The following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) - (13)(No change.) (14)Direct [personal] supervision--Directing and verifying the design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, alteration, or modification of an air conditioning, refrigeration, process cooling, or process heating product or equipment for compliance with mechanical integrity. Verification may include, but is not limited to: (A)Personal inspection of a job; (B)Contacting the customer by mail, e-mail, or telephone to determine if the customer is satisfied with the installation and service provided; (C)Reviewing a checklist completed by a person who performed some or all of the work on a job; and (D)Reviewing an inspection report of the job made by a municipal mechanical inspector. (15) - (19)(No change.) (20)Permanent office--Any location, which must be identified by a street address, or other data identifying a rural location, from which a person or business entity conducts the business of an air conditioning and refrigeration contracting company. A location not open to the public, or not located within the state, may serve as a permanent office so long as the department and consumers have access to the licensee required by §1302.252 of the Act to be employed in each permanent office. [Any business location at which contractual agreements to perform work requiring a license under the Act are arranged and where supervising control for those contracts originate. Temporary construction sites or other locations at which employees of a licensee work under contract to provide service, maintenance and repair work are not permanent offices.] (21) - (23)(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to
adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on May 17, 2004
TRD-200403339 William H. Kuntz, Jr.
Executive Director
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Earliest possible date of adoption: June 27, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 463-7348
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