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General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 146 Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery.
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Duties of Board of Boiler Rules.
Inspection of Boilers.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection of boilers; enforcement of statutes and rules; entry of premises in pursuance of duties - Chapter 146, Section 5
The division shall enforce this chapter and the rules of the board except when otherwise provided. All inspectors of the division may enter any premises...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual inspection; extension of time; first inspection - Chapter 146, Section 6
All steam boilers and their appurtenances except those specified in the following section shall be thoroughly inspected externally and internally at least once a year....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Boilers excepted from inspections - Chapter 146, Section 7
The preceding section shall not apply to boilers of railroad locomotives, motor vehicles or steam fire engines brought into the commonwealth for temporary use in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Necessity of inspection; issuance, display and accessibility of certificate - Chapter 146, Section 8
No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler required by this chapter to be inspected until it has been inspected, and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pressure; safety appliances - Chapter 146, Section 9
No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler required by this chapter to be inspected at pressures in excess of the safe...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports as to boilers not inspected by insurers - Chapter 146, Section 10
Whoever owns, or uses or causes to be used, any such boiler, unless the same is under the periodically guaranteed inspection of an insurance company...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspections while boiler is being operated - Chapter 146, Section 11
All such boilers shall be inspected externally at least once each year when in operation, and the inspector shall observe the pressure of steam carried...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Removing, tampering with or loading safety valve - Chapter 146, Section 12
No person shall remove or tamper with any safety appliance prescribed by the board nor load the safety valve to a greater pressure than that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Persons authorized to inspect boilers - Chapter 146, Section 13
The inspection of boilers and appurtenances shall be made by the division, under the supervision of the chief, or by inspectors of insurance companies authorized...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspectors of insurers; notice of cessation of employment - Chapter 146, Section 14
Every insurance company, or a reinsurer, authorized to insure boilers and pressure vessels in the commonwealth and making inspections of such boilers and pressure vessels,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Non-certificated inspectors of insurers - Chapter 146, Section 15
No person shall act as an inspector of boilers for an insurance company unless he holds a certificate of competency under section sixty-two.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection certificate issued by insurer and signed by non-certificated inspector - Chapter 146, Section 16
If any insurance company issues a certificate of inspection signed by an inspector who does not hold a certificate of competency, the commissioner may, if...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports by inspectors; recommendations - Chapter 146, Section 17
The inspectors of the division shall make reports of all inspections and shall make such recommendations to the chief as they may deem expedient.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports of inspections by insurers - Chapter 146, Section 18
Every insurance company shall forward to the chief, within fourteen days after each inspection, reports of all boilers inspected by it. Such reports shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports of cancellation and refusal of insurance - Chapter 146, Section 19
Every insurance company shall report immediately to the chief the name of the owner or user and the location of every boiler required by this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Safety appliances for, and inspection of, heating boilers - Chapter 146, Section 20
Boilers and their appurtenances used exclusively for heating purposes, which are not required by this chapter to be inspected, shall be provided with such safety...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Preparation of boiler for inspection; notice; forbidding operation of boiler - Chapter 146, Section 21
The owner or user of a boiler required by this chapter to be inspected shall prepare the boiler for inspection as directed by the inspector....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fees; payment to commonwealth - Chapter 146, Section 22
The owner or user of a boiler inspected by the division shall pay to the commissioner, a fee, the amount of which shall be determined...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate of inspection; prerequisites; necessity - Chapter 146, Section 23
If, upon inspection, the inspector of the division finds the boiler to be in safe working order, with the fittings necessary to safety, and properly...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Numbering, stamping or tagging boiler; defacement or removal of number - Chapter 146, Section 24
