§15337.__State heating, cooling and air distribution

compliance officers

1.__Inspection.__State heating, cooling and air distribution compliance officers, upon written complaint of any owner, lessee or tenant of a building, state fire inspector, fire chief, fire department inspector, personnel of a transmission and distribution utility or local electrical inspector, or whenever the compliance officers consider it necessary, for purposes of examination of heating, cooling and air distribution equipment installation, alteration or repairs, may at all reasonable hours enter into and upon all buildings or premises within their jurisdiction and inspect the buildings or premises.__The inspectors may enter a building only with the permission of the person having control of the building or, after hearing, upon order of the court.__Whenever a compliance officer finds any heating, cooling and air distribution equipment in any building or structure that does not comply with the requirements of this chapter, that officer shall order the equipment to be removed or remedied, and the order must forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of that building or structure or the installer of the equipment.__If the compliance officer finds an installation that falls under the compliance officer's jurisdiction in a building or structure that creates a danger to other property or to the public, the compliance officer may forbid the use of the building or structure by serving a written order upon the owner and the occupant, if any, to vacate within a reasonable period of time to be stated in the order.

2.__Order to correct deficiency; appeal.__A person ordered by a state heating, cooling and air distribution compliance officer to correct a deficiency or to vacate a building or structure may appeal the order by filing with the board within 7 days of receipt of the order a written notice of appeal.__The board shall review that appeal and issue its written decision within a reasonable time after receipt of the notice of appeal.__