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 "url": "https://www.openshowerco.com/bathroom-electrical-ohio-gfci-fan-and-lights.html",
 "title": "Bathroom electrical in an Ohio house: the code, the outlets, the light over the shower and who inspects",
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   "id": "C1",
   "claim": "The electrical chapter of the Residential Code of Ohio is one rule, Ohio Administrative Code 4101:8-34-01, and it carries the code's Section 3401.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "The provisions of the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, shall be incorporated herein",
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     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "Ohio Electrical Code 2023 (Adopts With Amendments NFPA 70, 2023)",
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     "published": "undated"
    }
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  {
   "id": "C2",
   "claim": "Rather than write its own wiring rules, that chapter incorporates NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, and says it governs the installation, testing and operation of the electrical systems of one-, two- and three-family dwellings and their accessory structures.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "govern the installation, testing and operation of the electrical systems of one-, two-",
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     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
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     "published": "2024-03-29"
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     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "Ohio Electrical Code 2023 (Adopts With Amendments NFPA 70, 2023)",
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     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
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  {
   "id": "C3",
   "claim": "The edition of the National Electrical Code that Ohio houses are built to is the 2023 edition, in force since April 15, 2024.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "2023 NFPA 70 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
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     "published": "2024-03-29"
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    {
     "publisher": "Warren County, Ohio, Building Inspection Department",
     "title": "Ohio Code Changes — New Commercial Building Code in Effect on March 1, 2024",
     "url": "https://www.warrencountyohio.gov/bldginsp/doc/CodeChanges.pdf",
     "published": "undated"
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    {
     "publisher": "County of Summit, Ohio, Division of Building Standards",
     "title": "Building Standards — code update notices",
     "url": "https://co.summitoh.net/departments/Building-Standards.html",
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    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-44-01 Referenced standards (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-44-01_eff_4_15_24.pdf",
     "published": "2024-03-29"
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     "publisher": "UpCodes",
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  {
   "id": "C4",
   "claim": "Until that date Ohio houses were on the 2017 edition, so a house wired before spring 2024 was built to a different set of rules than one wired after.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "including the 2017 National Electrical Code with Ohio changes listed in Chapter 34",
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    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
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     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-34-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
     "published": "2018-12-14"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-44-01 Referenced standards (prior version, effective 7/1/2019)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-44-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
     "published": "2018"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "County of Summit, Ohio, Division of Building Standards",
     "title": "Building Standards — code update notices",
     "url": "https://co.summitoh.net/departments/Building-Standards.html",
     "published": "2024-02-26"
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  {
   "id": "C5",
   "claim": "The edition year is not printed in the electrical chapter itself; it is set in a separate referenced standards chapter, Ohio Administrative Code 4101:8-44-01.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "National Electrical Code (as modified in Chapter 34)",
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    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-34-01 Electrical (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-34-01_eff_4_15_24.pdf",
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    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-44-01 Referenced standards (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
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  {
   "id": "C6",
   "claim": "Ohio's nonresidential code, the 2024 Ohio Building Code, runs on the same 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code, so a house and a store in the same block are wired to one national standard.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Chapter 27 - Electrical - NFPA 70 - 2023",
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    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Board of Building Standards",
     "title": "Overview — 2024 Building Codes",
     "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/com.ohio.gov/documents/2024%20OBC%20Executive%20Summary%201.pdf",
     "published": "2024-01-30"
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    {
     "publisher": "Warren County, Ohio, Building Inspection Department",
     "title": "Ohio Code Changes — New Commercial Building Code in Effect on March 1, 2024",
     "url": "https://www.warrencountyohio.gov/bldginsp/doc/CodeChanges.pdf",
     "published": "undated"
    }
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  {
   "id": "C7",
