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The standards shall be reasonable and appropriate to the objectives of this law and within the guiding principles prescribed by the General Assembly in this law and in any other law in pari materia. The standards shall not be applied to manufactured homes defined in \u00a7 36-85.3.\n\t\tIn making rules and regulations, the Board shall have due regard for generally accepted safety standards as recommended by nationally recognized organizations, including but not limited to the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association.\n\t\tWhere practical, the rules and regulations shall be stated in terms of required levels of performance, so as to facilitate the prompt acceptance of new building materials and methods. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 305; in 1977, chapter 613; in 1986, chapter 37; in 2010, chapter 77<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63676,"section_number":"36-119","catch_line":"Rules and regulations under \u00a7 36-73 not superseded","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-119\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64678,"section_number":"36-85.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-85.3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208963,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85212,"identifier":"36-73","token":"36\/4\/36-73","url":"\/36-73\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-73\/","token":"36\/4\/36-73","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Board to promulgate rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-73","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall from time to time promulgate rules and regulations prescribing standards to be complied with in industrialized buildings<\/span> for protection against the hazards thereof to safety of life, health and property and prescribing procedures for the administration, enforcement and maintenance of such rules and regulations. The standards shall be reasonable and appropriate to the objectives of this law<\/span> and within the guiding principles prescribed by the General Assembly in this law<\/span> and in any other law in pari materia. The standards shall not be applied to manufactured homes defined in \u00a7 36-85.3<\/a>.\n\t\tIn making rules and regulations, the Board<\/span> shall have due regard for generally accepted safety standards as recommended by nationally recognized organizations, including but not limited to the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association.\n\t\tWhere practical, the rules and regulations shall be stated in terms of required levels of performance, so as to facilitate the prompt acceptance of new building materials<\/span> and methods. Where generally recognized standards of performance are not available, the rules and regulations of the Board<\/span> shall provide for acceptance of materials<\/span> and methods whose performance has been found by the Department<\/span>, on the basis of reliable test and evaluation data presented by the proponent, to be substantially equal in safety to those specified.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF BOARD TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS (\u00a7 36-73)\n\nThe Board shall from time to time promulgate rules and regulations prescribing\nstandards to be complied with in industrialized buildings for protection against\nthe hazards thereof to safety of life, health and property and prescribing\nprocedures for the administration, enforcement and maintenance of such rules and\nregulations. The standards shall be reasonable and appropriate to the objectives\nof this law and within the guiding principles prescribed by the General Assembly\nin this law and in any other law in pari materia. The standards shall not be\napplied to manufactured homes defined in \u00a7 36-85.3.\n\t\tIn making rules and regulations, the Board shall have due regard for generally\naccepted safety standards as recommended by nationally recognized organizations,\nincluding but not limited to the International Code Council and the National\nFire Protection Association.\n\t\tWhere practical, the rules and regulations shall be stated in terms of\nrequired levels of performance, so as to facilitate the prompt acceptance of new\nbuilding materials and methods. Where generally recognized standards of\nperformance are not available, the rules and regulations of the Board shall\nprovide for acceptance of materials and methods whose performance has been found\nby the Department, on the basis of reliable test and evaluation data presented\nby the proponent, to be substantially equal in safety to those specified.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 12-71; 1970, c. 305; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 103; 1977, c.\n613; 1986, c. 37; 2010, c. 77.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}