(a) The following shall apply to inspectors:
(1) The director shall appoint a chief boiler
inspector who has had at the time of appointment not less than ten years'
experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation,
maintenance or repair of pressure retaining items as a mechanical engineer,
steam operating engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector; and
(2) The chief boiler inspector shall enforce
the requirements of this part, take action necessary for the enforcement of the
laws of the State governing the use of pressure retaining items, and keep a
complete record of the type, dimensions, maximum, allowable working pressure,
age, condition, location, and date of last internal inspection of all pressure
retaining items.
(3) Required
inspections of pressure retaining items shall be performed by inspectors
as
(4) An application to take the
State of Hawaii certificate of competency examination shall be filed at least
sixty (60). days in advance and on the form provided by the department and must
be accompanied by the remittance of the fee as per the schedule in Exhibit A,
titled, "Installation, Repair or Alteration Permit Fees, and Licensure,
Examination, and Registration Fees", dated September 1, 2019, which is made
part of this chapter and located at the end of this chapter;
(5) The certificate of competency shall be
issued after the inspector has appeared before the director or the director's
authorized agent, such as the chief boiler inspector;
(6) The certificate of competency, unless
suspended, revoked, or canceled, shall expire one year from the date of issue
or renewal;
(7) An insurance
company employing special inspectors shall notify the department in writing
when the employment of a special inspector is terminated; and
(8) Upon approval of an applicant's request,
a State of Hawaii examination for certificates of competency to inspect
pressure retaining items shall be administered by the department on the first
Wednesday of March, June, September, and December of each year.
(A) Applications for a State of Hawaii
examination for a certificate of competency shall be in writing upon a form
provided by the department. If the applicant's credentials and work experience
are in accordance with NB-263, RCI-1, and meet with the approval of the
department, the applicant shall be given a written examination dealing with the
construction, installation, operation, maintenance, or repair of pressure
retaining items, and the requirements of this part. If the applicant is
successful in completing the test and meets all the requirements, a certificate
of competency shall be issued by the department. An applicant who fails to pass
the examination shall be permitted to take another written examination after
the expiration of ninety days. The fee remitted with the application shall be
good for six months during which a re-examination must be taken; and
(B) Inspectors employed by the department
shall pass the National Board examination and be issued a certificate of
competency from the department during the probationary employment period. A
commission from the National Board shall then be obtained by the department to
enable the employee to become a qualified boiler inspector.
(b) Commissions to
inspect shall be always carried by inspectors while engaged in the performance
of inspectional duties. Certificates of competency are
non-transferable.
(c) The
certificate of competency and commissions issued to an inspector may be
suspended by the director or chief boiler inspector for cause and may be
revoked after due investigation and recommendation by the department upon ten
days' notice to the inspector and to the inspector's employer. Cause for
suspension or revocation shall include, but not be limited to, incompetency,
untrustworthiness, wilful falsification of any matter or statement contained in
the inspector's application, or in the report of any inspections, or any other
sufficient reason in the discretion of the director. Prior to revocation, the
holder of the certificate of competency or commission shall be entitled to a
hearing before the director or the director's authorized agent. A person whose
certificate of competency has been suspended or revoked, except for
untrustworthiness, shall be entitled to apply to the department for
reinstatement, or in the case of revocation, for a new examination and
certificate of competency ninety days (90) after the revocation.
(d) No person shall be authorized to act for
the State as an inspector who is directly interested in the manufacture, sale,
repair, or alteration of any equipment or any appurtenance used on any
equipment which is inspected pursuant to chapter
397., HRS.
