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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="12-911" 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>If the report filed in accordance with § 12-910(a) of this subtitle shows that a boiler or pressure vessel complies with regulations adopted under this subtitle, the Chief Boiler Inspector shall issue to the owner or user of the boiler or pressure vessel a certificate that bears the date of inspection, specifies the inspection interval, and specifies the maximum pressure under which the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in § 12-909(d)(3) of this subtitle, the certificate is valid for the period that corresponds to the interval between certificate inspections as established by regulation under § 12-909 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the certificate inspection interval for a boiler or pressure vessel is extended under § 12-909(d)(5) of this subtitle, the Chief Boiler Inspector shall promptly issue a certificate to the owner of the boiler or pressure vessel that bears the new expiration date.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The certificate shall be posted under glass in the room that contains the boiler or pressure vessel that was inspected.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the boiler or pressure vessel is not located in a building, the certificate shall be posted in a location convenient to the boiler or pressure vessel that was inspected or in any place where the certificate will be accessible to interested parties.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Chief Boiler Inspector or an authorized deputy boiler inspector may suspend a certificate at any time when, in the opinion of the inspector, the boiler or pressure vessel for which the certificate was issued:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>cannot be operated without danger to public safety; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is found not to comply with regulations adopted under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The suspension of a certificate continues until:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the boiler or pressure vessel is made to conform to the regulations adopted under this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the certificate is reinstated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If a boiler or pressure vessel for which a certificate was issued based on the report of a special inspector ceases to be insured by an authorized insurer, the certificate is invalid.</text>
  </level>
</section>