   "claim": "Ohio's residential code keeps the national wiring rules almost whole: the chapter lists eight amendments, and only one of them touches anything in a bathroom.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "including the amendments (1) through (8) listed below",
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     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
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     "published": "2024-03-29"
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  {
   "id": "C8",
   "claim": "That one amendment narrows the ground-fault rule: Ohio's rule reaches 125-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles, where the national text reaches receptacles from 125 volts through 250 volts.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "All 125-volt, single phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacles installed in locations specified",
   "sources": [
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     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
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    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
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     "published": "undated"
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  {
   "id": "C10",
   "claim": "Ohio also deletes the national code's Section 210.8(D), which is the paragraph requiring ground-fault protection for certain named appliances.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Section 210.8(D) shall be deleted.",
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    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
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     "published": "2024-03-29"
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  {
   "id": "C11",
   "claim": "Ohio's arc-fault list names kitchens, family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, dens, bedrooms, closets, hallways, laundry rooms and other similar rooms, and does not name bathrooms.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "recreational rooms, closets, hallways, laundry rooms, or similar rooms or areas",
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     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-34-01 Electrical (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
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     "published": "2024-03-29"
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  {
   "id": "C12",
   "claim": "The exemption Ohio writes for a sump pump receptacle is what held the whole 2023 edition up: the Board of Building Standards withdrew its rules over a drafting error in that exemption and readopted them six weeks later.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "a drafting error affecting the existing exemption for sump pumps",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "County of Summit, Ohio, Division of Building Standards",
     "title": "Building Standards — code update notices",
     "url": "https://co.summitoh.net/departments/Building-Standards.html",
     "published": "2024-02-26"
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     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-34-01 Electrical (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
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     "published": "2024-03-29"
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  {
   "id": "C13",
   "claim": "Every receptacle in a bathroom needs ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection, under Section 210.8(A)(1) of the 2023 National Electrical Code.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "All receptacles located in bathrooms. [210.8(A)(1)]",
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    {
     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
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  {
   "id": "C14",
   "claim": "A bathroom gets at least one 20-ampere branch circuit for its receptacle outlets and that circuit is to have no other outlets, under Section 210.11(C)(3).",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "A single 20-ampere circuit shall be provided to supply the bathroom receptacle outlets",
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     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
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    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder Requirements",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/37/branch-circuit-and-feeder-requirements",
     "published": "undated"
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  {
   "id": "C15",
   "claim": "There is an exception: where that 20-ampere circuit serves a single bathroom, it may also feed other equipment in that same bathroom, which is how one circuit comes to carry the outlet, the lights and the fan.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Where a 20-ampere circuit supplies a single bathroom, outlets for other equipment",
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     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
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     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder Requirements",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/37/branch-circuit-and-feeder-requirements",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C16",
   "claim": "At least one receptacle outlet has to sit within 36 inches of the outside edge of each basin, under Section 210.52(D).",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "at least one receptacle shall be installed within 36 inches of each basin",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
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    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
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     "published": "undated"
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  },
  {
   "id": "C17",
   "claim": "That outlet goes on a wall or partition next to the basin, on the countertop, or on the side or face of the cabinet, and in no case more than 12 inches below the top of the counter.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "not more than 12 inches (305 mm) below the top of the sink",
