SECTIONS 7650-7655 - California Statutes

LABOR CODE

SECTION 7650-7655

7650. Inspections required by this part shall be made either by
qualified safety engineers employed by the division or by certified
inspectors; provided, however, that shop inspections shall be made by
the division, acting through its qualified safety engineers when
request therefor is made by any manufacturer of tanks or boilers.
(a) As used in this chapter a "certified inspector" is one who is
qualified to make inspections or examinations of boilers or tanks
according to the rules under which the vessel is constructed, who has
an unrevoked certificate of competency issued pursuant to this part,
and who is employed by any one of the following:
(1) A county.
(2) A city.
(3) An insurer.
(4) An employer, for the purpose of inspecting only tanks and
boilers under his jurisdiction.
(b) As used in this chapter a "qualified safety engineer" is one
who is qualified to make inspections or examinations of boilers or
tanks according to the rules under which the vessel is constructed.
Such qualification is to be determined by a written examination
prescribed by the division.

7651. A certificate of competency may be obtained by application
made to the division.

7652. The division may determine by examination the competency of
an applicant for a certificate of competency.

7652.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, a certified
inspector employed by an insurer or by an employer for the purpose
of inspecting only tanks and boilers under his jurisdiction need not
be a citizen or an elector.

7653. Upon good cause being shown therefor, the division may revoke
a certificate of competency.

7654. Where serious conditions are found by certified inspectors
that would jeopardize the life, limb, or safety of employees, the
reports of inspection shall be made forthwith to the division by
telegraph or telephone within twenty-four hours.
Within twenty-one days after each routine inspection, every
certified inspector shall forward a report of his inspection, on
prescribed forms, to the division. His certificate of competency may
be suspended or revoked by the division for failure to comply with
this section.

7655. The division shall prepare and adopt regulations in
accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act provided for in
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code, designed to promote safety with
respect to the installation and operation of vendor facilities for
the storage and pumping of compressed or liquefied natural gas and
liquefied petroleum gas into vehicles.