(A) A heating appliance installed for use in a hotel, motel, tourist home, school, church, theater, auditorium, institutional building, hospital, nursing home, convalescent home, or other place of public assembly or rest must be equipped with a pilot having a one hundred percent safety cut-off valve of an automatic operating type. The pilot safety valve must have positive control of the flow of gas to the appliance burners in public places for sleeping purposes.
(B) A vented space heater equipped with a one hundred percent safety cut-off valve or an unvented space heater factory equipped with an oxygen depletion sensor pilot may be installed in sleeping quarters or bathrooms of residences and in areas of a manufactured home other than sleeping quarters or bathrooms:
(1) a vented space heater is vented to the outside in accordance with manufacturer's instructions;
(2) the aggregate input BTU rating of the appliance does not exceed twenty BTU's per hour per cubic foot of space in the room where the heater is placed;
(3) the required clearances are maintained; and
(4) the heater is securely anchored to the wall or floor.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 128, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 82 - Liquid Petroleum Gas
Section 40-82-5. Applicability and conflicts with Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 40.
Section 40-82-10. Board creation, composition, terms, meetings and affirmative vote requirements.
Section 40-82-20. Definitions.
Section 40-82-30. Unlawful acts without license; exemption.
Section 40-82-60. Rules and regulations.
Section 40-82-70. Board powers and duties.
Section 40-82-90. Investigation results and hearings.
Section 40-82-100. Cease and desist orders; petitioning for equitable relief.
Section 40-82-115. Board jurisdiction.
Section 40-82-120. Violations and disciplinary actions.
Section 40-82-130. Licensure denials.
Section 40-82-140. Prior criminal record as ground for denying license.
Section 40-82-150. Voluntary surrender of license.
Section 40-82-170. Costs of investigation and prosecution.
Section 40-82-180. Collection and enforcement regarding costs and fines.
Section 40-82-190. Confidentiality and privileged communications.
Section 40-82-200. Criminal violations and penalties.
Section 40-82-210. Civil penalties and injunctive relief.
Section 40-82-220. License application requirements for various persons or entities; renewal.
Section 40-82-230. Examinations and equivalencies.
Section 40-82-240. Dealer storage capacities and waiver.
Section 40-82-250. General liability insurance.
Section 40-82-260. Dealer ascertainment of reseller's license.
Section 40-82-280. Orders concerning hazardous conditions; penalties.
Section 40-82-290. Grounding electrical circuits or appliances.
Section 40-82-300. Safety cut-off valves on certain heating appliances.
Section 40-82-310. Reporting fires and explosions.