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     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C18",
   "claim": "The 2023 edition drew a new keep-out zone for receptacles: Section 406.9(C) bars one inside the tub or shower and within 3 feet horizontally of any outside edge, from the floor to 8 feet above the tub rim or shower threshold.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Receptacles shall not be installed inside of the tub or shower or within",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.",
     "title": "Captain Code 2023 Web Portal — 406.9(C), 422.18(B) and 424.48",
     "url": "https://captaincode2023.leviton.com/node/339",
     "published": "2023"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 40, Devices and Luminaires",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/40/devices-and-luminaires",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "International Code Council",
     "title": "2023 NEC Changes — Educode list of changes (sessions 10 and 40)",
     "url": "https://www.iccsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/Session-10-and-40-2023-NEC-Changes.pdf",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C19",
   "claim": "Section 406.9(C) carries an exception for a small bathroom: where the room is narrower than the zone, the required outlet may go on the farthest wall, opposite the tub rim or shower threshold.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "shall be permitted to be installed opposite the bathtub rim or shower stall threshold",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.",
     "title": "Captain Code 2023 Web Portal — 406.9(C), 422.18(B) and 424.48",
     "url": "https://captaincode2023.leviton.com/node/339",
     "published": "2023"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 40, Devices and Luminaires",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/40/devices-and-luminaires",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C20",
   "claim": "The 2023 edition also added an exception allowing a single receptacle for an electronic toilet or bidet seat, so long as it is reachable and not in the space between the toilet and the tub or shower.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "a single receptacle shall be permitted for an electronic toilet or personal hygiene",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.",
     "title": "Captain Code 2023 Web Portal — 406.9(C), 422.18(B) and 424.48",
     "url": "https://captaincode2023.leviton.com/node/339",
     "published": "2023"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 40, Devices and Luminaires",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/40/devices-and-luminaires",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C21",
   "claim": "Ground-fault protection follows the tub out of the bathroom: a receptacle within 6 feet of the outside edge of a bathtub or shower stall needs it even where the tub sits in a bedroom or a converted room.",
   "status": "conflict",
   "quote": "within 6 feet (1829 mm) of the outside edge of a bathtub",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C22",
   "claim": "Nothing hung on a cord, chain or cable, no lighting track, no pendant and no ceiling fan with a light kit may have any part inside a zone 3 feet horizontally and 8 feet vertically from the top of the tub rim or shower threshold, under Section 410.10(D).",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "shall not have any parts located within a zone measured 3 feet (914 mm)",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 40, Devices and Luminaires",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/40/devices-and-luminaires",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "EC&M (Electrical Construction and Maintenance)",
     "title": "The Apprentice's Guide to Article 410",
     "url": "https://www.ecmweb.com/national-electrical-code/article/55139296/the-apprentices-guide-to-article-410",
     "published": "2024-09-12"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C23",
   "claim": "A light fixture that does sit inside the outline of the tub or shower, up to 8 feet above the rim or threshold, has to be marked for damp locations, or for wet locations where it is subject to shower spray.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "shall be marked suitable for damp locations or marked suitable for wet locations",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
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     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "EC&M (Electrical Construction and Maintenance)",
     "title": "The Apprentice's Guide to Article 410",
     "url": "https://www.ecmweb.com/national-electrical-code/article/55139296/the-apprentices-guide-to-article-410",
     "published": "2024-09-12"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C24",
   "claim": "The 2023 edition added a rule of its own for paddle fans: Section 422.18(B) says no metal part of a ceiling-suspended fan in a bathroom or shower space may sit inside that same 3-foot by 8-foot zone.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "No metal parts of ceiling-suspended (paddle) fans in bathrooms and shower spaces",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.",
     "title": "Captain Code 2023 Web Portal — 406.9(C), 422.18(B) and 424.48",
     "url": "https://captaincode2023.leviton.com/node/339",
     "published": "2023"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 41, Appliance Installation",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/41/appliance-installation",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "International Code Council",
     "title": "2023 NEC Changes — Educode list of changes (sessions 10 and 40)",
     "url": "https://www.iccsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/Session-10-and-40-2023-NEC-Changes.pdf",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C25",
   "claim": "A switch may not be installed inside a tub or shower space unless it is part of a listed tub or shower assembly, under Section 404.4(C).",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Switches shall not be installed within wet locations in tub or shower spaces",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 40, Devices and Luminaires",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/40/devices-and-luminaires",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "EC&M (Electrical Construction and Maintenance)",