Every boiler which has been inspected by the division shall be numbered either by stamping the number upon the boiler or by attaching a numbered...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insurer's certificate of inspection - Chapter 146, Section 25
Insurance companies shall, after each internal and external inspection, if the boiler and its appurtenances conform to the rules of the board, and if they...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insurance on non-certificated boiler; notice; inspection; boiler not conforming to rules - Chapter 146, Section 26
If a boiler is insured which has not previously been inspected externally and internally and a certificate of inspection issued, the company so insuring shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate of inspection; contents; display; accessibility - Chapter 146, Section 27
The certificate of inspection issued by the division, or by an insurance company, shall state the name of the owner or user, the location, size...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1924, 461 - Chapter 146, Section 28
Chapter 146: Section 28. Repealed, 1924, 461
- Massachusetts General Laws - Notification of defects - Chapter 146, Section 29
The owner or user of any boiler required by this chapter to be inspected shall immediately notify the division or the insurance company, if the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Expiration or cancellation of insurance - Chapter 146, Section 30
If the insurance on any boiler required by this chapter to be inspected expires, or is cancelled because the insurers deem it unsafe to continue...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hydrostatic pressure test - Chapter 146, Section 31
If, in the judgment of the inspector of the division or of the insurance company, it is advisable to apply a hydrostatic pressure test to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prevention of entry on premises - Chapter 146, Section 32
No person shall prevent or attempt to prevent the chief or any inspector of the division from entering any premises on which a boiler is
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of statutes or rules - Chapter 146, Section 33
Whoever violates any provision of sections five to thirty-two, inclusive, or of the rules of the board shall be punished by a fine of not...
Compressed Air Tanks.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compressed air tanks; necessity of certificate of inspections; exceptions - Chapter 146, Section 34
No person shall install or use, or cause to be installed or used, any tank or other receptacle for the storing of compressed air at...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations - Chapter 146, Section 35
The board shall prescribe regulations, conforming to recognized standards of engineering practice, for the size, shape, construction, gauges, operation, maximum pressure, safety devices, use of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspections - Chapter 146, Section 36
The division shall inspect at least once in two years all such tanks or other receptacles, except such as are covered by a policy of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Notice of location of tanks - Chapter 146, Section 37
Owners of such tanks or other receptacles shall notify the commissioner of the location thereof.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports of inspections by insurers - Chapter 146, Section 38
Every insurance company authorized to insure air tanks within the commonwealth shall forward to the commissioner, within fourteen days after each inspection of an air...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection tests; preparation - Chapter 146, Section 39
The air tank or other receptacle shall be prepared for internal inspection by the owner or user. The inspection plugs, handhole plates and manhole plates...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fees; payment to commonwealth - Chapter 146, Section 40
A fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be paid to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of statutes or regulations - Chapter 146, Section 41
Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty-four to thirty-nine, inclusive, or any regulation made under authority thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not...
Ammonia Compressors.
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems.
Licenses of Engineers and Firemen.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Necessity of license for engineers and firemen; exceptions - Chapter 146, Section 46
No person shall have charge of or operate a steam boiler or engine or its appurtenances, except boilers and engines upon locomotives, turbines on test...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Steam boiler maintenance log book; checklist - Chapter 146, Section 46A
The commissioner shall develop a log book which shall include a checklist for the proper daily steam boiler maintenance that shall be required to be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prima facie evidence of violation of statute - Chapter 146, Section 47
If such steam engine or boiler or an appurtenance thereof is found to be in charge of, or operated by, a person not duly licensed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Ascertainment of horse power - Chapter 146, Section 48
