§ 20-22-603 - Exceptions. - Arkansas Statutes

20-22-603. Exceptions.

(a) The provisions of this subchapter do not apply to the following:

(1) The filling or charging of a portable fire extinguisher by the manufacturer before its initial sale;

(2) The visual inspections by a firm of its own portable fire extinguishers, fixed fire protection systems, or fire protection sprinkler systems by its own personnel who are specifically trained to conduct visual inspections;

(3) The hydrostatic testing by a firm of its own United States Department of Transportation-specification compressed gas cylinders used for or with fire extinguishers or its own pressure vessels, other than department-specification cylinders used as fire extinguishers, when the testing is performed by personnel of the firm who have been specially trained to perform the testing;

(4) Firms engaged in the retailing or wholesaling of portable fire extinguishers as defined in 20-22-602(10) but not engaged in the installing, servicing, or recharging of portable fire extinguishers shall only be exempt from the registration and licensing provisions as outlined in 20-22-610, but all other provisions of this subchapter shall apply;

(5) Fire departments recharging portable fire extinguishers for fire department use only if:

(A) The fire department personnel performing the services are trained in the proper filling and recharging of the portable fire extinguishers;

(B) All work is performed according to the standards adopted and the rules of the Arkansas Fire Protection Licensing Board and the National Fire Protection Association pamphlet number ten (No. 10);

(C) (i) Each of the fire department personnel performing the filling and recharging of the portable fire extinguishers holds a current applicable individual license issued by the board.

(ii) Only portable fire extinguishers owned by the particular fire department are subject to this exception; and

(D) All registration and licensure fees for licenses issued for these individual licenses are waived; and

(6) The hydrostatic testing (Class A Hydro list) by a firm of United States Department of Transportation specification compressed gas cylinder used for or with a portable fire extinguisher or a fixed fire protection system owned by other firms or individuals:

(A) When the testing is performed by personnel who have been specifically trained to perform the testing;

(B) When the firm is currently licensed or permitted by the United States Department of Transportation to perform Class A Hydro tests; and

(C) Where the hydrostatic testing of the cylinders is the only service performed on behalf of the individual or firm or its agent which owns the cylinder.