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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-905" title_number="12" title_name="Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall formulate regulations for the safe construction, use, installation, maintenance, repair, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations formulated by the Board shall conform as nearly as possible to the requirements of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the following codes as amended and interpreted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Inspection Code of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Code for Power Piping, B31.1 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Code for Controls and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers, CSD-1 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>NFPA 85 Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazards Code; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Code for Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping, B31.3 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The regulations formulated by the Board may be adopted by the Commissioner subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board and the Commissioner shall submit proposed amendments to regulations adopted under this subtitle to be consistent with the Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code within 90 days after any amendments to the Maryland Building Rehabilitation Code are adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development under Subtitle 10 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
