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20-22-613. Actions.
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20-22-613. Actions.
(a) No portable fire extinguisher or fixed fire protection system may be sold or installed in this state unless it carries a label of approval of a nationally recognized testing laboratory approved by the Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board.
(b) No soda acid or foam acid type fire extinguisher shall be sold or offered for sale in this state.
(c) Every person or firm servicing any portable fire extinguisher in this state shall service the portable fire extinguisher under the standards and procedures prescribed in the rules of the board.
(d) Every person installing or servicing a portable fire extinguisher, a fixed fire protection system, or a fire protection sprinkler system in this state shall affix a tag thereto showing the name of the person and firm selling, installing, or servicing the portable fire extinguisher, fixed fire protection system, or fire protection sprinkler system and the date of the installation or service.
(e) The sale, servicing, or recharging of carbon tetrachloride fire extinguishers in this state is prohibited.
(f) Except as provided in § 20-22-603, only the holder of a current and valid license or an apprentice permit issued under this subchapter may service portable fire extinguishers, install and maintain fixed fire protection systems, or install or maintain fire protection sprinkler systems.
(g) A person who has been issued a license or permit under this subchapter to service portable fire extinguishers, install or service fixed fire protection systems, or install and service fire protection sprinkler systems shall be an employee, agent, or servant of a firm that holds a current and valid certificate of registration issued under this subchapter.
(h) Installation and servicing of fixed fire protection s
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-613
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20-22-613. Actions.
(a) No portable fire extinguisher or fixed fire protection system may be sold or installed in this state unless it carries a label of approval of a nationally recognized testing laboratory approved by the Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board.
(b) No soda acid or foam acid type fire extinguisher shall be sold or offered for sale in this state.
(c) Every person or firm servicing any portable fire extinguisher in this state shall service the portable fire extinguisher under the standards and procedures prescribed in the rules of the board.
(d) Every person installing or servicing a portable fire extinguisher, a fixed fire protection system, or a fire protection sprinkler system in this state shall affix a tag thereto showing the name of the person and firm selling, installing, or servicing the portable fire extinguisher, fixed fire protection system, or fire protection sprinkler system and the date of the installation or service.
(e) The sale, servicing, or recharging of carbon tetrachloride fire extinguishers in this state is prohibited.
(f) Except as provided in § 20-22-603, only the holder of a current and valid license or an apprentice permit issued under this subchapter may service portable fire extinguishers, install and maintain fixed fire protection systems, or install or maintain fire protection sprinkler systems.
(g) A person who has been issued a license or permit under this subchapter to service portable fire extinguishers, install or service fixed fire protection systems, or install and service fire protection sprinkler systems shall be an employee, agent, or servant of a firm that holds a current and valid certificate of registration issued under this subchapter.
(h) Installation and servicing of fixed fire protection systems shall be accomplished under the rules of the board.
(i) Installation and servicing of fire protection sprinkler systems shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules of the board.
(j)(1) Any fire protection sprinkler system that was installed before September 1, 1985, shall be serviced, maintained, inspected, and repaired under current rules of the board.
(2) Any fixed fire protection system that was installed before January 1, 1979, shall be serviced, maintained, inspected, and repaired under current rules of the board.
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20-22-603. Exceptions.
The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to the following:
(1) The filling or charging of a portable fire extinguisher by the manufacturer before its initial sale;
(2) The visual inspections by a firm of its own portable fire extinguishers, fixed fire protection systems, or fire protection sprinkler systems by its own personnel who are specifically trained to conduct visual inspections;
(3) The hydrostatic testing by a firm of its own United States Department of Transportation-specification compressed gas cylinders used for or with fire extinguishers or its own pressure vessels, other than United States Department of Transportation-specification cylinders used as fire extinguishers, when the testing is performed by personnel of the firm who have been specially trained to perform the testing;
(4) Firms engaged in the retailing or wholesaling of portable fire extinguishers as defined in § 20-22-602 but not engaged in the installing, servicing, or recharging of portable fire extinguishers are exempt from the registration and licensing provisions outlined in § 20-22-610, but all other provisions of this subchapter shall apply;
(5) Fire departments recharging portable fire extinguishers for fire department use only if:
(A) The fire department personnel performing the services are trained in the proper filling and recharging of the portable fire extinguishers;
(B) All work is performed according to the standards adopted and the rules of the Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board and the National Fire Protection Association pamphlet number ten (No. 10): Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers;
(C)(i) Each of the fire department personnel performing the filling and recharging of the portable fire extinguishers holds a current app
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-603
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-22-603. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.