Oklahoma § 40-141.14 - Inspection report - Inspection record - Certificate of

§ 40-141.14. Inspection report - Inspection record - Certificate of

operation - Suspension of certificate.

A. 1. Each authorized inspection agency employing special

inspectors meeting the requirements of subsection A of Section 9 of

this act shall, within thirty (30) days following each inspection

made by such inspectors, file an exact copy of the report of the

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inspection with the chief boiler inspector upon appropriate forms as

promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor; and

2. Each company operating pressure vessels covered by owneruser inspections service meeting the requirements of subsection B of

Section 9 of this act shall maintain in its files an inspection

record which shall list, by number and such abbreviated description

as may be necessary for identification, each pressure vessel covered

by this act, the date of the last inspection of each pressure vessel

and the approximate date for the next inspection. The inspection

record shall be available for examination by the chief inspector or

his authorized representative during business hours. Each such

company shall, in addition, file annually with the chief inspector a

statement, signed by the individual having supervision over the

inspections made during the period covered thereby, stating the

number of pressure vessels covered by this act inspected during the

year and certifying that each such inspection was conducted pursuant

to the inspection requirements provided for by this act.

Such annual statement shall be accompanied by a fee equal to

that shown in subparagraph c of paragraph 2 of subsection A of

Section 16 of this act.

B. If the report filed pursuant to subsection A of this section

shows that a boiler or pressure vessel is found to comply with the

rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Labor and upon direct

payment to the Department of Labor by the owner or user of the fee

prescribed shall issue the owner or user a certificate of operation.

The certificate of operation shall be valid for a period consistent

with the inspection frequency as required by Section 13 of this act.

In the case of those boilers and pressure vessels covered by

paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of subsection B of Section 13 of this act

for which the Commissioner of Labor has established or extended the

operating period between required inspections, pursuant to the

provisions of paragraph 7 or 8 of subsection B of Section 13 of this

act, the certificate of operation shall be valid for a period of not

more than two (2) months beyond the period set by the Commissioner.

Certificates of operation for boilers shall be posted under glass,

or similarly protected, in the room containing the boiler. Pressure

vessel certificates of operation shall be posted in like manner, if

convenient, or filed where they will be readily accessible for

examination by the Commissioner, chief boiler inspector or deputy

inspector.

C. The chief boiler inspector or deputy inspectors may at any

time suspend a certificate of operation if the boiler or pressure

vessel for which it is issued is deemed a menace to the public

safety, or when the boiler or pressure vessel is found not to comply

with the rules and regulations herein provided. Each suspension of

a certificate of operation shall continue in effect until such

boiler or pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the

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rules and regulations, and until said certificate of operation shall

have been reinstated.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 252, § 14.