Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Division 90 - Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection
Chapter 21 - Weighing and Measuring Devices
Section 2 CSR 90-21.010 - Registration of Service persons and Service Agencies
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment will update the current language of the regulation to include the most current issue of the NIST Handbook 130, supplies definitions regarding registrations, and sets the cost to register service agencies and service agency technicians.
(1) The rule for the Division of Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection for Voluntary Registration of Service persons and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices shall incorporate by reference the section of the NIST Handbook 130, 2023 Edition, entitled "Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Service persons and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices." NIST Handbook 130, 2023 Edition, is published by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, and is available free of charge online at www.NIST.gov or a hard copy may be purchased from the National Conference on Weights and Measures at www.NCWM. net. This regulation does not include any later amendments or additions to NIST Handbook 130.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, the following terms shall mean-
(3) Registration of Service persons and Service Agencies. Any Service person or service agency that places a weighing and measuring device into service or restores a device to service shall be registered with the Division of Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection. All registration applications are due to the division annually by July 1 and are to include a one hundred dollar ($100) registration fee for any service agency and a twenty-five dollar ($25) fee for every Service person. No registration card will be issued to a Service person or service agency that does not show a calibration certificate evidencing proof that they possess properly calibrated equipment.
(4) New Registrations. Any unregistered Service person or service agency can register with the division at any time during the calendar year but must do so before performing service work in this state.
(5) Registration Card Expiration. Registration cards shall expire annually on June 30 and may be renewed by that date to avoid expiration.
(6) Registration Card Renewal. Any Service person or service agency may renew their registration card by providing the appropriate fee and calibration certificate described in section (3) of this regulation.
(7) All service work performed on a weighing or measuring device shall be performed with calibrated equipment or shall be deemed invalid. Should the division determine that a device has been improperly placed into service, an official rejection tag shall be placed on the device until a proper placed-in-service report is received by the department.
(8) Placed-in-Service Report. Within twenty-four (24) hours after a device is restored to service or placed in service, the original of the properly executed placed-in-service Report, together with any official rejection tag removed from the device, shall be forwarded to MDA-Weights, Measures and Consumer Protection Division, PO Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0630 or faxed to (573) 751-0281.
The secretary of state has determined that the publication of this rule in its entirety would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. The entire text of the material referenced from a publication of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been filed with the secretary of state. This material may be found at the Office of the Secretary of State or at the headquarters of the agency and is available to any interested person at a cost established by state law.
*Original authority: 413.065, RSMo 1983, amended 1993, 1994.