     "title": "The Apprentice's Guide to Article 404",
     "url": "https://www.ecmweb.com/national-electrical-code/article/55125351/the-apprentices-guide-to-article-404",
     "published": "2024-07-11"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C26",
   "claim": "A bathroom has to have at least one lighting outlet controlled by a wall-mounted control device, under Section 210.70(A)(1).",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "At least one lighting outlet controlled by a listed wall-mounted control device",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
     "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
     "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
     "published": "2024-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C27",
   "claim": "The 2023 edition carries an exception at 210.8(A) Exception No. 4 for the receptacle built into a bathroom exhaust fan at the factory: where it is not readily reachable it does not itself need ground-fault protection, unless something else in the code calls for it.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "mounted internally to bathroom exhaust fan assemblies shall not require GFCI protection",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C28",
   "claim": "Ohio's residential code lets a bathroom have either a window or a fan: Section 303.3 asks for 3 square feet of glazing with half of it openable, and excuses that where there is artificial light and a local exhaust system.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "The glazed areas shall not be required where artificial light and a local exhaust",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-3-01 Building planning (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 3)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-3-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
     "published": "2019-07-01"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "Ohio Residential Code 2019 — chapters 1, 3 and 15",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/ohio/irc-2018/chapter/15/exhaust-systems",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C29",
   "claim": "Where the fan is the answer, Ohio's Table 1505.4.4 sets a bathroom or toilet room at 50 cubic feet per minute run intermittently, or 20 continuously.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Mechanical exhaust capacity of 50 cfm intermittent or 20 cfm continuous",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-15-01 Exhaust systems (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 15)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-15-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
     "published": "2019-07-01"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "Ohio Residential Code 2019 — chapters 1, 3 and 15",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/ohio/irc-2018/chapter/15/exhaust-systems",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C30",
   "claim": "The same exception says the exhaust air has to leave the house, not the room: it must be discharged directly to the outdoors.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Exhaust air from the space shall be exhausted directly to the outdoors.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-3-01 Building planning (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 3)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-3-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
     "published": "2019-07-01"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "Ohio Residential Code 2019 — chapters 1, 3 and 15",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/ohio/irc-2018/chapter/15/exhaust-systems",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C31",
   "claim": "A heated tile floor in a bathroom needs ground-fault protection for its heating cables, under Section 424.44(E) for cables in concrete or masonry and 424.45(E) for cables under a floor covering.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "electric heating cables embedded in concrete or poured masonry floors in bathrooms",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "424.44 Installation of Cables in Concrete or Poured Masonry Floors — section index",
     "url": "https://up.codes/s/installation-of-cables-in-concrete-or-poured-masonry-floors",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C32",
   "claim": "In Columbus the mat has to be seen before it disappears: the city's building department says all heat mats and cables must be inspected before they are covered by any floor covering, including thin-set mortar and tile.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "all heat mats and cables must be inspected before they are covered",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
     "title": "Construction Industry Communication #19 — Installation of Floor Heat Mats and Cables",
     "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/4/bzs/cic/construction-industry-communication-19-floor-heat-mats-2026.pdf",
     "published": "2009-07-01"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Licking County, Ohio, Building Code Department",
     "title": "Determining When an Electrical Service Requires Approvals and Inspections",
     "url": "https://lickingcounty.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=108506",
     "published": "2021-09-10"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C34",
   "claim": "A hydromassage bathtub gets its own branch circuit and a reachable ground-fault device under Section 680.71, and any 125-volt single-phase receptacle within 6 feet of the inside walls of the tub is protected too.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "protected by a readily accessible ground-fault circuit interrupter",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 42, Swimming Pools",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/42/swimming-pools",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C35",
