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25-12-5
Section 25-12-5 Installation and operation to conform with rules and regulations. No
boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the department
governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state
after 12 months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter
pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective, unless the boiler
or pressure vessel is of special design or construction and is not inconsistent with the spirit
and safety objectives of the rules and regulations, in that event, a special installation
and operating permit may be granted by the department. (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §5.)...
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25-12-4
Section 25-12-4 Rules and regulations. (a)(1) The department, with the advice of the
board, shall formulate definitions, rules, and regulations for the safe construction, installation,
inspection, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in this state. (2) The
definitions, rules, and regulations formulated for new construction shall be based upon and
at all times follow the generally accepted nationwide engineering standards, formulas, and
practices established and pertaining to boiler and pressure vessel construction and safety.
The department, with the advice of the board, may adopt an existing published codification,
known as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
with the amendments and interpretations made and approved by the council of the society, and
may adopt the amendments and interpretations subsequently made and published by the same authority.
When adopted, the codification shall be deemed to be incorporated into...
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25-12-15
Section 25-12-15 Inspection report; maintenance of records; inspection certificate.
(a) Each company employing special inspectors, within 30 days following each certificate inspection
made by the inspectors, shall file a report of the inspection with the chief inspector upon
appropriate forms as promulgated by the secretary. The filing of reports of external inspections,
other than certificate inspections, shall not be required except when the inspections disclose
that the boiler or pressure vessel is in a dangerous condition. (b) Each company operating
pressure vessels covered by an owner or user inspection service meeting the requirements of
subsection (a) of Section 25-12-10 shall maintain in its files an inspection record
which shall list, by number and any abbreviated description necessary for identification,
each pressure vessel covered by this chapter, the date of the last inspection of each pressure
vessel, and the approximate date for the next inspection. The inspection record...
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25-12-14
Section 25-12-14 Certificate inspection. (a) The secretary, the chief inspector, or
any deputy inspector shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the
state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed for use in, or is being installed
in, this state for the purpose of ascertaining whether the boiler or pressure vessel is being
constructed and installed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b)(1) On and
after January 1, 2002, each boiler and pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within
this state, except for pressure vessels covered by an owner or user inspection service as
described in subsection (d) or except for boilers or pressure vessels exempt under Section
25-12-7, owners and users may request to waive this exemption, shall be thoroughly inspected
as to their construction, installation, and condition as follows: a. Power boilers and high
pressure, high temperature water boilers shall receive a certificate inspection...
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25-12-7
Section 25-12-7 Exceptions. (a) This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers
and pressure vessels: (1) Boilers and pressure vessels under federal control or under regulations
of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 192 and 193. (2) Pressure vessels used
for transportation and storage of compressed or liquefied gases when constructed in compliance
with specifications of the United States Department of Transportation and when charged with
gas or liquid, marked, maintained, and periodically requalified for use, as required by appropriate
regulations of the United States Department of Transportation. (3) Pressure vessels located
on vehicles operating under the rules of other state or federal authorities and used for carrying
passengers or freight. (4) Air tanks installed on the right of way of railroads and used directly
in the operation of trains. (5) Pressure vessels that do not exceed any of the following weights
and measures: a. Five cubic feet in volume and 250...
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25-12-6
Section 25-12-6 Maximum allowable working pressure. (a) The maximum allowable working
pressure of a boiler carrying the ASME Code symbol or of a pressure vessel carrying the ASME
or API-ASME symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code under which
it was constructed and stamped. Subject to the concurrence of the enforcement authority at
the point of installation, the boiler or pressure vessel may be rerated in accordance with
the rules of a later edition of the ASME Code and in accordance with the rules of the National
Board Inspection Code or API 510, as applicable. (b) The maximum allowable working pressure
of a boiler or pressure vessel which does not carry the ASME or the API-ASME Code symbol shall
be computed in accordance with the Inspection Code of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Inspectors. (c) This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the use, the sale, or
the reinstallation of a boiler or pressure vessel referred to in this section,...
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25-12-8
Section 25-12-8 Chief inspector. (a) The secretary may appoint as chief inspector a
citizen of this state who at the time of the appointment shall have not less than five years'
experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair
of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam operating engineer,
boilermaker, or boiler inspector and who shall pass the same type of examination prescribed
under Section 25-12-11. The chief inspector may be removed for cause after due investigation
by the board and its recommendation to the secretary. (b) The chief inspector, if authorized
by the secretary, shall be charged, directed, and empowered to do all of the following: (1)
To take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the state governing the use of
boilers and pressure vessels to which this chapter applies and of the rules and regulations
of the department. (2) To keep a complete record of the name of each owner or...
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25-12-10
Section 25-12-10 Special inspectors. (a) In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized
by Section 25-12-9, the secretary, upon the request of any company licensed to insure
and insuring in this state boilers and pressure vessels, or upon the request of any company
operating pressure vessels in this state for which the owner or user maintains a regularly
established inspection service which is under the supervision of one or more technically competent
individuals whose qualifications are satisfactory to the department and causes the pressure
vessels to be regularly inspected and rated by the inspection service in accordance with applicable
provisions of the rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to Section
25-12-4, shall issue to each inspector of the insurance company a certificate of competency
as a special inspector and to each inspector of the company operating a pressure vessel a
certificate of competency as owner or user inspectors. Each inspector before...
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25-12-18
Section 25-12-18 Disposition of fees. The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel
required by this chapter to be inspected by the chief inspector or his or her deputy inspector
shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon completion of inspection, fees as prescribed
in rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary. Pressure vessel certificates of inspection
fees shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) annually. The chief inspector shall transfer all fees
received to a separate fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the department for its
operation. All funds, pursuant to this chapter, deposited in the State Treasury shall be appropriated
by the Legislature to the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the Budget Management Act and Article
4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. All fees collected above the appropriated amount shall be transferred
to the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year. (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §18; Act 2009-26,
p. 85, §3.)...
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33-5-22
Section 33-5-22 Safety equipment and lights; flags; capacity plate; flame arrestor,
etc., for carburetor. (a) Every vessel while being operated on the waters of this state shall
be equipped with reasonable safety devices and lights as may be required under regulations
promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. No person shall operate
or give permission for the operation of a vessel which is not equipped as is required by rules
and regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner of the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources. (b) All such safety equipment and safety lights required by this section
shall meet such standards as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may from
time to time establish as minimum equipment, and all such safety equipment and safety lights
above the minimum requirements which are required by the rules and regulations of the Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources shall conform with specific standards...
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