The 2017 NEC will require all appliances to be NRTL listed. I wonder how that will be enforced? Individual states adopt the NEC into law. I don't know what the actual state statutes look like for the current NEC, I imagine specific statutes would need to be written to deal with this new requirement, assuming the states adopt it. Doesn't make sense to enforce that on the consumer/owner on the manner that OSHA enforces workplace compliance on the workplace owner. Appliances present during a AHJ inspection could be checked but that would be a very small percentage of appliances. The requirement would have to be put on the in-state retailers which probably couldn't be enforced on out of state shippers the same way that collecting sales tax from out of state shippers is challenged. Perhaps it could be made to apply to manufacturers within the state. Perhaps it can be enforced at the federal level for imports that have to clear customs.
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