   "claim": "Ohio Revised Code chapter 4740 creates five contractor credentials — electrical, heating and air conditioning, refrigeration, plumbing and hydronics — and no journeyman or residential electrician category at all.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "issues licenses to qualified electrical, Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), plumbing",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Ohio Revised Code Section 4740.01 Construction industry licensing definitions",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.01",
     "published": "2014-09-17"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce",
     "title": "Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board",
     "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/lookup-and-locate/boards/ocilb",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C36",
   "claim": "That credential is written for commercial work: the statute defines the projects it covers as buildings subject to Ohio's building law but not a residential building.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "but not an industrialized unit or a residential building as defined in",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Ohio Revised Code Section 4740.01 Construction industry licensing definitions",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.01",
     "published": "2014-09-17"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce",
     "title": "Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board",
     "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/lookup-and-locate/boards/ocilb",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C37",
   "claim": "Columbus does not issue an electrical credential of its own; it registers a contractor who already holds the state one, and the only journeyperson credential on its list is for plumbing.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "The following information pertains to registrations issued to: Electrical Contractor",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
     "title": "Contractor Licenses",
     "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Business-Licenses-Resources/Contractor-Licenses",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
     "title": "OCILB Contractor Application",
     "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/5/building-and-zoning/document-library/ocilb-contractor-application2025-1.pdf",
     "published": "2026-03"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C38",
   "claim": "Ohio's certification rule makes an electrical inspector a condition of being a residential building department, while the plumbing inspector is required only if the department enforces plumbing.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Person(s) with level 2 or 3 electrical safety inspector specialization.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:7-2-01 Building department certification requirements",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/authenticated/4101/7/2/4101$7-2-01_20250701.pdf",
     "published": "2025-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C39",
   "claim": "In Columbus the Department of Building and Zoning Services runs the electrical inspections, and its electrical permit application carries boxes for one-family and two- to three-family structures.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Electrical inspections determine that electrical wiring, equipment, and systems are installed in accordance",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
     "title": "Electrical (building inspections)",
     "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Building-Zoning-Services/Building-Inspections/Electrical",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
     "title": "Electrical Permit Application",
     "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/1/building-and-zoning/document-library/electric-permit-application.pdf",
     "published": "2026-03"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C40",
   "claim": "Outside a city, in unincorporated Franklin County, the county building department is the office that issues permits for one-, two- and three-family structures under the Residential Code of Ohio.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "responsible for issuing building permits for 1-, 2- and 3-family residential structures",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Franklin County, Ohio, Economic Development and Planning Department",
     "title": "Building — Building Permits",
     "url": "https://www.franklincountyohio.gov/Business-Development/Development-and-Planning/Building-Permits/Building",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Board of Building Standards",
     "title": "Residential Building Department Certification List",
     "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/61a8e259-f536-4d2e-a30e-02e492f4cc91/bbst_ResidentialBuildingDepartmentList.pdf?MOD=AJPERES",
     "published": "2023-08-16"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C41",
   "claim": "Delaware County requires a permit before anyone installs, alters, repairs, removes or replaces an electrical system regulated by the state's building or residential code, and its electrical application covers single, two- and three-family alterations.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical, plumbing system",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Delaware County, Ohio, Department of Building Safety",
     "title": "The Building Code of Delaware County, Ohio",
     "url": "https://buildingsafety.co.delaware.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/Delaware-County-Building-Code-8-16-23-FINAL.pdf",
     "published": "2023-10-02"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Delaware County, Ohio, Department of Building Safety",
     "title": "Application for Electrical Permit",
     "url": "https://buildingsafety.co.delaware.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/Electric-App.pdf",
     "published": "2026-03-19"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C42",
   "claim": "Licking County's building code department says a permanent electrical service to a site-built house needs an approval and an inspection, and that all customer-installed electrical components must be inspected before they are covered or energized.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "all customer-installed electrical components must be inspected prior to covering or energizing",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Licking County, Ohio, Building Code Department",
