§ 14-12-12. Special inspectors generally.  


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  • A.

    In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized by section 14-12-11, the chief inspector shall, upon the request of any company authorized to insure against loss from explosion of boilers and unfired pressure vessels in this city, issue to any inspectors of such company commissions as special inspectors, provided that each such inspector, before receiving his or her commission, shall satisfactorily pass the examination provided for in section 14-12-13, or, in lieu of such examination, shall hold a commission or a certificate of competency as an inspector of boilers and unfired pressure vessels for a state that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that of the city or a commission as an inspector of boilers issued by the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors.

    B.

    Such special inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their expenses be paid by, the city and the continuance of a special inspector's commission shall be conditioned upon his or her continuing in the employ of a boiler insurance company duly authorized as aforesaid and upon his or her maintenance of the standards imposed by this chapter.

    C.

    Such special inspectors shall inspect all boilers and unfired pressure vessels insured by their respective companies and, when so inspected, the owners and users of such boilers and unfired pressure vessels shall be exempt from the payment to the city of the inspection fees provided for in section 14-12-17.

    D.

    Each company employing such special inspectors shall, within ten days following each internal boiler or unfired pressure vessel inspection made by such inspectors, file a report of such inspection with the chief inspector upon appropriate forms as promulgated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Reports of external inspection shall not be required except when such inspections disclose that the boiler or unfired pressure vessel is in a dangerous condition.

(Code 1967, § 45-22; Code 1985, § 42-24)