Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Performance.
A registrant shall:
A. ensure that all equipment placed in
service complies with this chapter, including NIST Handbook 44;
B. personally perform or observe all
installation, service, adjustment, repair, and testing of weighing and
measuring equipment placed in service; and
C. use only standards and test equipment that
meet the requirements of part
7601.7080.
Subp. 2.
Placing in service
required.
A registrant shall place in service all commercial weighing
and measuring equipment when the registrant, or a person under the direct
supervision and observation of the registrant, has:
A. installed the equipment;
B. repaired the equipment, following official
rejection by the division; or
C.
removed a Minnesota security seal from the equipment.
Subp. 3.
Reporting.
When work authorized in part
7601.7050 is performed, a
registrant shall:
A. fill out a placed
in service report form;
B.
carefully follow the instructions on the form and provide all of the required
information in legible handwriting or typewriting;
C. submit the original form to the division
within five days after completing the work;
D. submit a copy of the form to the owner or
operator of the equipment when the work is completed; and
E. retain a copy of the form.
Subp. 4.
Security
seals.
When a registrant removes a security seal from the adjusting
or calibrating mechanism of a weighing or measuring device, the registrant
shall:
A. install a new security seal
in a manner that will ensure that the device cannot be adjusted without
removing or defacing the security seal; and
B. imprint the seal with the registrant's
placing in service registration number.
Statutory Authority: MS s
239.06
