§ 58-82A-1.1.  Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Article:

(1) Assistant display operator. - An individual who, under the supervision of the display operator, assists with the safety, setup, and discharge of a pyrotechnic display and who is licensed pursuant to this Article.

(2) Event employee. - An individual who works under the supervision of the display operator and who assists with the safety, setup, and discharge of a pyrotechnic display but does not handle the pyrotechnic materials.

(3) Outdoor pyrotechnics display. - A pyrotechnic display that is outdoors and uses 1.4G, 1.3G, 1.2G, and 1.1G pyrotechnics and is a minimum of 75 feet from the audience in accordance with NFPA 1123.

(4) Proximate audience display. - A display of pyrotechnics that occurs within a building or structure or that occurs outside before an audience within 75 feet of the pyrotechnics in accordance with NFPA 1126.

(5) Proximate audience display operator. - An individual who is responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the proximate audience display and who is licensed under this Article.

(6) Pyrotechnics. - All fireworks not exempted by G.S. 14-414 and that are used for professional outdoor displays and classified as fireworks by UN0333 (1.1G), UN0334 (1.2G), UN0335 (1.3G), or UN0336 (1.4G) by the United States Department of Transportation under 49 C.F.R. § 172.101.

(7) Pyrotechnics display operator. - An individual who is responsible for the safety, setup, and discharge of the pyrotechnic display, who is responsible for the supervision of personnel at the pyrotechnic display, and who is licensed under this Article.

(8) Supervision. - The direction and management of the activities of personnel in the safety, setup, handling, and display of an outdoor pyrotechnic display, a proximate audience display, or a flame effect display. (2010-22, s. 2.)