California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 3.2 - California Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (Cal/OSHA)
Subchapter 2 - Regulations of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Article 5 - Boiler and Tank Permit and Inspection Fee Schedule
Section 344 - Shop, Field and Resale Inspection Program Fees
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) A fee of $150.00 per hour shall be charged for all work, including travel time, performed in connection with all shop, field erection and resale inspections of all tanks, boilers, parts of tanks and boilers, and nuclear components, and for consultation, surveys, audits, manual review and other activities required or related to the ASME code or other national standards concerning the design or construction of boilers or pressure vessels or for evaluating fabricator's plant facilities when these services are requested of the division by entities desiring these services. Time shall be billed in quarter-hour increments, rounded up to the nearest quarter hour. No additional fees shall be assessed or charged under this subsection.
(b) Whenever a person using a qualified safety engineer employed by the division to perform any of the services stated in section 344, subsection (a) fails to pay the fees required under subsection (a) within 60 days from the date on the fees invoice, said person shall pay, in addition to the fees required under subsection (a), a penalty fee equal to 100 percent of the fee.
1. New article 5 (sections 344, 344.1-344.4) filed 2-25-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 9).
2. Amendment filed 11-30-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 49).
3. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsection (c) filed 2-28-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 9).
4. Amendment filed 4-16-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 16).
5. Amendment filed 3-24-82; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 82, No. 13).
6. Amendment filed 3-2-84 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 84, No. 11). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 6-30-84.
7. Order of Repeal of 3-2-84 emergency order filed 7-30-84 by OAL pursuant to Government Code section 11349.6 (Register 84, No. 31).
8. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsection (d) filed 7-30-84 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 84, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 11-27-84.
9. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 11-5-84 and filed 12-4-84 (Register 84, No. 49).
10. Amendment filed 8-16-88 as an emergency; operative 8-16-88 (Register 88, No. 34). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 12-14-88.
11. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 11-29-88 and filed 12-29-88 (Register 89, No. 2).
12. Amendment of subsection (a) and new subsection (a)(1) filed 9-20-90 as an emergency; operative 9-20-90 (Register 90, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-18-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
13. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 3-18-91; operative 3-18-91 (Register 91, No. 15).
14. Emergency order filed 9-20-90 repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1 (Register 91, No. 15).
15. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c)(2) filed 11-22-91 as an emergency; operative 11-22-91 (Register 92, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 3-23-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
16. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c)(2) refiled 4-29-92 as an emergency; operative 4-29-92 (Register 92, No. 18). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 8-28-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
17. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-29-92 order transmitted to OAL 6-4-92 and filed 6-4-92 (Register 92, No. 23).
18. Amendment of subsections (a), (c)(1) and (c)(2) filed 6-19-2000 as an emergency; operative 6-19-2000 (Register 2000, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-17-2000 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
19. Certificate of Compliance as to 6-19-2000 order transmitted to OAL 8-28-2000 and filed 10-2-2000 (Register 2000, No. 40).
20. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c)(1) filed 3-18-2013 as an emergency; operative 3-18-2013 (Register 2013, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-16-2013 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 7721(e).
21. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c)(1) refiled 9-16-2013 as an emergency; operative 9-16-2013 (Register 2013, No. 38). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-16-2013 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 7721(e).
22. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-16-2013 order transmitted to OAL 12-13-2013 and filed 1-21-2014 (Register 2014, No. 4).
23. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 11-15-2018 as an emergency; operative 11-15-2018 (Register 2018, No. 46). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-14-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 7721(e).
24. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE refiled 5-6-2019 as an emergency; operative 5-6-2019 (Register 2019, No. 19). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-5-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 7721(e).
25. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE refiled 7-29-2019 as an emergency; operative 8-6-2019 (Register 2019, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-4-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Labor Code section 7721(e).
26. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 11-15-2018 emergency by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(f) (Register 2019, No. 45).
27. Amendment of section heading and subsections (a) and (b), repealer of subsections (a)(1) and (c)-(c)(3) and amendment of NOTE filed 2-9-2021; operative 2-9-2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2021, No. 7).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 60.5, 6308, 7721, 7722 and 7728, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 7650, 7721, 7725 and 7728, Labor Code.
