This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act” and, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels. History. Code 1981, § 34-11-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-10 , as redesignated […]
As used in this article, the term: “Boiler” means a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, or steam is superheated or in which any combination of these functions is accomplished, under pressure or vacuum, for use externally to itself, by the direct application of energy from […]
The Commissioner shall be authorized to consult with persons knowledgeable in the areas of construction, use, or safety of boilers and pressure vessels and to create committees composed of such consultants to assist the Commissioner in carrying out his or her duties under this article. History. Code 1981, § 34-11-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, […]
The office shall formulate definitions, rules, and regulations for the safe construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in this state. The definitions, rules, and regulations so formulated for new construction shall be based upon and at all times follow the generally accepted nation-wide engineering standards, formulas, and practices established and […]
No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the office governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after 12 months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this article pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become […]
The maximum allowable working pressure of a boiler carrying the ASME Code symbol or of a pressure vessel carrying the ASME or API-ASME symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code under which it was constructed and stamped. Subject to the concurrence of the enforcement authority at the point of installation, such […]
This article shall not apply to the following boilers and pressure vessels: Boilers and pressure vessels under federal control or under regulations of 49 C.F.R. 192 and 193; Pressure vessels used for transportation and storage of compressed or liquefied gases when constructed in compliance with specifications of the United States Department of Transportation and when […]
The Commissioner may appoint to be chief inspector a citizen of this state or, if not available, a citizen of another state, who shall have had at the time of such appointment not less than five years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as […]
The Commissioner may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have had at the time of appointment not less than three years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam operating engineer, boilermaker, or […]
In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized by Code Section 25-15-18 the Commissioner shall, upon the request of any company licensed to insure and insuring in this state boilers and pressure vessels or upon the request of any company operating pressure vessels in this state for which the owner or user maintains a regularly established […]
The examination for chief, deputy, special, or owner or user inspectors shall be in writing and shall be held by the office or by an examining board appointed in accordance with the requirements of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, with at least two members present at all times during the examination. […]
An inspector’s certificate of competency may be suspended by the Commissioner after due investigation for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his or her application or in a report of any inspection made by him or her. Written notice of any such […]
If a certificate of competency is lost or destroyed, a new certificate of competency shall be issued in its place without another examination. History. Code 1981, § 34-11-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-22 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 2/SB 446. The 2012 […]
The Commissioner, the chief inspector, or any deputy inspector shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in this state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed for use in, or is being installed in, this state for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed […]
Each company employing special inspectors shall, within 30 days following each certificate inspection made by such inspectors, file a report of such inspection with the chief inspector upon appropriate forms as promulgated by the Commissioner. The filing of reports of external inspections, other than certificate inspections, shall not be required except when such inspections disclose […]
Boilers and pressure vessels, subject to operating certificate inspections by special, owner, or user inspectors, shall be inspected within 60 calendar days following the required reinspection date. Inspections not performed within this 60 calendar day period shall result in a civil penalty of $500.00 for each boiler or pressure vessel not inspected. Inspection fees due […]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate in this state a boiler or pressure vessel, except a pressure vessel covered by owner or user inspection service as provided for in Code Section 25-15-24, without a valid inspection certificate. The operation of a boiler or pressure vessel without such inspection […]
The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this article to be inspected by the chief inspector or a deputy inspector shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon completion of inspection, fees as prescribed in rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner; provided, however, that, with respect to pressure vessel […]
Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the Commissioner or the chief inspector under this article may, within 15 days of notice thereof, request a hearing before an administrative law judge of the Office of State Administrative Hearings, as provided by Code Section 50-13-41. Any person aggrieved by a decision of an […]
No county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances, or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels within the limits of such county, municipality, or other political subdivision; and any such laws, ordinances, or resolutions shall be void and of […]
