Chapter 22

Section 1. There shall be an office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure under the supervision and control of the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure public safety.

Section 10. The state fire marshal shall appoint a board of boiler rules, consisting of the chief of inspections of the department of fire services, or a boiler inspector of the division of inspection of the department of fire services designated by the state fire marshal, as cha…

Section 10A. There shall be in the division of occupational licensure office of public safety and inspections a bureau to be known as the bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters. The bureau shall consist of 11 members, 1 of whom shall be the commiss…

Section 11. There shall be in the division of occupational licensure office of public safety and inspections a board to be known as the board of elevator regulations, which shall consist of 8 members, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, fo…

Section 11A. There shall be in the division of occupational licensure office of public safety and inspections, but not under the control of the commissioner, a board to be known as the board of elevator appeals, which shall consist of the commissioner or a member of the division …

Section 11B. The office of public safety and inspections shall promulgate rules and regulations relative to bungee jumping.

Section 12. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Mixed martial arts'', as defined in section 32 of chapter 147. ''Unarmed combative sport'', as defined in said section 32 of …

Section 13A. There shall be in the office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure a board to be known as the architectural access board, which shall consist of the director of the Massachusetts office on disability or his designee, the secre…

Section 20. The office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations governing the operation of carriage horses.

Section 22. (a) The commissioner of the division of occupational licensure may issue a written notice of violation, which shall be a written warning or a citation to assess civil monetary fines of not more than $5,000 for a violation of the following laws or of regulations adopte…

Section 4A. There shall be within the department a division to be known as the division of inspection. The commissioner shall appoint a chief or chiefs of inspections, who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, who may be removed for cause, and the position…

Section 6. The commissioner may appoint, transfer and remove inspectors, experts, clerks and other assistants. Except as provided in section two of chapter one hundred and forty-seven, the number of inspectors heretofore authorized by law may be increased only with the approval o…

Section 6A. No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be appointed as an inspector of the division.

Section 7. Each inspector in the division shall receive his actual traveling and necessary expenses when on duty, which shall be verified by oath and approved by the commissioner. No salary shall be paid to any such inspector until he has made oath that he has paid to the commonw…

Section 7A. The commissioner may authorize the payment, out of any appropriation made for traveling or other expenses of the office of public safety and inspections, of the reasonable hospital, medical and surgical expenses incurred by any inspector of the division when temporari…

Section 7B. In determining the right of any inspector of the division or the department of fire services' division of inspection performing police service, or his legal representatives, to receive compensation under any provision of law on account of injuries or death suffered by…

Section 8. Each inspector shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, and unless his oath of office is taken within ten days after the date of his appointment, the appointment shall be void.