     "title": "Determining When an Electrical Service Requires Approvals and Inspections",
     "url": "https://lickingcounty.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=108506",
     "published": "2021-09-10"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Board of Building Standards",
     "title": "Residential Building Department Certification List",
     "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/61a8e259-f536-4d2e-a30e-02e492f4cc91/bbst_ResidentialBuildingDepartmentList.pdf?MOD=AJPERES",
     "published": "2023-08-16"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C43",
   "claim": "Fairfield County is the exception in Central Ohio: its county building department covers commercial construction and says it does not regulate one-, two- and three-family structures, and the county is absent from the state's residential certification list.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "except for residential one-, two-, and three-family structures",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Fairfield County, Ohio, Regional Planning Commission / Building Department",
     "title": "Building Department",
     "url": "https://www.co.fairfield.oh.us/building-department/",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Board of Building Standards",
     "title": "Residential Building Department Certification List",
     "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/61a8e259-f536-4d2e-a30e-02e492f4cc91/bbst_ResidentialBuildingDepartmentList.pdf?MOD=AJPERES",
     "published": "2023-08-16"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C44",
   "claim": "Ohio's residential code exempts a short list of electrical work from approval, including reinstalling a receptacle device but not its outlet, and replacing a branch circuit breaker of the same capacity and type in the same place.",
   "status": "verified",
   "quote": "Reinstallation of attachment plug receptacles but not the outlets thereof",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
     "title": "Rule 4101:8-1-01 Administration (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 1)",
     "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-1-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
     "published": "2019-07-01"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "UpCodes",
     "title": "Ohio Residential Code 2019 — chapters 1, 3 and 15",
     "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/ohio/irc-2018/chapter/15/exhaust-systems",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C45",
   "claim": "The Consumer Product Safety Commission says houses built before 1965 are unlikely to have aluminum branch circuit wiring, and that cables installed between 1965 and the mid 1970s in new houses, in additions and in rewired circuits may contain it.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Homes built before 1965 are unlikely to have aluminum branch circuit wiring.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission",
     "title": "Repairing Aluminum Wiring, Publication 516",
     "url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/516.pdf",
     "published": "2011-06"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C46",
   "claim": "The same publication says the cable is hard to tell apart by eye and asks a homeowner to read the printing on the jacket, where aluminum cable is marked Al or Aluminum.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Cable with aluminum conductors will have \"Al\" or \"Aluminum\" and other information",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission",
     "title": "Repairing Aluminum Wiring, Publication 516",
     "url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/516.pdf",
     "published": "2011-06"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C47",
   "claim": "In the commission's own words the hazard sits at the joints, not along the wire: it says the fire hazard it investigated occurs at connections with aluminum wire, and it tells a homeowner not to attempt the work.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "The fire hazard investigated by CPSC occurs at connections with aluminum wire",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission",
     "title": "Repairing Aluminum Wiring, Publication 516",
     "url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/516.pdf",
     "published": "2011-06"
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "conflicts": [
  {
   "claim_id": "C21",
   "a": "210.8(A)(10) is the item covering receptacles within 6 feet of a bathtub or shower stall in the 2023 edition",
   "a_source": "S9",
   "b": "210.8(A)(9) is that item",
   "b_source": "S10",
   "printed": "print A because the model residential code's 2024 edition is correlated to the 2023 National Electrical Code and brackets each of its GFCI sections to a source item in order, putting boathouses at (A)(9) and bathtubs at (A)(10); it also matches Ohio's own rule, which points at twelve items (A)(1) through (A)(12) where the 2020 edition had eleven. The Weld County handout appears to carry the older numbering forward. Safer still: the page may state the requirement and cite 210.8(A) without the item number."
  },
  {
   "claim_id": "C31",
   "a": "424.44(E) is the ground-fault paragraph for heating cables in concrete floors",
   "a_source": "S9",
   "b": "424.44(G) is that paragraph",
   "b_source": "trade articles written to the 2014 edition",
   "printed": "print A because both the model residential code's 2024 bracket and UpCodes' index of the 2020 edition put the paragraph at (E); (G) is the 2014 lettering and is still repeated in older trade writing. VERIFIER 2026-09-06: an independent web search for a second publisher turned up a floor-heating-cable manufacturer (WarmlyYours) tech-tips page that also uses the old \"424.44(G)\" lettering, which corroborates that (G) is genuinely still in circulation rather than a one-off trade-article artifact, but does not change the resolution toward (E) for the current edition; it was not added as a claim source because it does not confirm the currently-correct letter."