When liquid or gaseous fuel, electric or atomic energy or any other source of heat is used, the horsepower of a boiler shall be determined...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Classes of licenses and work permitted; license renewal; continuing education - Chapter 146, Section 49
Licenses shall be granted according to the competence of the applicant and shall be classified as follows: Engineer's licenses: First class, to have charge of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prerequisites for examinations - Chapter 146, Section 50
To be eligible for examination for a second class fireman’s license, a person must furnish evidence as to his previous training, and, except students attending...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; eligibility of applicants; examinations; fees - Chapter 146, Section 50A
To be eligible for examination for a license as an assistant nuclear power plant operator, a person shall have been employed in a steam power...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; licenses classified - Chapter 146, Section 50B
Licenses to have charge of and to operate a nuclear steam power plant, in which plant steam is generated by the release of heat energy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; minimum supervising and shift requirements - Chapter 146, Section 50C
Every nuclear power plant shall have at least one nuclear power plant senior supervising engineer. One nuclear power plant operating engineer and one assistant nuclear...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Display of license; daily record of boiler, condition and repairs; filing; accessibility - Chapter 146, Section 51
An engineer’s or fireman’s license shall be so placed in the engine or boiler room of the plant operated by the licensee as to be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1948, 140 - Chapter 146, Section 52
Chapter 146: Section 52. Repealed, 1948, 140
Licenses for Operating Hoisting Machinery Not Run by Steam.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Necessity of license for operating hoisting machinery not run by steam; exemption - Chapter 146, Section 53
No person shall operate derricks, cableways, machinery used for discharging cargoes, temporary elevator cars used on excavation work or used for hoisting building material, when...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Carrying license - Chapter 146, Section 54
A license to operate hoisting machinery shall be carried on the person of the operator or apprentice operator while operating such hoisting machinery.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of sec. 53 or 54; punishment - Chapter 146, Section 54A
Whoever violates any provision of section 53, 53A or 54, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of secs. 42--51; punishment - Chapter 146, Section 55
Whoever violates any provision of sections forty-two to fifty-one, inclusive, or any rule made thereunder, or prevents or attempts to prevent an inspector from entering...
Examinations of Applicants for Licenses, Etc.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Examiners; administration of oath to applicants - Chapter 146, Section 56
The chief and inspectors of the division shall act, as provided in sections fifty-seven to sixty-seven, inclusive, as examiners of applicants for certificates of competency...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application; fees, number of examinations; frequency of applications - Chapter 146, Section 57
Each application for a license as an engineer or fireman of a class specified herein or as an operator of hoisting machinery not run by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Taking notes at examinations and on appeals; representative of insurer - Chapter 146, Section 58
In all examinations or appeals the applicant may have one person present who may take notes if he so desires. In case of applicants for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suspension, revocation, loss or destruction of certificates or licenses; fee - Chapter 146, Section 59
A certificate of competency to inspect boilers shall be revoked and a license as engineer or fireman or operator of hoisting machinery shall be suspended...
Examinations of Inspectors of Boilers.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Request of insurer accompanying application; fee - Chapter 146, Section 60
The application of a person desiring to act as inspector of boilers or an inspector of amusement devices for an insurance company shall be accompanied...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of examiners; examination of applicants for inspector of steam boilers or inspector of amusement devices - Chapter 146, Section 61
Three inspectors of the division shall act as a board of examiners. The applicant shall be examined as to the construction, installation, maintenance and repair...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate of competency; term; expiration date; notice; renewal; lapse; reexamination; fees; suspension or revocation - Chapter 146, Section 62
If the applicant is found competent he shall receive a certificate of competency to inspect steam boilers or to inspect amusement devices, as the case...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeals; rehearing; fee; finality of decision - Chapter 146, Section 63
A person who is refused a certificate of competency, or whose certificate is revoked, may appeal from such decision to the commissioner, who shall grant...
Examination of Engineers, Firemen or Operators of Hoisting Machinery.
Examination of Oil Burner Technicians.
