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TITLE 28INSURANCE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 34STATE FIRE MARSHAL
SUBCHAPTER EFIRE EXTINGUISHER RULES
RULE §34.520Service Tags

(a) After any service, the licensee must complete a service tag in detail, indicating all work that done, and then attach the tag to the portable or fixed system in such a position as to permit convenient inspection and not hamper its actuation or operation. The signature of the licensee on the service tag certifies that the service performed complies with requirements of law.

(b) A new service tag, yellow tag or red tag, as applicable, must be attached each time service is performed.

(c) Service tags must bear the following information in the format of the tag shown in subsection (g) of this section:

  (1) "DO NOT REMOVE BY ORDER OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL" (all capital letters, at least 10-point boldface type);

  (2) firm's name, address, and telephone number;

  (3) firm's certificate-of-registration number;

  (4) licensee's name and license number;

  (5) licensee's signature (a stamped signature is prohibited);

  (6) month and year (to be punched);

  (7) type of work (to be punched);

  (8) service performed;

  (9) name and address of owner or occupant; and

  (10) extinguisher type, size, and location.

(d) Tags must be 5-1/4 inches in height and 2-5/8 inches in width. Service tags must not be red in color.

(e) Tags may be printed and established for any five-year period.

(f) A service tag may be removed only by an authorized employee of a registered firm, an employee of the state fire marshal's office, or an authorized representative of a governmental agency with regulatory authority.

(g) Service tag:

Attached Graphic

(h) Adhesive label type tags are permitted. The label must bear all information required by subsection (c) of this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §34.520 adopted to be effective April 14, 1989, 14 TexReg 1632; transferred effective September 1, 1991, as published in the Texas Register March 6, 1992, 17 TexReg 1745; amended to be effective May 10, 1996, 21 TexReg 3714; amended to be effective January 1, 1997, 21 TexReg 11521; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091; amended to be effective April 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1706; amended to be effective February 14, 2013, 38 TexReg 662; amended to be effective July 29, 2014, 39 TexReg 5761

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