You realize your team installed a circuit that does not meet code requirements, but the city inspector reviewed the work, missed the error, and gave final approval. Which of the following statements is true regarding this approved but noncompliant work?

If your crew installed wiring that you know does not meet code requirements, but the installation later passes the city inspection, you are no longer obligated to correct the noncompliant work.

Match each code compliance scenario with the correct action your electrical contracting business must take, applying the principle that an inspection approval does not cure noncompliant work.

Analyze the chronological breakdown of a contractor's liability by ordering the sequence of events that demonstrates why an electrical business must never rely on a municipal inspection approval to hide known noncompliant work.

You are evaluating the legal and financial risk of a project where your crew knowingly left a code violation in the walls because the municipal inspector missed it and passed the rough-in. You decide to spend the money to reopen the walls and fix the error. You justify this decision to your business partner by explaining that a mistaken inspection approval does not grant ____ to leave known noncompliant work in place.

You are writing the quality-control section of your new electrical contracting company's field operations manual. You need to include a policy that tells your crews exactly what to do when they discover that work they already installed does not meet code requirements. Which of the following draft policy statements would best protect your company and your customers?