Section 17920.9 Of Chapter 2. Rules And Regulations From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 13. >> Part 1.5. >> Chapter 2.
17920.9
. (a) The department shall propose adoption, amendment, or
repeal by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5, of those
regulations as are necessary for the provision of minimum fire safety
and fire-resistant standards relating to the manufacture,
composition, and use of foam building systems manufactured for use,
or used, in construction of buildings subject to this part,
mobilehomes subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 18000), or
factory-built housing subject to Part 6 (commencing with Section
19960), for the protection of the health and safety of persons
occupying those buildings, mobilehomes, or factory-built housing. The
department shall enforce building standards published in the
California Building Standards Code relating to foam building systems,
and other rules and regulations adopted by the department or by
federal law. Each manufacturer of foam building systems shall have
any foam building system manufactured for use in any building,
factory-built housing, or mobilehome listed and labeled by an
approved testing agency certifying that the system meets fire safety
and fire-resistant building standards published in the California
Building Standards Code. The department shall consult with all
available public and private sources to assist in the development of
the building standards and other rules and regulations.
(b) The department shall make inspections of the manufacture of
such foam building systems which it determines are necessary to
insure compliance with the requirements of subdivision (a).
(c) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or use in construction
of buildings subject to this part, mobilehomes subject to Part 2
(commencing with Section 18000), or factory-built housing subject to
Part 6 (commencing with Section 19960), in this state, any foam
building system, and no person shall sell or offer for sale in this
state any such building, mobilehome, or factory-built housing of
which a foam building system is a component, which foam building
system does not comply with, or has not been listed and labeled by an
approved testing agency certifying that the foam building system is
in compliance with, the requirements of subdivision (a) on and after
the 180th day after the building standards or other rules or
regulations become effective.
This subdivision shall not apply to any buildings, mobilehomes, or
factory-built housing constructed prior to the 180th day after those
standards become effective.
(d) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or use in construction
of any building subject to this part, a mobilehome subject to Part 2
(commencing with Section 18000), or factory-built housing subject to
Part 6 (commencing with Section 19960), in this state, any foam
building system, and no person shall sell or offer for sale in this
state any such building, mobilehome, or factory-built housing of
which a foam building system is a component, if the manufacturer
thereof refuses to permit the department to conduct the inspections
required by subdivision (b) on and after the 180th day after the
building standards or other rules or regulations become effective.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Foam" means a material made by mixing organic polymers with
air or other gases in a manner that forms a solid substance with
holes filled with air or gas when the mixture is allowed to set.
(2) "Foam building system" means a system of building materials
composed of, in whole or in part, of foam. It includes, but is not
limited to, all combinations of systems such as those composed of
foam inserted between and bonded to two boundary surface materials or
those composed exclusively of foam.
(3) "Building standard" means building standard as defined in
Section 18909.