Section 145.101. General authority

The Department is authorized under section 6 of the act (35 P. S. § 1651.6) to issue insignia of certification to manufacturers of industrialized housing and housing components for their industrialized housing or housing components which have been certified by any competent authority within a State of the United States following a finding by the Department that the certifications have been granted on the basis of standards substantially equivalent to this chapter. Sections 145.102 and 145.103 (relating to determinations of acceptability of certifications of a competent State authority; and issuance of insignia of certification) set forth more detailed criteria to support a finding by the Department that the standards are substantially equivalent to this chapter and establish additional procedures necessary to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth from noncomplying industrialized housing and housing components certified by a competent State authority.

The provisions of this § 145.101 adopted July 12, 1974, effective July 13, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 1403.