Title 25 — Fire Protection and Safety

Fire prevention programs, §25-2-31. Self-service gasoline stations. Definitions, §25-2-16. Hold-open latches. Use, §25-2-16. Sheriffs. Assistance in determining cause of fire. Payment, §25-2-35. Smoke detectors. Dwellings and dwelling units. Required, §25-2-40. Sovereign immunity. …

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act” and, except as otherwise provided in this article, shall apply to all boilers and pressure vessels. History. Code 1981, § 34-11-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-…

Neither this article nor any provision of this article shall be construed to place any liability on the State of Georgia, the office, or the Commissioner with respect to any claim by any person, firm, or corporation relating in any way whatsoever to carnival rides and any injury o…

Advisory board on carnival ride safety. Defined, §25-15-81. Age of ride operators. Minimum age, §25-15-90. Age requirements. Posting, §25-15-98. Bond of operators, §25-15-92. Carnival ride safety act. Short title, §25-15-80. Cessation orders. Temporary orders, §25-15-96. Complianc…

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Boiler” means a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, or steam is superheated or in which any combination of these functions is accomplished, under pressure or vacuum, for use externally to its…

Remedy by city or county, §25-2-25. Excavations. Utility facility protection, §§25-9-1 to 25-9-14. Fire extinguishers and suppression systems, §§25-12-1 to 25-12-22. Fire sprinkler contractors, §§25-11-1 to 25-11-19. Permits. State minimum fire safety standards. Buildings presenti…

The Commissioner shall be authorized to consult with persons knowledgeable in the areas of construction, use, or safety of boilers and pressure vessels and to create committees composed of such consultants to assist the Commissioner in carrying out his or her duties under this ar…

Rules promulgation by commissioner, §25-14-7. Drug abuse treatment and education programs, §26-5-6. Drug and cosmetic act. Promulgation, §26-3-16. Eggs. Candlers and graders. Promulgation of rules and regulations regarding qualifications, §26-2-272. Promulgation by commissioner, §…

Smoke detectors. Dwellings, dwelling units and other facilities with, §25-2-40. 726 INDEX SPORTS ARENAS. Epinephrine. Storage of auto-injectable epinephrine in places of public accommodation. Health practitioners authorized to prescribe for, §26-4-116.1. SPORTS LEAGUES. Epinephri…

(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…

(a) The Commissioner may appoint to be chief inspector a citizen of this state or, if not available, a citizen of another state, who shall have had at the time of such appointment not less than five years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, mainte…

The Commissioner may employ deputy inspectors who shall be 236 25-15-18 OTHER SAFETY INSP. & REGULATIONS 25-15-19 responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have had at the time of appointment not less than three years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspecti…

(a) In addition to the deputy inspectors authorized by Code Section 25-15-18 the Commissioner shall, 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 st…

The examination for chief, deputy, special, or owner or user inspectors shall be in writing and shall be held by the office 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 mem…

Labeling of cigarettes. Notification to commissioner of markings selected, §25-14-5. Drug abuse treatment and education programs. Denial, suspension or revocation of licenses, §26-5-15. Drug and cosmetic act. Violations. Notice to possible defendant, §26-3-5. 705 INDEX NOTICE —Con…

If a certificate of competency is lost or destroyed, a new certificate of competency shall be issued in its place without another examination. History. Code 1981, § 34-11-13, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-1522, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 2/SB…

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

(a) Boilers and pressure vessels, subject to operating certificate inspections by special, 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 shall result in a…

Definitions. Consulting on boilers and pressure vessels. Definitions, rules, and regulations for safe construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair. Effect on new construction and installation. Maximum allowable working pressure. Exceptions from article and exempt…

The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this article to be inspected by the chief inspector or a deputy inspector shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon completion of inspection, fees as prescribed in rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissi…

(a) Any person aggrieved by an order or an act of the Commissioner or the chief inspector under this article may, within 15 days of notice thereof, request a hearing before an administrative law judge of the Office of State Administrative Hearings, as provided by Code Section 50-…

POULTRY. Contamination. Animals suspected of bearing residue causing contaminated meat, §§26-2-180 to 26-2-186. Eggs. General provisions, §§26-2-260 to 26-2-274. Mobile sales, §§26-2-410 to 26-2-413.

Neither this article nor any provision of this article shall be construed to place any liability on the State of Georgia, the office, or the Commissioner with respect to any claim by any person, firm, or corporation relating in any way whatsoever to boilers and pressure vessels an…

Carnival Ride Safety Act. State liability not created, §25-15-100. Cigarette fire safety. Enforcement of violations, §25-14-6. Commonsense consumption act. Weight gain or obesity from long-term consumption of food. Nonliability of food manufacturers, packers, seller, distributors,…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Amusement Ride Safety Act.” History. Code 1981, § 34-12-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1453, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-50, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 3/SB 446.

