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24.144.501    WHO MUST OBTAIN AN ENDORSEMENT

(1) Except as provided in (2), a person must obtain an endorsement from the department prior to selling, servicing or installing fire alarm systems, special agent fire suppression systems or fire extinguishing systems.

(2) The following persons need not obtain an endorsement:

(a) a manufacturer filling or charging a fire extinguisher prior to its initial sale.

(b) an apprentice, so long as the person performs the installation or service of fire protection equipment under the immediate personal supervision of a person holding an endorsement.

(c) an owner, manager or maintenance personnel making monthly inspections on their own facilities of fire extinguishers.

(d) an owner or occupant of a single family residence performing installation of fire protection equipment as long as the authority having jurisdiction approves the installation.

(3) Persons or entities that engage only in the routine visual inspection of fire alarm systems, special agent fire suppression systems or fire extinguishing systems owned by the person or entity and installed on property under their control are exempt from obtaining a license or endorsement from the department; however, these persons or entities are not exempt if they service or install fire protection equipment.

 

History: 50-39-107, MCA; IMP, 50-39-101, 50-39-102, MCA; NEW, Eff. 10/5/75; AMD, Eff. 12/4/76; AMD, 1983 MAR p. 15, Eff. 1/14/83; AMD, 1985 MAR p. 936, Eff. 7/12/85; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 1839, Eff. 9/27/91; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 2953, Eff. 12/10/93; TRANS, AMD, 1996 MAR p. 748, Eff. 3/22/96; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 458, Eff. 2/13/98; TRANS, from Commerce, 2005 MAR p. 261; AMD, 2021 MAR p. 565, Eff. 5/15/21.

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