Sec.29-262-3b. Provisional building official appointments

(a) The duties of a provisional building official are as set forth in subsection (a) of section 29-262 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(b) The minimum qualifications that shall be demonstrated prior to appointment as a provisional building official are as follows:

(1) The appointee shall have had at least five years of experience in construction, design or supervision;

(2) The appointee shall be generally informed regarding the quality and strength of building materials;

(3) The appointee shall be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements of building construction;

(4) The appointee shall be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements of design and construction relating to accessibility to and use of buildings by the physically handicapped;

(5) The appointee shall be generally informed regarding good practice in fire prevention;

(6) The appointee shall be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements for light and ventilation;

(7) The appointee shall be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements for safe exit facilities and other items of equipment essential for the safety, comfort and convenience of occupants; and

(8) Prior to appointment, a candidate shall have filed an application for licensure as a building official with the state building inspector.

(c) Not later than ninety (90) days after appointment as a provisional building official, such provisional building official shall have passed the state test for licensure as a building official. In the event that a provisional building official does not become licensed as a building official within the ninety (90) days after appointment as a provisional building official, the provisional appointment shall lapse and the appointee shall be ineligible for reappointment as a provisional building official by the original appointing authority.

(Adopted effective March 27, 2003)