Title 25 — Title 25

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act” and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels. History: (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §1.)

(a) In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized by Section 25-12-9, the secretary, upon the request of any company licensed to insure and insuring in this state boilers and pressure vessels, or upon the request of any company operating pressure vessels in this state for which…

The examination for chief, deputy, special, or owner or user inspectors shall be in writing and shall be held by the board or by an examining board appointed in accordance with the requirements of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, with at least two memb…

(a) An inspector’s certificate of competency may be suspended by the secretary after investigation and recommendation by the board for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder of the certificate, for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in the app…

If a certificate of competency is lost or destroyed, a new certificate of competency shall be issued without further examination. History: (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §13.)

(a) The secretary, the chief inspector, or any deputy inspector shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed for use in, or is being installed in, this state for the purpose of ascertaining wh…

(a) Each company employing special inspectors, within 30 days following each certificate inspection made by the inspectors, shall file a report of the inspection with the chief inspector upon appropriate forms as promulgated by the secretary. The filing of reports of external ins…

(a) Boilers and pressure vessels subject to operating certificate inspections by special inspectors, or owner or user inspectors, shall be inspected within 60 calendar days following the required reinspection date. Inspections not performed within this 60 calendar day period shal…

After 12 months for power boilers, 24 months for low pressure steam heating, hot water heating, and hot water supply boilers, and 36 months for pressure vessels following July 1, 2001, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate in this state…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-539, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this chapter to be inspected by the chief inspector or his or her deputy inspector shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon comple…

The chief inspector shall furnish a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and each of the deputy inspectors employed and paid by the state shall furnish a bond in the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties and up…

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels. (2) BOILER. A closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, or steam is superheated, or in which any combin…

(a) Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the secretary or the chief inspector under this chapter may, within 15 days of notice thereof, appeal from the order or act to the board which, within 30 days thereafter, shall issue an appropriate order either approving or disapp…

No county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall have the power to make any laws, ordinances, or resolutions providing for the construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels within the limits of the county, municipalit…

Repealed by Act 2016-30, §3, effective February 29, 2016. History: (Act 2000-315, p. 488, §22.)

There is created within the Department of Labor a Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels, which shall be referred to in this chapter as the board. The board shall consist of nine members, the majority of whom shall have experience in design, construction, inspection, repair, or op…

(a)(1) The department, with the advice of the board, shall formulate definitions, rules, and regulations for the safe construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of boilers and pressure vessels in this state. (2) The definitions, rules, and regulations formula…

No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the department governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after 12 months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter…

(a) The maximum allowable working pressure of a boiler carrying the ASME Code symbol or of a pressure vessel carrying the ASME or API-ASME symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code under which it was constructed and stamped. Subject to the concurrence of t…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-539, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers and pressure vessels: (1) Boilers and pressure vessels under federal control or under regulations of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulat…

(a) The secretary may appoint as chief inspector a citizen of this state who at the time of the appointment shall have not less than five years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vesse…

The secretary may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector. A deputy inspector at the time of appointment shall have three years of experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair of high pressure boilers…