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NORTH DAKOTA • NEC-2017 OREGON • NEC-2017 Quick Fact: Rhode Island Building Codes
Effective: July 1, 2017 Effective: October 1, 2017 are amendments of the International
Enforcement: Statewide Enforcement: Statewide Building Codes, which are used as the
Agency: North Dakota State Agency: Department of Consumer & model. The adopted NEC is for mandatory
Electrical Board | 1929 North Washington Business Services (BCD) | Building Codes application by governmental bodies
Street, Ste A-1 | Bismarck, ND 58507-7335 Division | P.O. Box 14470 that exercise legal jurisdictions over
~ (701) 328-9522 ~ ndseb.com Salem, OR 97309-0404 electrical installations and for use by
Quick Fact: The North Dakota State ~ (503) 378-4133 insurance inspectors. Current legislation
is ongoing to automatically adopt the
Electrical Board has the responsibility ~ oregon.gov/bcd/codes-stand/ NEC in the year of its publication.
to examine applicants and issue Pages/electrical.aspx
licenses to those having the necessary Quick Fact: The Oregon Electrical SOUTH CAROLINA • NEC-2017
qualifications and knowledge in the Specialty Code (OESC) is based on
laws of electricity and electrical codes. NEC-2017 with amendments that are Effective: January 1, 2020
The board also has jurisdiction over all based on local geographic, climactic, or Enforcement: Statewide
electrical installations. North Dakota geologic conditions. Oregon also does Agency: Department of Labor, Licensing
is also likely to adopt the NEC-2020 not adopt the IRC, and Oregon does not Requirements, and Regulation | South
this year based on past code cycles. adopt the IRC and has developed its own Carolina Building Codes Council
“Low-Rise Residential Code” to cover 110 Centerview Dr. | Columbia, SC 29210
OHIO • NEC-2017 residential dwellings up to three stories. ~ (803) 896-4300 ~ llr.sc.gov/bcc
Effective: July 1, 2019 Quick Fact: South Carolina requires that
Enforcement: Statewide PENNSYLVANIA • NEC-2014 all municipalities enforce building, energy,
Agency: Board of Building Standards Effective: October 1, 2018 electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas, and
6606 Tussing Road | P.O. Box 4009 Enforcement: Statewide fire codes, relating to the construction,
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 Agency: Buildings Section Bureau of livability, sanitation, erection, energy
~ (614) 644-2613 ~ com.ohio.gov/dico/bbs Occupational and Industrial Safety | efficiency, installation of equipment,
alteration, repair, occupancy, classification,
Quick Fact: The state of Ohio requires Department of Labor and Industry or removal of structures located within
30 hours of continuing education 1600 Labor and Industry Building their jurisdictions as adopted by the state.
courses before renewal of residential Harrisburg, PA 17120
and commercial personnel certification ~ (717) 787-5279 SOUTH DAKOTA • NEC-2017
within a three-year period. These include ~ dli.pa.gov/ucc/Pages/UCC-Codes.aspx
building officials, electrical inspectors, Quick Fact: For all buildings and Effective: July 1, 2017
plans examiners, and building inspectors. structures not regulated by the 2015 Enforcement: Statewide
Residential Code, Chapter 27 (Electrical) Agency: State Electrical Commission
OKLAHOMA • NEC-2014 requires compliance with the IBC-2015 308 S. Pierre St. | Pierre, SD 57501
Effective: September 15, 2017 and the NEC-2014. The IRC 2015 applies ~ (800) 233-7765
~ dlr.sd.gov/electrical/default.aspx
Enforcement: Statewide to one- and two-family dwellings no
Agency: Oklahoma Uniform Building Code more than three stories in height. The Quick Fact: South Dakota is one of the
Commission | 2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite City of Philadelphia was allowed to adopt few states in which all electrical wiring
2F | Oklahoma City, OK 73107 the 2018 IBC and enforce the NEC-2017 installations must be inspected by a
~ (405) 521-6550 ~ cib.ok.gov for commercial installations only, all state electrical inspector. Seventeen
Quick Fact: The adopted code is residential installations are per the 2015 state inspectors (as of October 2019)
cover seventeen different districts,
considered the state minimum. Also, IRC. Henceforth, they will coincide with both commercial and residential.
as a result of State Bill 733 with an the PA Uniform Construction Code when South Dakota is another state likely
effective date of November 1, 2019, the the State adopts the 2018 I-Codes. to adopt the NEC-2020 this year
Construction Industries Board began RHODE ISLAND • NEC-2017 based on a three-year code cycle.
enforcement of licensing requirements
for inspectors. All licenses performing Effective: August 1, 2019 TENNESSEE • NEC-2017
building and construction inspections Enforcement: Statewide
are required to meet all requirements Agency: Building Code Commission Effective: March 19, 2018
for licensing and code standards. Building Code Standards Committee Enforcement: Hybrid
560 Jefferson Boulevard, Agency: Department of Commerce &
2nd Floor, Suite 200 | Warwick, RI 02886 Insurance | Electrical Inspection Section
~ (401) 889-5550 ~ ribcc.ri.gov/ Information | State Fire Marshal

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