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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor. » Chapter 12 - The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act.

Section 25-12-1 – Short Title.

Section 25-12-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act” and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels. (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §1.)

Section 25-12-10 – Special Inspectors.

Section 25-12-10 Special inspectors. (a) In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized by Section 25-12-9, the secretary, 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 […]

Section 25-12-11 – Examination of Inspectors.

Section 25-12-11 Examination of inspectors. The examination for chief, deputy, special, or owner or user inspectors shall be in writing and shall be held by the board 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 […]

Section 25-12-12 – Certificate of Competency – Suspension, Hearing, Reinstatement.

Section 25-12-12 Certificate of competency – Suspension, hearing, reinstatement. (a) An inspector’s certificate of competency may be suspended by the secretary after investigation and recommendation by the board for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder of the certificate, for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in the application of the inspector, or […]

Section 25-12-14 – Certificate Inspection.

Section 25-12-14 Certificate inspection. (a) The secretary, the chief inspector, or any deputy inspector shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the 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 the boiler or […]

Section 25-12-15 – Inspection Report; Maintenance of Records; Inspection Certificate.

Section 25-12-15 Inspection report; maintenance of records; inspection certificate. (a) Each company employing special inspectors, within 30 days following each certificate inspection made by the inspectors, shall file a report of the inspection with the chief inspector upon appropriate forms as promulgated by the secretary. The filing of reports of external inspections, other than certificate […]

Section 25-12-16 – Reinspection; Payment of Fees.

Section 25-12-16 Reinspection; payment of fees. (a) Boilers and pressure vessels subject to operating certificate inspections by special inspectors, or 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 fine of five hundred dollars ($500) […]

Section 25-12-17 – Operation Without Valid Inspection Certificate.

Section 25-12-17 Operation without valid inspection certificate. After 12 months for power boilers, 24 months for low pressure steam heating, hot water heating, and hot water supply boilers, and 36 months for pressure vessels following July 1, 2001, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate in this state a […]

Section 25-12-18 – Disposition of Fees.

Section 25-12-18 Disposition of fees. The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this chapter to be inspected by the chief inspector or his or her deputy inspector shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon completion of inspection, fees as prescribed in rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary. Pressure […]

Section 25-12-19 – Bond.

Section 25-12-19 Bond. The chief inspector shall furnish a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and each of the deputy inspectors employed and paid by the state shall furnish a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties and upon a true account […]

Section 25-12-2 – Definitions.

Section 25-12-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels. (2) BOILER. 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 […]

Section 25-12-20 – Appeal and Review.

Section 25-12-20 Appeal and review. (a) Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the secretary or the chief inspector under this chapter may, within 15 days of notice thereof, appeal from the order or act to the board which, within 30 days thereafter, shall issue an appropriate order either approving or disapproving […]

Section 25-12-21 – Preemption.

Section 25-12-21 Preemption. 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 the county, municipality, or other political subdivision. (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §21.)

Section 25-12-3 – Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels.

Section 25-12-3 Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels. There is created within the Department of Labor a Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels, which shall be referred to in this chapter as the board. The board shall consist of nine members, the majority of whom shall have experience in design, construction, inspection, repair, or operation […]

Section 25-12-4 – Rules and Regulations.

Section 25-12-4 Rules and regulations. (a)(1) The department, with the advice of the board, shall formulate definitions, rules, and regulations for the safe construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in this state. (2) The definitions, rules, and regulations formulated for new construction shall be based upon and at all times […]

Section 25-12-5 – Installation and Operation to Conform With Rules and Regulations.

Section 25-12-5 Installation and operation to conform with rules and regulations. No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the department 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 […]

Section 25-12-6 – Maximum Allowable Working Pressure.

Section 25-12-6 Maximum allowable working pressure. (a) 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 […]

Section 25-12-7 – Exceptions.

Section 25-12-7 Exceptions. (a) This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers and pressure vessels: (1) Boilers and pressure vessels under federal control or under regulations of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 192 and 193. (2) Pressure vessels used for transportation and storage of compressed or liquefied gases when constructed […]