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LAWS & REGULATIONS
much more attention lately.
" We monitor a lot of things, " Wilson
says, pointing to the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA), what's
coming out of it and the role it plays;
gaining access to certain projects; and
showing vaccination cards or COVID-19
test results. " There is a lot of proposed legislation
waiting to move forward because
nobody knows right now if this pandemic
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is going to get better, get worse or stay
the same, " Wilson adds.
Along with the above, NSCA also
monitors import and export policy and
how it can encumber business operations.
According to Wilson, " As bad as the supply
chain is right now, we don't want regulations
to make it worse. [We look at] what
our status is with tariff s, taxation, what's
exempt and what's non-exempt. "
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What All this Means for Integrators
As Potterf puts it, half the battle is just for
integrators and other companies to make
their voices heard. To have a resounding
impact, integrators must be cognizant of
proposed rules and regulations and then
show up to advocate for (or against) them.
" If I were an integrator, " Potterf says, " I
would join the appropriate group and sign
up for emails, etc., to get notifi ed. Once
that happens, [the organizations] then
know where you [are]. " If your fi rms are on
NSCA's radar, the association is better positioned
to rally members and non-members
alike to submit letters and make our
industry's voice heard when legislation is
proposed in your city or state.
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Although this conversation began with
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proposed PoE legislation in Houston,
Wilson and LeBlanc know that there's much
more that ties into helping integrators run
their businesses well. Thus, NSCA tries
to monitor the entire legal and regulatory
ecosystem. Wilson feels that upcoming
legislative battles involving everything
from cybersecurity to school safety could
substantially aff ect the integration industry.
" We try to be the watchdog on every
type of regulation, code, compliance [matter],
license or law that you have [to adhere
to] to operate within the law, " Wilson says.
From NSCA's work, our industry - and the
integrators who populate it - benefi ts. CI
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