D. Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons
and Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices

as adopted by

The National Conference on Weights and Measures\*

###### 1. Background

The Uniform Regulation covering the registration of servicepersons and
service agencies was developed and adopted by the National Conference on
Weights and Measures in 1966, retitled in 1983, and substantially
revised in 1984. It is designed to promote uniformity among those
jurisdictions that provide for or are contemplating the establishment of
some type of control over the servicing of commercial weighing and
measuring devices. It offers to a serviceperson or to a service agency
the opportunity to register and carries with it the privilege of
restoring devices to service and of placing new or used devices in
service.

Two unique features of the registration plan are its voluntary nature
and the provision for reciprocity. Registration is not required;
however, the privileges gained make it attractive. Also, in order to
provide maximum effectiveness of the program and to reduce legal
obstacles to a minimum to service across state lines, provision is made
for reciprocity in certification of standards and testing equipment
among states.

###### 2. Status of Promulgation

The table beginning on page 10 shows the status of adoption of the
Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons and
Service Agencies for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices.

\*The National Conference on Weights and Measures is supported by the
National Institute of Standards and Technology in partial implementation
of its statutory responsibility for "cooperation with the states in
securing uniformity in weights and measures laws and methods of
inspection."

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**Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons
and Service Agencies**

**for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices**

**Table of Contents**

**Section** Page

[1. Policy 143](#section-1.-policy)

[2. Definitions 143](#section-2.-definitions)

[2.1. Registered Serviceperson. 143](#__RefHeading___Toc205539775)

[2.2. Registered Service Agency. 143](#__RefHeading___Toc205539776)

[2.3. Commercial and Law Enforcement Weighing and Measuring Devices.
143](#__RefHeading___Toc205539777)

[3. Registration Fee 144](#section-3.-registration-fee)

[4. Voluntary Registration 144](#section-4.-voluntary-registration)

[5. Minimum Equipment 144](#section-5.-minimum-equipment)

[6. Certificate of Registration 144](#__RefHeading___Toc205539781)

[7. Privileges and Responsibilities of a Voluntary Registrant
144](#__RefHeading___Toc205539782)

[8. Placed in Service Report 145](#section-8.-placed-in-service-report)

[9. Examination and Calibration or Certification of Standards and
Testing Equipment
145](#section-9.-examination-and-calibration-or-certification-of-standards-and-testing-equipment)

[10. Revocation of Certificate of Registration
145](#section-10.-revocation-of-certificate-of-registration)

[11. Publication of Lists of Registered Servicepersons and Registered
Service Agencies
145](#section-11.-publication-of-lists-of-registered-servicepersons-and-registered-service-agencies)

[12. Effective Date 145](#section-12.-effective-date)

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**Uniform Regulation for the Voluntary Registration of Servicepersons
and Service Agencies**

**for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices**

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###### Section 1. Policy {#section-1.-policy .VolRegLevel1}

For the benefit of the users, manufacturers, and distributors of
commercial weighing and measuring devices, it shall be the policy of the
Director of Weights and Measures, hereinafter referred to as "Director,"
to accept registration of (a) an individual and (b) an agency providing
acceptable evidence that he, she, or it is fully qualified by training
or experience to install, service, repair, or recondition a commercial
weighing or measuring device; has a thorough working knowledge of all
appropriate weights and measures laws, orders, rules, and regulations;
and has possession of, or has available for use, and will use suitable
and calibrated weights and measures field standards and testing
equipment appropriate in design and adequate in amount. (An employee of
the government shall not be eligible for registration.)

The Director will check the qualifications of each applicant. It will be
necessary for an applicant to have available sufficient field standards
and equipment (see Section 5, Minimum Equipment).

It shall also be the policy of the Department to issue a "Certificate of
Registration" to qualified applicants whose applications for
registration are approved. This Certificate grants authority to remove
rejection seals and tags placed on Commercial and Law Enforcement
Weighing and Measuring Devices by authorized weights and measures
officials, to place in service repaired devices that were rejected, and
to place in service devices that have been newly installed.

The Director is NOT guaranteeing the work or fair dealing of a
Registered Serviceperson or Service Agency. He will, however, remove
from the registration list any Registered Serviceperson or Service
Agency that performs unsatisfactory work or takes unfair advantage of a
device owner.

Registration with the Director shall be on a voluntary basis. The
Director shall reserve the right to limit or reject the application of
any Serviceperson or Service Agency and to revoke his, her, or its
permit to remove rejection seals or tags for good cause.

This policy shall in no way preclude or limit the right and privilege of
any individual or agency not registered with the Director to install,
service, repair, or recondition a commercial weighing or measuring
device (see Section 7, Privileges and Responsibilities of a Voluntary
Registrant).

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984 and 2005)

###### Section 2. Definitions {#section-2.-definitions .VolRegLevel1}

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc205539775 .anchor}**2.1. Registered
Serviceperson.** -- Any individual who for hire, award, commission, or
any other payment of any kind, installs, services, repairs, or
reconditions a commercial weighing or measuring device, and who
voluntarily registers with the Director of Weights and Measures.

