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20-23-301. Certificate of inspection required — Application of rules and standards — Penalties.
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20-23-301. Certificate of inspection required — Application of rules and standards — Penalties.
(a)(1) No owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel or engineer or fireman in charge of a boiler or pressure vessel shall operate or allow the boiler or pressure vessel to be operated without a certificate of inspection issued by the Director of the Division of Labor or shall allow a greater pressure in the boiler or pressure vessel than is allowed by the certificate of inspection.
(2)(A) All boilers and pressure vessels installed or in operation in this state shall conform to those rules and standards that shall from time to time be adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division with the approval of the director.
(B) The rules and standards shall not exceed those set out in the several sections of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and shall have the force of law immediately upon their approval by the director.
(3) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler or unfired pressure vessel on which the certificate of inspection has been suspended or the operation of which has been forbidden by an inspector as provided in §§ 20-23-203, 20-23-306, 20-23-310, 20-23-401, and 20-23-402.
(4) All pressure piping installed in this state shall conform to those rules and standards that shall from time to time be adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division with the approval of the director. The rules and standards shall not exceed those set out in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Pressure Piping, Power Piping Code, B31.1.
(b) Any person violating this section shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-23-301
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20-23-301. Certificate of inspection required — Application of rules and standards — Penalties.
(a)(1) No owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel or engineer or fireman in charge of a boiler or pressure vessel shall operate or allow the boiler or pressure vessel to be operated without a certificate of inspection issued by the Director of the Division of Labor or shall allow a greater pressure in the boiler or pressure vessel than is allowed by the certificate of inspection.
(2)(A) All boilers and pressure vessels installed or in operation in this state shall conform to those rules and standards that shall from time to time be adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division with the approval of the director.
(B) The rules and standards shall not exceed those set out in the several sections of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and shall have the force of law immediately upon their approval by the director.
(3) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler or unfired pressure vessel on which the certificate of inspection has been suspended or the operation of which has been forbidden by an inspector as provided in §§ 20-23-203, 20-23-306, 20-23-310, 20-23-401, and 20-23-402.
(4) All pressure piping installed in this state shall conform to those rules and standards that shall from time to time be adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division with the approval of the director. The rules and standards shall not exceed those set out in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code for Pressure Piping, Power Piping Code, B31.1.
(b) Any person violating this section shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
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20-23-203. Chief inspector's duty to inspect and enforce.
(a) The Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division, either personally or by a deputy inspector, shall carefully:
(1)(A) Unless the chief inspector grants an extension of time for good cause, inspect internally and externally one (1) time annually every high pressure steam boiler and steam generating apparatus.
(B) An extension of time under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section:
(i) Shall not exceed six (6) months; and
(ii) Shall cause the time period for the next annual inspection to begin on the day following the date of the inspection that was extended;
(2) Inspect externally one (1) time annually and internally one (1) time every three (3) years every low pressure steam heating boiler to the extent permitted by the design and construction of the boiler;
(3) Inspect one (1) time biennially every unfired pressure vessel located in this state that is not excepted from the inspections by this chapter; and
(4) Give the owner or operator of the boiler notice of the time when an internal inspection will be made.
(b) The chief inspector shall have free access at all reasonable times for himself or herself and his or her deputies to any premises in this state where a boiler or pressure piping is being built or where a boiler or pressure piping or power plant apparatus is being installed or operated, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the boiler or piping or apparatus is built, installed, and fitted with the necessary appliances and operated in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(c)(1) The chief inspector shall enforce the laws of the state governing the use of boilers and unfired pressure vessels. He or she shall examine into and report to the D
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-23-203
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20-23-306. Issuance.
(a)(1) Upon receipt by the Boiler Inspection Division of an annual or biennial certificate report of inspection from a state inspector or from an inspector employed by an insurance company that a boiler or pressure vessel is in safe working condition with the required fittings, valves, and appliances properly installed and set, the Director of the Division of Labor shall issue to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel a certificate of inspection.
(2) The certificate of inspection shall be issued upon payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) in cases of all boilers other than unfired pressure vessels and a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) in cases of unfired pressure vessels.
(3) The certificate of inspection shall state the maximum pressure at which the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated as may be determined by the rules adopted by the Boiler Inspection Division, as provided in this chapter.
(b) Upon receipt of a certificate of inspection under subsection (a) of this section, unless the certificate of inspection is withdrawn or suspended the owner or user may operate boilers:
(1) Other than unfired pressure vessels described in the certificate for one (1) year from the date of annual inspection plus any extension granted under § 20-23-203(a) of the time for the next annual inspection; and
(2) That are unfired pressure vessels for two (2) years from the date of biennial inspection.
(c) Any owner or operator of a boiler or pressure vessel who is dissatisfied with the result of an inspection made by an inspector employed by an insurance company may appeal to the Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division, who shall cause a special investigation to be conducted and, upon the report of the inspection, shall render his or
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-23-306
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 20-23-306. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-23-310. Suspension.
(a)(1) The Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division or his or her authorized representatives may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when in their opinion the boiler or unfired pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to the public safety or when the boiler or unfired pressure vessel is found not to comply with the rules provided in this subchapter.
(2) Any insurance company inspector who has been issued an Arkansas commission and is inspecting boilers or pressure vessels in this state shall have corresponding powers with respect to operating certificates for boilers or pressure vessels insured by the company employing him or her.
(3) The suspension of an operating certificate shall continue in effect until the boiler or pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the rules of the Boiler Inspection Division and until the operating certificate shall have been reinstated.
(b) Any inspector of the division or any commissioned inspector of any insurance company who after inspection of a boiler or unfired pressure vessel shall find it unsafe for operation shall suspend its certificate of inspection and forbid its further use until it shall have been made to conform to the standards adopted by the division and until its certificate of inspection shall have been reinstated by an authorized inspector.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-23-310
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 20-23-310. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-23-401. Inspectors generally.
(a) Certificates of competency and commissions as inspectors of boilers shall be issued by the Boiler Inspection Division to persons in the employ of any company authorized to insure boilers against explosions in this state.
(b) Persons employed as inspectors shall pass a written examination as to their knowledge of the construction, installation, maintenance, and repair of boilers and their appurtenances. The examination shall be confined to questions the answers to which will aid in determining the fitness and competency of the applicant for the intended service and shall be of uniform grade throughout the state.
(c) However, a person who holds a certificate of competency or a commission issued by another state from a written examination equivalent to that required by this state may be issued a commission without further examination.
(d) For each certificate of competency and commission as inspector of boilers issued under this subchapter, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be charged to the person to whom the certificate and commission are issued.
(e) The commission shall be good for the fiscal year during which it is issued and shall be renewed upon receipt of fifteen dollars ($15.00).
(f)(1) Any commission issued under this subchapter shall be immediately returned to the division when the inspector to whom it has been issued shall cease to be employed by the insurance company employing him or her at the time the commission was issued.
(2) If a person holding a commission as an inspector shall be employed by any other insurance company than the one by which he or she was employed at the time the commission was issued, a duplicate commission may be issued upon the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), pr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-23-401
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 20-23-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.