"Inspection agency" defined; authority of licensed inspector;
reports; violations; notice; disciplinary action
Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "inspection agency" means:
(1) an insurance company inspection agency; or
(2) an owner or user inspection agency;
licensed under section 6 of this chapter.
(b) A boiler and pressure vessel inspector licensed under section
5 of this chapter and employed by an inspection agency may perform
any of the following:
(1) An inspection required by section 3 of this chapter.
(2) The issuance of a permit under section 3 of this chapter.
(3) The issuance of an appropriate order under IC 22-12-7 when
an equipment law has been violated.
(c) The authority of an inspector acting under this chapter is
limited to enforcement related to regulated boilers or pressure vessels
insured, owned, or operated by the inspection agency employing the
inspector.
(d) Unless an annual report is substituted under subsection (e), an
inspection agency shall, within thirty (30) days after the completion
of an inspection, submit to the office the report required by the rules
board. In addition to any other information required by the rules
board, the inspector conducting the inspection shall cite on the report
any violation of the equipment law applicable to the regulated boiler
or pressure vessel.
(e) In the case of boilers or pressure vessels inspected by an
owner or user inspection agency, an annual report filed on or before
such annual date as the rules board may prescribe for each report
may be substituted. An annual report of owner or user inspection
agency must list, by number and abbreviated description necessary
for identification, each boiler and pressure vessel inspected during
the covered period, the date of the last inspection of each unit, and
for each pressure vessel the approximate date for its next inspection
under the rules of the rules board. Each annual report of an owner or
user inspection must also contain the certificate of a professional
engineer registered under IC 25-31 and having supervision over the
inspections reported, swearing or affirming under penalty of perjury
that each inspection was conducted in conformity with the equipment
laws.
(f) An owner or user inspection agency shall pay the fee set under
IC 22-12-6 with a report under subsection (e).
(g) In addition to the reports required by subsections (d) and (e),
an owner, a user, or an inspection agency shall immediately notify
the office when an incident occurs to render a boiler or pressure
vessel inoperative.
(h) An inspection agency, an owner, or a user that violates this
section is subject to a disciplinary action under IC 22-12-7.
As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.141-2003,
SEC.19.
Last modified: May 27, 2006