Pennsylvania § 4722 - Certificate of appointment.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 4722 — Certificate of appointment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4722. Certificate of appointment.
(a) Application and issuance.--Application for a certificate of appointment shall be made upon an official form. The certificate of appointment shall be issued only when the department is satisfied that the station is equipped properly and has competent personnel to make inspections and adjustments and that inspections will be conducted properly. Only those stations fulfilling department requirements and complying with department regulations shall be issued a certificate of appointment.
(b) Separate application for each place of business.--If the applicant has or intends to have more than one place of business within this Commonwealth, a separate application shall be made for each place of business.
(c) Bond or proof of insurance.--Before issuing a certificate of appointment the department shall require a bond or proof of insurance to provide compensation for any damage to a vehicle during an inspection or adjustment due to negligence on the part of the applicant or its employees in such amount as is deemed adequate by the department pursuant to department regulations.
(d) Waiver.--The department shall promulgate regulations to provide a waiver of the 40-hour requirement that an inspection station must be open for business. The regulations shall establish the minimum requirements to be eligible for the waiver and shall require, at a minimum, that the inspection station be open for business at least ten business hours during the normal workweek (Monday through Friday) between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.
(Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1278, No.152, eff. 60 days)
2002 Amendment. Act 152 added subsec. (d). See section 24 of Act 152 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to waiver of hour requirements for official inspection stations.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4722 ("Certificate of appointment.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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