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§ 47-26-1102. Part Definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Commercial and law enforcement weighing and measuring device” is construed to include any weight or measure or weighing or measuring device commercially used or employed in establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement of quantities, things, produce, or articles for distribution or consumption, purchased, […]

§ 47-26-1103. Minimum Equipment

Applicants must have available sufficient standards and equipment to adequately test devices as set forth in the “Notes” section of each applicable code in the most recent edition of NIST Handbook 44, “Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices.” When applicable, this equipment must meet the specifications of National Institute of […]

§ 47-26-1104. Registration

An individual or agency qualified by training or experience must apply for registration to service weighing or measuring devices only on an application form supplied by the commissioner. It shall be the individual’s or agency’s responsibility to request the application form prior to servicing weighing and measuring devices. No person or firm shall engage in […]

§ 47-26-1105. Certificate of Registration

The commissioner will review and check the qualifications of each applicant. The commissioner shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration, including an assigned registration number if it is determined that the applicant is qualified. The certificate of registration will expire twenty-four (24) months from the date of issuance. The commissioner has the authority […]

§ 47-26-1106. Privileges and Responsibilities of a Registrant

A bearer of a Certificate of Registration has the authority to remove an official rejection tag or seal placed on a weighing or measuring device by the authority of the commissioner; place in service, until such time as an official examination can be made, a weighing or measuring device that has been officially rejected; place […]

§ 47-26-1020. Optional Licensing

The following persons shall be authorized, but are not required, to obtain licenses as public weighmasters: A law enforcement or weights and measures official, or other qualified employee of a state, city, or county agency or institution when acting within the scope of such person’s official duties. The commissioner shall be authorized, but is not […]

§ 47-26-1021. Prohibited Acts

It is a prohibited act for any person: Without a valid license to: Assume the title of public weighmaster, or any title of similar import; Perform the duties or acts to be performed by a public weighmaster; Represent oneself to be a public weighmaster; Issue any certificate, ticket, memorandum, or statement for which a fee […]