Inspections:

Forms:

• Request for Inspection
• Inspection Response Form

Inspection Process:
* Obtain a completed Request for Inspection Form signed by the owner or designated agent of the building or facility prior to performing an inspection.

NOTE: If the owner or designated agent of the building/facility has not obtained an inspection within one year of the estimated completion date and the inspection is overdue, the file shall be transferred to TDLR in accordance with Section V(A)1.

Revised and New TDLR Plan Review and Inspection Procedures “continued”:
Effective April 1, 2007

• Prior to performing an inspection, a completed, signed; original Owner Agent Designation Form is required from the owner of record if the owner has chosen to designate an agent.
• Completed buildings and facilities are required to be inspected within one year of the completion of construction.
• An Inspection Transmittal Letter from SCR will be prepared, indicating one of the following inspection results and will be sent to the owner of record:
  1. Inspection – No Violations
  2. Inspection – Violations Pending

NOTE: Once an inspection is performed and no violations are pending, the state file will be transferred to TDLR.

• If the corrective modifications are not completed.
• Each project that has outstanding violations has a total of 365 days from the date of the inspection report to make the corrections noted on the inspection report. When the 365 day time period has expired and the violations have not been brought into full compliance, we are required to send your state project file to TDLR enforcement division in Austin.
• As secondary inspection (re-inspection) may be performed. A secondary inspection fee will be required prior to the site visit and a written request Request for Inspection Form from the owner of record or the designated agent.
• One of the following responses is acceptable:
  1. A written response indicating all violations have been corrected.
  2. A completed original, signed Inspection Response Form indicating that all violations have been corrected.
     

The inspection process is as follows:
When your project is ready for inspection, please contact our office by phone or via email so that we can schedule the on site inspection. The inspection fee must be paid in full prior to our confirming the site visit. We will then perform the site inspection and prepare your inspection report which will reflect the status of the inspection outcome. After the on site inspection is complete you will automatically have a 90 day time frame to correct any outstanding elements that may not meet compliance. If the corrective modifications are not completed, you must write our office and request an additional 90 day extension. Finally you may request a final 90 day extension. If after the third 90 day extension has expired and the violations have not been brought into full compliance, we are required to send your state project file to the enforcement division in Austin.

Architectural Barriers Law states the following:
Sec. 469.105. Inspection of Building or Facility.

ELIMINATION OF ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS
Administrative Rules of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 68

68.52. Inspections

68.52. Inspections. (New rule section effective November 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 8807; amended effective February 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 382)

(a) When corrective modifications to achieve compliance are required, the department, registered accessibility specialist, or contract provider shall:

(1) Provide the owner a list of deficiencies and a deadline for completing modifications; and
(2) Grant an extension, consistent with established procedures, if satisfactory evidence is presented showing that the time period specified is inadequate to perform the necessary corrections.

(b) When corrective modifications to achieve compliance are required, the owner shall provide written verification of the corrective modifications to the department, registered accessibility specialist, or contract provider. After receipt of all the required documentation, SCR Code will send the file to the state offices in Austin for further review. Any questions regarding this process can be answered by calling our offices at 214.535.6331.