N.M. Admin. Code § 14.6.7.12

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 14.6.7.12 - MODULAR PROCEDURES

Any modular structure manufactured in New Mexico, or to be shipped into New Mexico for installation, must comply with the following provisions. A manufacturer can be removed as an approved manufacturer for cause by the director.

A. Plan review:

(1) Two sets of modular structure design plans must be submitted by registered manufacturers and reviewed and approved for code compliance by the division. Plans must include a recommended method of anchoring the modular structure to a foundation. All plan review fees must be paid.

(2) Plans that are non-compliant with currently adopted New Mexico state codes or application requirements shall be rejected by the division.

(3) All deviations from approved plans require written pre-approval from the division and may require the submission of additional design information including revised plans as deemed necessary to make a determination on the approval or rejection.

B. In-plant inspection. A compliance decal shall only be issued to the modular structure in compliance with all codes and rules and as certified by the in-plant inspector and shall be placed by the in-plant general building inspector upon verification of completed code compliance prior to the unit leaving the plant.

(1) Each modular structure must receive the following mandatory in-plant inspections during construction/assembly by the manufacturer:

(a) General construction: framing, energy efficiency, weather resistive barrier, pre-final and final in-plant inspection report:

(b) mechanical: rough-in, top-out, pre-final and final in-plant inspection report;

(c) plumbing: rough-in, top-out, pre-final and final in-plant inspection report; and

(d) electrical: rough-in, top-out, pre-final and final in-plant inspection report.

(e) All work required to be inspected must be uncovered and accessible by the inspector at the time of the inspection. Any work covered prior to inspection shall be uncovered as required by the inspector to allow a full assessment of code compliance of the work. The manufacturer must keep for reference, and make available to the inspector upon required, an original set of approved plans for each modular structure to be inspected.

(f) If any inspection reveals a code violation, the inspector shall immediately issue a written correction notice and the manufacturer shall make the indicated correction(s) within a reasonable time unless a time is otherwise specified. Thereafter, the inspector shall re-inspect to confirm the correction has been made. If corrective action is not taken as to the noted code violations, the in-plant inspector shall not issue a compliance decal and the modular or modular component shall not be approved for shipment into or in New Mexico. All such records shall be included as an integral part of the submitted in-plant inspection report.

(g) Upon a satisfactory final inspection the inspection shall issue a final in-plant inspection report and the Modular Manufacturer Certificate of Code Compliance. This report shall document all inspections and the modular structure serial number.

(2) Compliance decal and data plate.

(a) No modular structure may be imported, sold or permanently placed in New Mexico unless a compliance decal and data plate have been affixed to it by a division approved inspector after satisfactory completion of all in-plant inspections.

(b) A compliance decal and data plate shall be affixed to the modular structure after certification of the modular unit by the in-plant inspector, and the certificate and final inspection report are both received by the division.

(c) The inspector shall affix the decal to the inside of the door of the electrical panel or inside the mechanical room of the inspected modular structure.

(d) Compliance decals remain the property of the state of New Mexico. Each decal is unique to the modular structure to which it is assigned and affixed. Compliance decals are not transferable among manufacturers, inspectors or modular structures.

(e) All modular structures must have a compliance decal to be allowed into or permanently placed within the state.

N.M. Admin. Code § 14.6.7.12

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 10, May 29, 2018, eff. 7/1/2018