General Provisions.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1953, 319, Sec. 22 - Chapter 146, Section 68
Chapter 146: Section 68. Repealed, 1953, 319, Sec. 22
- Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditures by commissioner for work and apparatus - Chapter 146, Section 69
The commissioner may expend the amount annually appropriated for investigation work, for apparatus used in connection with the inspection of steam boilers and for the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection of hot water heating boilers; changes in rules for construction of new boilers - Chapter 146, Section 70
All hot water heating boilers, except boilers specified in section seven, when used for space heating or as a heat storage source when the primary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful operation of boilers; certificate of inspection; identification number; inspection fees - Chapter 146, Section 71
No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler required by section seventy to be inspected until it has been inspected, nor shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hydrostatic test - Chapter 146, Section 72
If in the judgment of the inspector of the division or of the insurance company, it is advisable to apply a hydrostatic test to a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insurance company inspection; authorization - Chapter 146, Section 73
The inspection of hot water heating boilers and their appurtenances may be made by inspectors of insurance companies authorized to insure boilers in the commonwealth;...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Safety appliances; tampering; maximum pressure - Chapter 146, Section 74
No person shall remove or tamper with any safety appliance prescribed by the board or by the ASME Code, section one, four or eight. The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employment of inspectors by insurance companies - Chapter 146, Section 75
Every insurance company authorized to insure or to reinsure boilers in the commonwealth shall have in its employ at least one inspector who holds a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insurance company inspectors; necessity of certificate of competency; penalty - Chapter 146, Section 76
No person shall act as an inspector of boilers for an insurance company unless he holds a certificate of competency under section sixty-two. If any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports and recommendations of inspectors; insurance cancellation or refusal report - Chapter 146, Section 77
The inspectors of the division shall make reports of all inspections and shall make such recommendations to the chief of inspections as they may deem...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Preparation of boilers for inspection; notice of defect to division; operation forbidden pending issuance of certificate of inspection - Chapter 146, Section 78
The owner or user of a boiler required by section seventy to be inspected shall prepare the boiler for inspection as directed by the inspector....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate of inspection; contents; posting - Chapter 146, Section 79
The certificate of inspection issued by the division, or by an insurance company for a boiler as required by section seventy, shall state the name...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; penalties - Chapter 146, Section 80
Whoever violates any provision of sections seventy to seventy-nine, inclusive, or of the rules of the board, or that of the code which is appropriate...
Licensing of Pipefitting.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 146, Section 81
As used in this section and in sections eighty-two to eighty-eight, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Apprentice pipefitter”, a person who...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pipefitting; examining and licensing rules - Chapter 146, Section 82
The bureau shall promulgate rules and regulations for the examining and licensing of fire sprinkler contractors, pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Examiners; rules; codes - Chapter 146, Section 83
The district engineering inspectors of the division shall act as examiners of applicants for fire sprinkler system contractor, pipefitter, refrigeration and sprinkler fitter licenses. For...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Necessity for license - Chapter 146, Section 84
No person shall engage in the business of a master pipefitter, or work as a journeyman or apprentice pipefitter or work as a refrigeration technician...
- Massachusetts General Laws - License applications; examinations; fees; renewal; expiration - Chapter 146, Section 85
Each application for a license under this section shall be filed with the division on a blank furnished by the division. The division shall hold...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Apprentice sprinkler fitters - Chapter 146, Section 85A
Every apprentice sprinkler fitter shall before starting his apprenticeship file an application, accompanied by the appropriate fee, with the division of inspection of the department...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Classification and limitation of licenses - Chapter 146, Section 86
A license for a refrigeration technician, refrigeration contractor or a refrigeration trainee shall be classified and limited as to the maximum size of the refrigerating...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pipefitters, inapplicability of provisions - Chapter 146, Section 87
The provisions of sections eighty-one to eighty-six, inclusive, relative to the examining and licensing of pipefitters shall not apply to pipefitting performed by a person...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Refrigeration technicians, inapplicability of provisions - Chapter 146, Section 88
The provisions of sections eighty-one to eighty-six, inclusive, relative to the examining and licensing of refrigeration technicians, contractors or trainees shall not apply to the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Penalties - Chapter 146, Section 89
Any person, firm or corporation, or employee thereof, and any representative, member or officer of such firm or corporation individually, entering upon or engaging in...
Last modified: March 17, 2010
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