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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-910" 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each authorized inspection agency that employs a special inspector shall file with the Chief Boiler Inspector a report on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each certificate inspection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other inspection for which a report is required to be filed under regulations adopted under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report filed under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be filed within 30 days after an inspection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be in the form required by regulations adopted under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For each report not filed electronically, the authorized inspection agency shall pay a $5 report filing fee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Within 24 hours after an inspection, each authorized inspection agency that employs a special inspector shall notify the Chief Boiler Inspector if an inspection reveals a hazardous condition as described in § 12–915(a)(2) of this subtitle that affects the safety of a boiler or pressure vessel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each person that operates pressure vessels covered by an owner–user inspection service that meets the requirements of this subtitle shall maintain in its files an inspection record that lists, by a Maryland number and by an abbreviated identification description:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each pressure vessel covered by this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of the last inspection of the pressure vessel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the approximate date for the next inspection of the pressure vessel, calculated by applying the appropriate rules for inspection to all data available when the inspection record is compiled.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The inspection record shall be readily available for examination by the Chief Boiler Inspector or authorized representative during business hours.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In addition, the person shall file annually with the Chief Boiler Inspector a statement that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is signed by the professional engineer who supervised the inspections made during the period covered;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>states the number of pressure vessels covered by this subtitle that were inspected during the year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>certifies that each inspection was conducted in accordance with the inspection requirements of this subtitle.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The statement shall be accompanied by a filing fee of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>$5 per pressure vessel, for a statement that covers not more than 25 pressure vessels;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>$125, for a statement that covers more than 25 but less than 101 pressure vessels;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>$250, for a statement that covers more than 100 but less than 501 pressure vessels; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>$325, for a statement that covers more than 500 pressure vessels.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
