Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate in this state a boiler or pressure vessel except such boilers and vessels as are exempted by provision of RSA 157-A:6, without a valid inspection certificate. The operator of a boiler or pressure ve…

I. In addition to any criminal penalty provided under RSA 157-A:10, the commissioner may, after hearing, impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, as determined by the commissioner, for any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule adopted pursuant to thi…

An owner aggrieved by any order or regulation of the commissioner may file a petition in the superior court against the commissioner to determine the validity and reasonableness of the commissioner's action. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after the adoption of the ord…

Notice of the pendency of the appeal proceedings shall be given to the commissioner in any form the superior court orders. The petition, so far as practicable, shall have precedence over other actions in the same court. The order appealed from is prima facie valid and reasonable.…

Any owner aggrieved by an order or act of an inspector under this chapter may, within 15 days, appeal from such order or act to the commissioner. Within 30 days thereafter, the commissioner shall issue an appropriate order either approving or disapproving said order or act. A cop…

During the pendency of any petition for review in the superior court, the filing of the petition shall not stay the order or regulation under review, but the court may, on application, on notice to the commissioner, and on cause shown, grant an order to restrain the commissioner …

RSA 157, relative to steam boilers, is hereby repealed. Any other act or parts of acts inconsistent with any provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

I. In addition to any criminal penalty provided under this chapter, the commissioner may, after a written warning and a hearing, impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, as determined by the commissioner, for any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule…

The owner shall report every elevator and accessibility lift accident, whether or not it results in injury to a person or damage to the equipment, to the commissioner within 48 hours after its occurrence. The inspection certificate for the involved elevator or accessibility lift …

The commissioner may establish rules of proceedings for the conduct of hearings authorized under this chapter.

Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter any elevator or accessibility lift which is periodically inspected and tested for safety under a maintenance contract with the company which installed the elevator or accessibility lift shall be exempt from the annual inspection re…

The commissioner may exempt elevating devices which do not conform with the definitions in RSA 157-B:2 from the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner may adopt rules relative to adequate safety criteria for exempted elevating devices.

The exemption in RSA 157-B:2, IV for accessibility lifts in private residences shall apply to any residential property, including multi-family rental property, provided that the lift serves only one residential unit and meets any applicable safety criteria established by rule pur…

The commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to facilitate administration and enforcement of this chapter.

In this chapter: I. "Owner" means a person, partnership, association, or corporation who is the holder of title to, or who leases a boiler or boilers or pressure vessels from the holder of title to, a building in which there are a boiler or boilers or pressure vessels as defined …

In this chapter: I. "Owner" means a person, partnership, association, or corporation who is the holder of title to, or who leases an elevator or accessibility lift from the holder of title to, a building in which there is an elevator or accessibility lift, as defined in this sect…

The provisions of the most recent version of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Moving Walks, Material Lifts and Dumbwaiters With Automatic Transfer Devices, Wheelchair Lifts and Stairchair Lifts are the minimum requirements for all eleva…

I. To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the commissioner shall formulate definitions and adopt rules under RSA 541-A consistent with: (a) The boiler and pressure vessel code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Board Inspection Code as published …

The commissioner shall charge $100 per hour for inspections performed by employees of the department of labor.

No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the applicable codes and amendments thereto and the rules adopted by the commissioner governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state unless the boiler or pressure vessel is of specia…

I. The commissioner may issue and amend reasonable and practicable standards for the use, alteration, repair, operation, and inspection of all elevators and accessibility lifts in existence on January 1, 1968. II. Inspections of elevators and accessibility lifts installed after J…

I. Subsequent to the inspection of an elevator or accessibility lift, an inspector shall file with the commissioner an inspection report on a form prescribed by the commissioner indicating whether or not the elevator or accessibility lift is certifiable and shall provide a copy o…

I. The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler or of a pressure vessel shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code, amendments thereto, or rules under which it was constructed and stamped. II. The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler or pressure vessel which does …

The commissioner shall charge $100 per hour, with a minimum charge of $100, for inspections performed by employees of the department of labor.

I. The commissioner may suspend an inspection certificate when an elevator or accessibility lift does not meet the requirements of the standards established under this chapter. When an inspection certificate is suspended, the owner shall not permit the use of the elevator or acce…

I. The inspection requirements of RSA 157-A:8, 9-a, and 10 shall not apply to buildings used exclusively as private residences or apartment houses of less than 3 family units. II. This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers: (a) Boilers under federal control, or United …

I. A boiler and pressure vessel inspector shall hold an active National Board commission and be qualified by the commissioner of labor. II. A license shall be issued by the commissioner to an inspector for a 1-year period. A fee of $30 shall be charged for the license. A license …

An elevator inspector shall pass an examination given by the commissioner, except in cases in which an elevator inspector has proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner experience in excess of 5 years within the state. A license shall be issued to the inspector for a 2-year p…

I. An inspector shall have free access during reasonable hours to any premises in the state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed, or is being installed, or is being operated, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boiler is being constructed or is being in…

An elevator or accessibility lift mechanic shall pass an examination given by the commissioner provided the person either (a) has at least 2 years of documented experience, with an average of 1,800 hours in each year over the 2-year period, working in this state directly under a …

An elevator inspector holding a mechanic's license under this chapter shall not make any repairs as a result of an annual inspection which such inspector performed.

Detailed plans or specifications of each new or altered elevator or accessibility lift shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative before the construction of the elevator or accessibility lift may be started. Fee for exam…

I. Subsequent to the inspection of a boiler or pressure vessel, an inspector shall file with the commissioner an inspection report on a form prescribed by the commissioner indicating whether or not the inspected object is certifiable and shall communicate the results of such insp…

It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey, from one place to another in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire by railroad or…

Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles, when presented to a common carrier for shipment, shall have the contents plainly marked on the outside thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier any…

Any person who shall knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this subdivision, or any regulation made by the commissioner of transportation in pursuance thereof, shall, except as otherwise provided, be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty…

When the death or bodily injury of any person is caused by the explosion of any article named in this subdivision, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in violation hereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same is bein…

Whenever in his judgment the common defense of public safety of the state requires such action, the governor is hereby authorized to direct the adjutant general of this state to control the storage, sale, and use of explosives, except small arms ammunition, for the purpose of pre…

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to offer for sale, manufacture for sale, expose for sale at retail, or rent to the general public or dispose of by gift as premiums or in any similar manner, any material, devices, appliances or equipment requiring electric…

To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the state fire marshal is authorized to take such actions as he may deem necessary to inform the public of the intent and purposes of this chapter and to adopt such rules, under RSA 541-A, as may be required for its effective enforceme…

Any person who violates any of the provisions set forth in this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

No person or individual shall sell, utilize, install or have installed within this state equipment, devices or methods whereby fence wires may be energized with electricity unless a standard type of controller is used which has the approval of the Underwriters Laboratories or the…

Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 158:26 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.

I. For the purposes of this section, "unvented space heater" means any heating appliance, either wick, wickless, or pot burner type, which uses oil, gas, or kerosene for fuel, is either stationary or portable, and the products of combustion of which are not directly conducted to …

For the purpose of this subdivision: I. "Detonators" shall mean any devices for the purpose of exploding an explosive charge and shall include blasting caps, blasting caps with safety fuse, electric blasting caps, detonating fuses, primers, boosters and igniters. II. "Primers, pe…