Louisiana § RS 3:4621 - Service agency; service person; weighmaster; registration; requirements

§ RS 3:4621. Service agency; service person; weighmaster; registration; requirements

A.  No person may operate as a registered service agency, a registered service person, or as a weighmaster until he is licensed as such as provided for in this Section.  The commissioner shall issue the appropriate license applied for by an applicant if the applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant:

(1)  Has a thorough working knowledge of all appropriate weights and measures laws, orders, rules, and regulations, as determined by the successful completion of a commission approved and department prescribed examination.

(2)  Has possession of, or available for use, weights and testing equipment appropriate in design and adequate in amount.

B.  An application for such license shall be submitted by the applicant to the department on a form prescribed and furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed by this Chapter.  Each license shall be issued by the department for the calendar year for which such license is requested and it shall contain, among other information, a license number.  Each license must be renewed each calendar year by submission of a request for renewal on a form prescribed and furnished by the department and accompanied by the applicable fee.

C.  Minimum test weights, test loads, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures needed to service and repair commercial weighing and measuring devices shall be equal to the test weights, test loads, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures established by regulations adopted by the commissioner.  The minimum test weights, test loads, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures adopted by the commissioner must be as stringent as those recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or its successor.

D.  All persons who install, service, or repair commercial weighing or measuring devices in this state shall submit the test weights, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures to the department's State Metrology Laboratory for approval each year.  A current certificate of approval, issued by another state having a National Institute of Standards and Technology certified laboratory, which specifically identifies the test weights, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures may be accepted in lieu of submitting weights, volumetric provers, and volumetric test measures.

E.  Each person who engages in activities which are required by the commissioner to be under the control and supervision of a licensed weighmaster shall employ at least one licensed weighmaster for each shift at each place of business where such activities are conducted.

F.  Each licensed service agency or service person shall, within ten days after installing, servicing, repairing, testing, or calibrating any commercial weighing or measuring device, make a report thereof to the department on the appropriate form provided by the department.

Acts 1992, No. 55, §1; Acts 2003, No. 139, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.