Licensed service technicians and service agencies shall:
1. Submit a placing in service report to the State Board of Agriculture within five (5) calendar days after service is provided when required by the Board;
2. Have the authority to remove an official rejection tag after the device has been repaired, tested, and found to meet requirements. The rejection tag and the service technician/service agency test report shall accompany the placing-in-service report submitted to the Board;
3. Attach a seal approved by the Board identifying the service agency, signed and dated by the service technician, stating that the commercial device has been tested in accordance with the provisions in Handbook 44 and is suitable for use as a commercial device;
4. Have available and use sufficient standards and equipment to adequately test weights and measures as set forth in the notes section of each applicable code in Handbook 44, “Specifications, Tolerances and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices”, and have the handbook in their possession. The equipment shall meet the specifications corresponding to the series of NIST Handbook 105, “Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures”, supplements and revisions;
5. Submit to the Board, as required by the Board of Control of the State Bureau of Standards, for examination and certification, any standards and testing equipment that are used or are to be used in the performance of the service and testing functions. A licensed service technician or service agency shall not use any weight or measure standard or testing equipment that has not been approved by the Board; and
6. Maintain all records required by the Board.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 249, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 71, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000. Renumbered from § 5-62.5 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.