(a) In addition to the deputy inspectors employed under AS 18.60.230 and the special inspectors commissioned under AS 18.60.240, the commissioner of labor and workforce development may appoint an employee of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development as an approved inspector if the employee has completed training by the chief inspector and has passed an examination that has been approved by the director of the division of labor standards and safety to perform inspections under AS 18.60.180 - 18.60.395 of cast iron boilers and domestic hot water heaters. An employee does not have to pass the examination described in AS 18.60.290 in order to be appointed an approved inspector under this subsection.
(b) The inspection authority of an approved inspector appointed under (a) of this section is limited to performing the inspections described in (a) of this section.