(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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