instruction in conjunction with the normal two thousand hours per year of actual electrical wiring on-the-job work experience of an apprentice electrician; (6) "Final subject," the act of closing out a non-compliant residential installation after all inspections have been performed and the residence owner of the installation acknowledges acceptance of the report of non-compliance; (7) "Final void," the act of closing out a non-compliant installation prior to the full inspection being completed; (8) "License," a credential issued to a person who qualifies under one of the classes defined in SDCL 36-16-2 or is granted reciprocity from another state; (9) "Local inspection system," a municipal government or power supplier that has complied with commission requirements and which provides local electrical inspections under the rules and direction of the commission and SDCL chapter 36-16; (10) "Modular home" or "modular structure," a home or other structure that: (a) Is built on a factory assembly line or other construction site to International Building Code, 2021 Edition, specifications; (b) Is transported to its destination in sections or as a complete assembly; (c) Has no permanent steel chassis attached; and (d) Is not a manufactured home as defined in SDCL 32-7A-1 or a recreational vehicle; (11) "National Electrical Code," the code published by the National Fire Protection Association (2023 edition, including tentative interim amendments 23-1 through 23-15) with the following exceptions: (a) Section 210.8(F); (b) Article 100 – definitions - remove the term "machinery" from the definition of "equipment"; (c) Properly labeled recreational vehicle (RV) receptacles other than 125-volt, single-phase, fifteen- and twenty- ampere receptacles are exempt from ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) requirements in section 210.8(A); (d) Eliminate the GFCI and arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) requirement for life support equipment and like or similar equipment as determined by the authority having jurisdiction; (e) Clarify section 334.10. Uses permitted. Type NM, Type NMC, and Type NMS cables may be used in the following structures: (i) One- and two-family dwellings and accessory structures; (ii) Multifamily dwellings, farmsteads, and accessory structures of Types III, IV, and V construction, except as prohibited in section 334.12; and (iii) Other structures permitted to be of Types III, IV, and V construction except as prohibited in section 334.12. Cables must be concealed within walls, floors, or ceilings that provide a thermal barrier of material that has at least a fifteen-minute thermal finish rating as identified in listing of fire-rated assemblies; and (f) Any outlet in a dwelling unit supplying a specific appliance in section 210.8(D)(8) through (12) is exempt from GFCI requirements; (12) "Owner's exemption," an exemption from licensure as described in SDCL 36-16-15; (13) "Wiring permit," a form notifying the commission that a described electrical installation will be made in accordance with the requirements of this article at a described location; and (14) "Wiring school," a postsecondary school that teaches one or more courses in electrical wiring covering the topics listed in § 20:44:16:12 and includes at least five hundred seventy-six hours of instruction on those topics.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 37, effective January 1, 1978; 5 SDR 1, effective July 20, 1978; 7 SDR 60, effective January 1, 1981; 10 SDR 62, effective January 1, 1984; 10 SDR 131, effective June 3, 1984; 12 SDR 92, effective January 1, 1986; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 13 SDR 75, 13 SDR 95, effective January 1, 1987; 16 SDR 153, effective March 29, 1990; 19 SDR 155, effective April 14, 1993; 20 SDR 222, effective July 6, 1994; transferred from § 20:44:01:01, August 12, 1994; 23 SDR 2, effective July 16, 1996; 25 SDR 157, effective July 1, 1999; 28 SDR 83, effective December 19, 2001; 28 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2002; 32 SDR 37, effective September 1, 2005; 34 SDR 322, effective July 1, 2008; 35 SDR 305, effective July 1, 2009; 37 SDR 236, effective June 29, 2011; 40 SDR 198, effective May 28, 2014; 43 SDR 181, effective July 10, 2017; 46 SDR 128, effective May 26, 2020; 46 SDR 146, effective June 30, 2020; 51 SDR 54, effective November 12, 2024.