16 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.61 - Inspection of All Boilers Required
(a) All boilers not exempted by Texas Health
and Safety Code, §
755.022 shall
be inspected in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code, §
755.025,
§
755.026, or
any applicable rules under this chapter.
(b) All boilers must receive a certificate
inspection before the expiration date of the current certificate of
operation .
(c) Boilers must be
inspected by the Authorized Inspection Agency that issued an insurance policy
to cover a boiler located in this state, or by an authorized representative.
All other boilers must be inspected by the department .
(1) The Authorized Inspection Agency must
conduct a certificate inspection for each boiler for which it is responsible
before the expiration of the boiler's current certificate of
operation .
(2) The continued
operation of the boiler beyond the expiration of the certificate of operation
is presumed in accordance with §65.200.
(3) The Authorized Inspection Agency listed
in the department 's reporting system that fails to timely inspect a boiler for
which it is responsible is subject to the late inspection fee in §65.300
if the current certificate of operation expires while the Authorized Inspection
Agency has inspection responsibility.
(4) The owner or operator of a boiler that
does not receive a certificate inspection before the expiration of the current
certificate of operation is subject to the late inspection fee in
§65.300.
(5) An Authorized
Inspection Agency that is denied access to a boiler for inspection purposes is
not responsible for a late inspection fee under paragraph (c)(3). A
denied-access violation of §65.62(a) must be documented on the inspection
report .
(d) Upon request,
an Authorized Inspection Agency must provide the department documentation of
the effective dates of its inspection responsibility for a boiler.
(e) Subsections (c)(3) and (c)(4) apply to
boilers for which the certificate of operation expires on or after December 1,
2025.
(f) Except in the case of an
accident or other emergency, no inspection will be made by the chief inspector
or any deputy inspector on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, unless
otherwise directed by the department .
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