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Article 17. SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF EARLY WARNING, FIRE SUPPRESSION, OR FIRE ALARM DEVICES

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Article 17. SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
EARLY WARNING, FIRE SUPPRESSION,
OR FIRE ALARM DEVICES

22-17-1 Official NFPA definitions. Shall is intended to
indicate requirements. Approved means acceptable to the
authority having jurisdiction. The national fire protection
association does not approve, inspect or certify any instal-
lations, procedures, equipment or materials nor does it ap-
prove or evaluate testing laboratories. In determining the
acceptability of installations or procedures, equipment or
materials, the authority having jurisdiction may base accep-
tance on compliance with NFPA or other appropriate stan-
dards. In the absence of such standards, said authority may
require evidence of proper installation, procedure or use.
The authority having jurisdiction may also refer to the list-
ings or labeling practices of nationally recognized testing
laboratories,* i.e., laboratories qualified and equipped to
conduct the necessary tests, in a position to determine
compliance with appropriate standards for the current pro-
duction of listed items, and the satisfactory performance of
such equipment or materials in actual usage.
Listed: Equipment or materials included in a list published
by a nationally recognized testing laboratory that maintains
periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or
materials, and whose listing states either that the equipment
or material meets nationally recognized standards or has
been tested and found suitable for use in a specified man-
ner.
Labeled: Equipment or materials to which has been at-
tached a label, symbol or other identifying mark of a na-
tionally recognized testing laboratory that maintains peri-
odic inspection of production of labeled equipment or ma-
terials, and by whose labeling is indicated compliance with
nationally recognized standards or tests to determine suit-
able usage in a specified manner.
Authority having jurisdiction shall mean the state fire
marshal or any of his authorized deputies. (Authorized by
K.S.A. 31-133; effective May 1, 1975.)
* An example of a laboratory that is nationally recognized
would be Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., 207 East Ohio
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

22-17-2 Approval of devices. (a) An early warning, fire
suppression or fire alarm device shall not be sold, offered
for sale, or distributed within the state of Kansas without
prior approval of the state fire marshal.
(b) Each early warning, fire suppression and fire
alarm device shall be listed by and bear the label of a na-
tionally-recognized testing laboratory unless the require-
ment is waived by the state fire marshal. (Authorized by
and implementing K.S.A. 1984 Supp. 31-133; effective
May 1, 1975; amended May 1, 1986.)