§ 25-15-29. Limitations on Authority of Local Governments to Regulate Boilers and Pressure Vessels
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 […]
§ 25-15-14. Effect on New Construction and Installation
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 […]
§ 25-15-15. Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
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 […]
§ 25-15-16. Exceptions
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 […]
§ 25-15-17. Chief Inspector
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 […]
§ 25-15-18. Deputy Inspectors
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 […]
§ 25-15-19. Special Inspectors
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 […]
§ 25-15-20. Examination of Inspectors
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. […]
§ 25-15-21. Suspension and Revocation of Inspector’s Certificate of Competency; Hearing; Reinstatement
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 […]
§ 25-15-22. Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates of Competency
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 […]