NAC461.117. Prerequisites to submission and approval of plans; duties of reviewer.

     1. A manufacturer shall not submit his or her plans for a model of factory-built housing, a manufactured building or a modular component to a reviewer unless the manufacturer’s system of construction is approved by the Administrator pursuant to NAC 461.110.

     2. A reviewer shall not approve a manufacturer’s plans for a model of factory-built housing, a manufactured building or a modular component unless the plans:

     (a) Comply with all applicable technical codes.

     (b) Comply with the requirements for plans set forth in NAC 461.100.

     (c) Have not been altered or amended or marked to be altered or amended.

     3. A reviewer that approves a manufacturer’s plans must:

     (a) Affix his or her stamp to each set of plans. The stamp must include the word “APPROVED” and a unique approval number from the series of such numbers assigned to the reviewer pursuant to NAC 461.113.

     (b) Return the original set of plans to the manufacturer.

     (c) Retain one set of plans for not less than 1 year after the expiration of the plans’ approval number. The plans may be retained in physical or electronic form.

Ê A third-party reviewer must submit one set of plans to the Division accompanied by the application and the appropriate fees as set forth in NAC 461.100.

     4. If a reviewer denies approval to plans prepared by a design professional three or more times in a 12-month period or because the plans contain substantial defects, the reviewer shall notify the Division and the board that licenses or registers the design professional.

     (Added to NAC by Mfd. Housing Div. by R192-05, eff. 9-18-2006)