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "id": "S1",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-34-01 Electrical (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-34-01_eff_4_15_24.pdf",
   "published": "2024-03-29"
  },
  {
   "id": "S2",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-44-01 Referenced standards (final rule text, effective 4/15/2024)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-44-01_eff_4_15_24.pdf",
   "published": "2024-03-29"
  },
  {
   "id": "S3",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-34-01 Electrical (prior version, effective 7/1/2019)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-34-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
   "published": "2018-12-14"
  },
  {
   "id": "S4",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-44-01 Referenced standards (prior version, effective 7/1/2019)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-44-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
   "published": "2018"
  },
  {
   "id": "S5",
   "publisher": "Warren County, Ohio, Building Inspection Department",
   "title": "Ohio Code Changes — New Commercial Building Code in Effect on March 1, 2024",
   "url": "https://www.warrencountyohio.gov/bldginsp/doc/CodeChanges.pdf",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S6",
   "publisher": "County of Summit, Ohio, Division of Building Standards",
   "title": "Building Standards — code update notices",
   "url": "https://co.summitoh.net/departments/Building-Standards.html",
   "published": "2024-02-26"
  },
  {
   "id": "S7",
   "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Board of Building Standards",
   "title": "Overview — 2024 Building Codes",
   "url": "https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/com.ohio.gov/documents/2024%20OBC%20Executive%20Summary%201.pdf",
   "published": "2024-01-30"
  },
  {
   "id": "S8",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "Ohio Electrical Code 2023 (Adopts With Amendments NFPA 70, 2023)",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/ohio/nfpa-70-2023",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S9",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 39, Power and Lighting Distribution",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/39/power-and-lighting-distribution",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S10",
   "publisher": "Weld County, Colorado, Department of Planning Services, Building Inspection Division",
   "title": "Basic Requirements for Wiring a Single Family Dwelling",
   "url": "https://www.weld.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/5/departments/building/documents/handouts/residential/basic-wiring-requirements.pdf",
   "published": "2024-07"
  },
  {
   "id": "S11",
   "publisher": "Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.",
   "title": "Captain Code 2023 Web Portal — 406.9(C), 422.18(B) and 424.48",
   "url": "https://captaincode2023.leviton.com/node/339",
   "published": "2023"
  },
  {
   "id": "S12",
   "publisher": "International Code Council",
   "title": "2023 NEC Changes — Educode list of changes (sessions 10 and 40)",
   "url": "https://www.iccsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/Session-10-and-40-2023-NEC-Changes.pdf",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S13",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-15-01 Exhaust systems (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 15)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-15-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
   "published": "2019-07-01"
  },
  {
   "id": "S14",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-3-01 Building planning (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 3)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-3-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
   "published": "2019-07-01"
  },
  {
   "id": "S15",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:8-1-01 Administration (Residential Code of Ohio chapter 1)",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/rules/4101/8/4101$8-1-01_eff_7_1_19.pdf",
   "published": "2019-07-01"
  },
  {
   "id": "S16",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Rule 4101:7-2-01 Building department certification requirements",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/administrative-code/authenticated/4101/7/2/4101$7-2-01_20250701.pdf",
   "published": "2025-07-01"
  },
  {
   "id": "S17",
   "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce, Board of Building Standards",
   "title": "Residential Building Department Certification List",
   "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/61a8e259-f536-4d2e-a30e-02e492f4cc91/bbst_ResidentialBuildingDepartmentList.pdf?MOD=AJPERES",
   "published": "2023-08-16"
  },
  {
   "id": "S18",
   "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
   "title": "Contractor Licenses",
   "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Business-Licenses-Resources/Contractor-Licenses",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S19",
   "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
   "title": "OCILB Contractor Application",
   "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/5/building-and-zoning/document-library/ocilb-contractor-application2025-1.pdf",
