scope:

This committee shall consist of a Correlating Committee and Code-Making Panels. It shall have primary responsibility for preparing documents on minimizing the risk of electricity as a source of electric shock and as an ignition source of fires and explosions. The Committee shall also be responsible for developing requirements to minimize the propagation of fire and explosions due to electrical installations.

The NEC is the most widely adopted set of electrical safety requirements in the world and is offered for use in law and for regulatory purposes in the interest of life and property protection. NFPA's model state law on inspection of electrical installations is entitled "The Model Law Providing for Inspection of Electrical Installations." The model law was prepared by the NFPA Advisory Committee on the Adoption and Use of the National Electrical Code and Related Documents as a guide for those jurisdictions that do not have formalized electrical inspection procedures or those that desire to amend their electrical inspection laws, as well as a guide to adoption of the NEC. The model law is intended for use by states and municipalities.