N.D. Admin Code 69-10-04-02 - Application for registration and permitting of a service person

An applicant must be employed by a currently permitted registered serviced company to be eligible for permitting as a registered service person. Annual application for registration as a registered service person must be submitted to the commission under the following requirements:

1. A first-time applicant or an applicant whose permit has been expired more than two years shall:

a. Submit a complete application for registration as a registered service person on the form prescribed by the commission. The form must include certification that the applicant is fully qualified to install, service, repair, recondition, test, and certify the device types for which permitting is being requested;

b. Provide a history of education or work experience to show that the applicant is fully qualified to install, service, repair, recondition, test, and certify a commercial weighing or measuring device on the form provided by the commission. Applicants may only qualify to test devices for which they have met the education and work history requirements. Education and work history requirements include:

(1) Sixty days of on the job training directly related to the installation, maintenance, repair, and calibration of all device types the applicant will be certifying or placing into service; or

(2) Satisfactorily completed a manufacturer's in-depth training course covering the installation, maintenance, repair, and calibration of each device type the applicant will be certifying or placing into service. Proof of course completion is required; or

(3) Holding a certification from another state as a registered service person, for at least sixty days, with authority to certify or place weighing or measuring devices into service. Proof of current certification must be provided.

c. Complete written tests that must be taken at a location and time designated by the commission, and must be administered as follows:

(1) The written test will be open book, with eighty percent as the minimum passing score. The test material will cover the applicable sections of the adopted edition of NIST Handbook No. 44, North Dakota Century Code title 64, and North Dakota Administrative Code article 69-10; and

(2) In the case of a test failure, an applicant may retake the tests after a review period of ten working days.

2. Each applicant registered by the commission shall utilize adequate standards during the testing and certification of a commercial device as provided in this chapter.

3. An applicant who is applying for renewal of an existing registration shall complete and submit the application at least thirty days prior to the expiration date of the applicant's existing registration.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 69-10-04-02

Amended effective April 1, 1992; September 1, 1994; July 1, 1997; January 1, 2002; May 1, 2005; July 1, 2008; October 1, 2010. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2020-379, January 2021, effective 1/1/2021.

General Authority: NDCC 64-02-03

Law Implemented: NDCC 64-02-02