Rich, I knew about adoption policies and actually have a web monitor on https://www.nfpa.org/NEC/NEC-adoption-and-use/NEC-adoption-maps so I can capture any updates. I recommend reading the report "Falling behind on electrical safety" .
I suppose that when adopted by any locality into law, then those portions may become publicly available. The NEC is on a three-year cycle and the example I always think of is LA County & City. Even though the State of Calif may at times be up to date, They are at least one edition behind at all times. Being optimistically cautious in Colorado... Doug On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:47 AM Richard Nute <ri...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi Doug: > > > > If I remember correctly, the intro to the NEC says that it is a model for > adoption by various AHJs. > > > > In Oregon, each edition of NFPA 70 is formally adopted with exceptions and > additions. So, most of NFPA 70 is law. The amendments are freely > available. Many other jurisdictions do the same. > > > > 2017 Oregon Electrical Specialty Code (OESC) > <https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/all-codes-and-standards/codes-and-standards/free-access?mode=view&t=other&c=ORNEC2017> > Effective Oct. 1, 2017 > Based on the 2017 NFPA 70, National Electrical Code > Oregon amendments to the 2017 NEC *Updated Oct. 2020* > <https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/codes-stand/Documents/17oesc-table1-E-2020Oct.pdf> > > > > Stay safe! > > Rich > > > > > > > > *From:* Douglas Powell <doug...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, October 30, 2020 7:00 AM > *To:* EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > *Subject:* [PSES] NFPA Codes, law or not? > > > > My Friday Question, > > > > NFPA Codes, law or not? Officially the answer is, "No, these are not > laws." > > > > I recently saw a clarification stating: > > "*As a national consensus safety standard, NFPA 70 is not a law and it > has not been incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations. Therefore, > compliance is not deemed mandatory. Even so, OSHA has cited NFPA 70 in > cases where lack of compliance has resulted in a workplace accident*." > > > > The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a nonprofit > organization and not a government entity. In the USA, possibly the best > known published document is the NFPA 70 which is the National Electric Code > or NEC ®. And indeed, this code has been translated and adopted in other > countries in places like Latin America > <https://www.nfpa.org/NEC/NEC-adoption-and-use/NEC-adoption-and-use-in-Latin-America>. > Nevertheless, in my view, the whole system is bordering on becoming a > legal requirement, especially at the local level where Authorities Having > Jurisdiction (AHJs) adopt these into their local city and county codes. > > > > Occasionally a discussion is raised on electrical forums where someone > wants to point out that in this country any code which is officially > mandated law must be freely available for public use. NFPA does indeed > offer a "free view" but these are very deficient with regard to usability. > > > > The question then becomes, "Should these codes be law? > > > > Food for thought... > > > > Doug > > > > -- > > > > Douglas E Powell > > doug...@gmail.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 > -- Douglas E Powell doug...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