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Amusement ride” means any mechanical device, other than those regulated by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, which carries or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course or within a defined area for …

The office may license such private inspectors as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. History. Code 1981, § 34-12-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1453, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-54, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 3/SB 446. 25-15-55. Permit requir…

(a) No amusement ride shall be operated, except for purposes of testing and inspection, until a permit for its operation has been issued by the office. The owner of an amusement ride shall apply for a permit to the office on a form furnished by the office providing such informati…

The office may waive the requirement of subsection (a) of Code Section 25-15-56 if the owner of an amusement ride gives satisfactory proof to the office that the amusement ride has passed an inspection conducted by a federal agency or by another state whose standards and regulati…

The office shall issue a permit to operate an amusement ride to the owner thereof upon successful completion of a safety inspection of the amusement ride conducted by a licensed inspector and upon receiving an application for permit with a certificate of insurance. The permit shal…

The owner shall maintain up-to-date maintenance, inspection, and repair records between inspection periods for each amusement ride in accordance with such standards and regulations as are adopted pursuant to this article. Such records shall contain a copy of all inspection report…

Accident reports, §25-15-61. Defined, §25-15-51. Liability insurance, bond, cash or security coverage, §25-15-62. Recordkeeping, §25-15-59. Permit to operate. Applications, §25-15-55. Defined, §25-15-51. Fee. Defined, §25-15-51. Issuance, §25-15-58. Required, §25-15-55. Playground e…

The owner of the amusement ride shall report to the office any accident resulting in a fatality or an injury requiring immediate inpatient overnight hospitalization incurred during the operation of any amusement ride. The report shall be in writing, shall describe the nature of t…

(a) No person shall operate an amusement ride unless at the time there is in existence: (1) A policy of insurance in an appropriate amount determined by regulation insuring the owner and operator (if an independent contractor) against liability for injury to persons arising out o…

If any person would incur practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in complying with the standards and regulations adopted pursuant to this article, or if any person is aggrieved by any order issued by the office, the person may make a written application to the office sta…

This article shall not apply to any single-passenger coin operated amusement ride on a stationary foundation or to playground equipment such as swings, seesaws, slides, jungle gyms, rider propelled merry-gorounds, moonwalks, and live rides. History. Code 1981, § 34-12-16, enacted…

This article shall not be construed so as to prevent the use of any existing amusement ride found to be in a safe condition and to be in conformance with the standards and regulations adopted pursuant to this article. Owners of amusement rides in operation on or before the effect…

(a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s authorized representative may issue a written order for the temporary cessation of operation of an amusement ride if it has been determined after inspection to be hazardous or unsafe. Operations shall not resume until such conditions are…

Period for compliance with chapter, §25-15-65. Use, §25-15-65.

Neither this article nor any provision of this article shall be construed to place any liability on the State of Georgia, the office, or the Commissioner with respect to any claim by any person, firm, or corporation relating in any way whatsoever to amusement rides and any injury …

Age of ride operators. Minimum age, §25-15-60. Amusement Ride Safety Act. Short title, §25-15-50. Applicability of chapter, §25-15-64. Bond of owner or operator, §25-15-62. Carnival rides, §§25-15-80 to 25-15-101. Cash or security coverage of owner or operator, §25-15-62. Cessati…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Carnival Ride Safety Act.” History. Code 1981, § 34-13-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 330, § 2; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1945, § 1; Code 1981, § 25-15-80, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 4/SB 446. 25-15-81. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Authorized person” means a competent person experienced and instructed in the work to be performed who has been given the responsibility to perform his or her duty by the owner or the owner’s representative. (2) “Carnival ride” means any me…

The Commissioner shall be authorized to consult with persons knowledgeable in the area of the carnival ride industry and to create committees composed of such consultants to assist the Commissioner in carrying out his or her duties under this article. History. Code 1981, § 34-13-…

State liability not created, §25-15-100. Variances.

Mandamus. Operation after temporary cessation order, §25-15-96. Municipal regulation, §25-15-101. New rides. Inspection before commencing public operation, §25-15-86. Noise levels. Local regulation, §25-15-101. Operators. Attendance at all times during operation, §25-15-90. Define…

(a) No carnival ride shall be operated in any calendar year, except for purposes of testing and inspection, until a permit for its operation has been issued by the office. The owner of a carnival ride shall apply for a permit to the office on a form furnished by the office, provi…

All carnival rides and attractions shall be inspected annually and may be inspected more frequently by a licensed inspector at the owner’s or operator’s expense. If the carnival ride meets all relevant provisions of this article and the standards and regulations adopted pursuant …

The office shall issue a permit to operate a carnival ride to the owner thereof upon successful completion of a safety inspection by a licensed inspector, upon completion by the owner of the application for a permit, and upon presentation of a certificate of inspection or waiver t…

The owner shall maintain up-to-date maintenance, inspection, and repair records between inspection periods for each carnival ride in accordance with such standards and regulations as are adopted pursuant to this article. Such records shall contain a copy of all inspection reports…