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 or housing components for use on a site in a jurisdiction in this Commonwealth shall prepare and return to the manufacturer a Site Installation Inspection Report on a form furnished by the manufacturer as part of the approved compliance control program. The manufacturer is responsible for furnishing to the person performing the installation a copy of the Site Installation Inspection Report Form and instructions as to its intended use.

The provisions of this § 145.91 adopted July 12, 1974, effective July 13, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 1403; amended November 5, 2004, effective February 4, 2005, 34 Pa.B. 6024; effective date corrected at 34 Pa.B. 6133; amended May 7, 2010, effective July 7, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 2421. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (307431) to (307432).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 145.91 amended under section 5 of the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P. S. § 1651.5).

Cross References

This section cited in 12 Pa. Code § 145.41 (relating to adoption of standards); and 12 Pa. Code § 145.60 (relating to insignia of certification).