   "published": "2026-03"
  },
  {
   "id": "S20",
   "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
   "title": "Electrical (building inspections)",
   "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Building-Zoning-Services/Building-Inspections/Electrical",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S21",
   "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
   "title": "Electrical Permit Application",
   "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/1/building-and-zoning/document-library/electric-permit-application.pdf",
   "published": "2026-03"
  },
  {
   "id": "S22",
   "publisher": "City of Columbus, Department of Building and Zoning Services",
   "title": "Construction Industry Communication #19 — Installation of Floor Heat Mats and Cables",
   "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/4/bzs/cic/construction-industry-communication-19-floor-heat-mats-2026.pdf",
   "published": "2009-07-01"
  },
  {
   "id": "S23",
   "publisher": "Franklin County, Ohio, Economic Development and Planning Department",
   "title": "Building — Building Permits",
   "url": "https://www.franklincountyohio.gov/Business-Development/Development-and-Planning/Building-Permits/Building",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S24",
   "publisher": "Delaware County, Ohio, Department of Building Safety",
   "title": "The Building Code of Delaware County, Ohio",
   "url": "https://buildingsafety.co.delaware.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/Delaware-County-Building-Code-8-16-23-FINAL.pdf",
   "published": "2023-10-02"
  },
  {
   "id": "S25",
   "publisher": "Delaware County, Ohio, Department of Building Safety",
   "title": "Application for Electrical Permit",
   "url": "https://buildingsafety.co.delaware.oh.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/Electric-App.pdf",
   "published": "2026-03-19"
  },
  {
   "id": "S26",
   "publisher": "Licking County, Ohio, Building Code Department",
   "title": "Determining When an Electrical Service Requires Approvals and Inspections",
   "url": "https://lickingcounty.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=108506",
   "published": "2021-09-10"
  },
  {
   "id": "S27",
   "publisher": "Fairfield County, Ohio, Regional Planning Commission / Building Department",
   "title": "Building Department",
   "url": "https://www.co.fairfield.oh.us/building-department/",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S28",
   "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules (codes.ohio.gov)",
   "title": "Ohio Revised Code Section 4740.01 Construction industry licensing definitions",
   "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.01",
   "published": "2014-09-17"
  },
  {
   "id": "S29",
   "publisher": "Ohio Department of Commerce",
   "title": "Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board",
   "url": "https://com.ohio.gov/lookup-and-locate/boards/ocilb",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S30",
   "publisher": "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission",
   "title": "Repairing Aluminum Wiring, Publication 516",
   "url": "https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/516.pdf",
   "published": "2011-06"
  },
  {
   "id": "S31",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "Ohio Residential Code 2019 — chapters 1, 3 and 15",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/ohio/irc-2018/chapter/15/exhaust-systems",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S32",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "424.44 Installation of Cables in Concrete or Poured Masonry Floors — section index",
   "url": "https://up.codes/s/installation-of-cables-in-concrete-or-poured-masonry-floors",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S33",
   "publisher": "EC&M (Electrical Construction and Maintenance)",
   "title": "The Apprentice's Guide to Article 410",
   "url": "https://www.ecmweb.com/national-electrical-code/article/55139296/the-apprentices-guide-to-article-410",
   "published": "2024-09-12"
  },
  {
   "id": "S34",
   "publisher": "EC&M (Electrical Construction and Maintenance)",
   "title": "The Apprentice's Guide to Article 404",
   "url": "https://www.ecmweb.com/national-electrical-code/article/55125351/the-apprentices-guide-to-article-404",
   "published": "2024-07-11"
  },
  {
   "id": "S35",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder Requirements",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/37/branch-circuit-and-feeder-requirements",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S36",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 40, Devices and Luminaires",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/40/devices-and-luminaires",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S37",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 41, Appliance Installation",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/41/appliance-installation",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S38",
   "publisher": "UpCodes",
   "title": "GSA Residential Code 2024 (International Residential Code 2024), chapter 42, Swimming Pools",
   "url": "https://up.codes/viewer/general-services-administration/irc-2024/chapter/42/swimming-pools",
   "published": "undated"
  }
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}