(a) (1) There is created a Boiler Advisory Board.
(2) (A) The board shall be appointed by the Governor.
(B) The Director of the Department of Labor or his or her designee shall be ex officio chair. The board shall consist of four (4) members:
(i) One (1) member, who shall be employed by an insurance company insuring boilers and who shall have had issued to him or her a certificate of competency and commission as an inspector of boilers, shall represent insurance companies insuring boilers;
(ii) A second member, who shall be an owner or official of a concern using at least two hundred (200) boiler horsepower and who shall have had ten (10) years' experience in the operation of boilers, shall represent concerns using boilers;
(iii) A third member, who shall have had ten (10) years' experience in the construction of boilers, shall represent the boiler manufacturers or boilermakers; and
(iv) A fourth member, who shall have had ten (10) years' experience in the operation of boilers, shall represent the operating engineers.
(3) The terms of office of the four (4) members so appointed shall be for four (4) years, shall commence on the dates of appointment, and shall be arranged in such a manner that the term of one (1) of the members shall expire on January 14 of each year.
(b) The duties of the board shall be:
(1) To assist with the formulation of rules and regulations of the construction, installation, inspection, repair, and operation of boilers and unfired pressure vessels and their appurtenances and of pressure piping, as set out in this chapter;
(2) To assist in giving examinations to applicants seeking certificates of competency and commissions as inspectors of boilers; and
(3) To give counsel and advice as will aid the Chief Inspector of the Boiler Inspection Division in the performance of his or her duties.
(c) The board may not meet more often than four (4) times a year at the call of the chief inspector, who shall designate in the call the time and place of the meeting.
(d) The members except the ex officio chair may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with ยง 25-16-901 et seq.
Section: 20-23-202 20-23-203 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016