# Public Safety (GPS)

## Title 12. Building and Material Codes; Other Safety Provisions

### Subtitle 9. Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act

#### Section 12-917

(a) A person may not:

  (1) willfully and persistently operate in the State a boiler or pressure vessel, except a pressure vessel covered by an owner-user inspection service as provided by this subtitle, without a certificate;

  (2) operate in the State a boiler or pressure vessel at a pressure exceeding that specified on the certificate; or

  (3) interfere with or impede the official duties of the Commissioner, an authorized representative of the Commissioner, or a member of the Board.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject for each violation to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.

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Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)