(Added 1966)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc205539776 .anchor}**2.2. Registered Service
Agency.** -- Any agency, firm, company, or corporation that for hire,
award, commission, or any other payment of any kind installs, services,
repairs, or reconditions a commercial weighing or measuring device, and
that voluntarily registers with the Director of Weights and Measures.
Under agency registration, identification of individual servicepersons
shall be required.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc205539777 .anchor}**2.3. Commercial and Law
Enforcement Weighing and Measuring Devices.** -- Any weight or measure
or weighing or measuring device commercially used or employed in
establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement of
quantities, things, produce, or articles for distribution or
consumption, purchased, offered, or submitted for sale, hire, or award,
or in computing any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the
basis of weight or measure. It shall also include any accessory attached
to or used in connection with a commercial weighing or measuring device
when such accessory is so designed or installed that its operation
affects the accuracy of the device. It also includes weighing and
measuring equipment in official use for the enforcement of law or for
the collection of statistical information by government agencies.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

###### Section 3. Registration Fee {#section-3.-registration-fee .VolRegLevel1}

There shall be charged by the Director an annual fee of
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ per Registered Serviceperson and
\$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ per Registered Service Agency to cover costs at
the time application for registration is made, and annually, thereafter.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

###### Section 4. Voluntary Registration {#section-4.-voluntary-registration .VolRegLevel1}

An individual or agency qualified by training or experience may apply
for registration to service weighing devices or measuring devices on an
application form supplied by the Director. Said form, duly signed and
witnessed, shall include certification by the applicant that the
individual or agency is fully qualified to install, service, repair, or
recondition whatever devices for the service of which competence is
being registered; has in possession or available for use, and will use,
all necessary testing equipment and standards; and has full knowledge of
all appropriate weights and measures laws, orders, rules, and
regulations. An applicant also shall submit appropriate evidence or
references as to qualifications. Application for registration shall be
voluntary, but the Director is authorized to reject or limit any
application.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

###### Section 5. Minimum Equipment {#section-5.-minimum-equipment .VolRegLevel1}

Applicants must have available sufficient standards and equipment to
adequately test devices as set forth in the Notes section of each
applicable code in NIST Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and
Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices. This
equipment will meet the specifications of NIST 105-series standards (or
other suitable and designated standards). This section shall not
preclude the use of additional field standards and/or equipment, as
approved by the Director, for uniform evaluation of device performance
(see Section 9, Examination and Calibration or Certification of
Standards and Testing Equipment).

(Added 1984) (Amended 2005)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc205539781 .anchor}**Section 6. Certificate of
Registration**

The Director will review and check the qualifications of each applicant.
The Director shall issue to the applicant a "Certificate of
Registration," including an assigned registration number if it is
determined that the applicant is qualified. The "Certificate of
Registration" will expire 1 year from the date of issuance.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc205539782 .anchor}**Section 7. Privileges and
Responsibilities of a Voluntary Registrant**

A bearer of a Certificate of Registration shall have the authority to
remove an official rejection tag or mark placed on a weighing or
measuring device by the authority of the Director; place in service,
until such time as an official examination can be made, a weighing or
measuring device that has been officially rejected; and place in
service, until such time as an official examination can be made, a new
or used weighing or measuring device. The registered serviceperson or
service agency is responsible for installing, repairing, and adjusting
devices such that the devices are adjusted as closely as practicable to
zero error.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

###### Section 8. Placed in Service Report {#section-8.-placed-in-service-report .VolRegLevel1}

The Director shall furnish each registered serviceperson and registered
service agency with a supply of report forms to be known as "Placed in
Service Reports." Such a form shall be executed in triplicate, shall
include the assigned registration number, and shall be signed by a
registered serviceperson or by a serviceperson representing a registered
agency for each rejected device restored to service and for each newly
installed device placed in service. Within 24 hours after a device is
restored to service or placed in service, the original of the properly
executed Placed in Service Report, together with any official rejection
tag removed from the device, shall be forwarded to the Director
at \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(address). The duplicate copy of the report shall be
handed to the owner or operator of the device, and the triplicate copy
of the report shall be retained by the Registered Serviceperson or
Registered Service Agency.

(Added 1966) (Amended 2005)

###### Section 9. Examination and Calibration or Certification of Standards and Testing Equipment {#section-9.-examination-and-calibration-or-certification-of-standards-and-testing-equipment .VolRegLevel1}

All field standards that are used for servicing and testing weights and
measures devices for which competence is registered shall be submitted
to the Director for initial and subsequent verification and calibration
at intervals determined by the Director. A registered serviceperson or
registered service agency shall not use in servicing commercial weighing
or measuring devices any field standards or testing equipment that have
not been calibrated or verified by the Director. In lieu of submission
of physical standards, the Director may accept calibration and/or
verification reports from any laboratory that is formally accredited or
recognized. The Director shall maintain a list of organizations from
which the state will accept calibration reports. The state shall retain
the right to periodically monitor calibration results and/or to verify
field standard compliance to specifications and tolerances when field
standards are initially placed into service or at any intermediate point
between calibrations.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984, 1999, and 2005)

###### Section 10. Revocation of Certificate of Registration {#section-10.-revocation-of-certificate-of-registration .VolRegLevel1}

The Director is authorized to suspend or revoke a Certificate of
Registration for good cause which shall include, but not be limited to:
taking of unfair advantage of an owner of a device; failure to have test
equipment or standards certified; failure to use adequate testing
equipment; or failure to adjust commercial or law enforcement devices to
comply with Handbook 44 subsequent to service or repair.

(Added 1966) (Amended 1984)

###### Section 11. Publication of Lists of Registered Servicepersons and Registered Service Agencies {#section-11.-publication-of-lists-of-registered-servicepersons-and-registered-service-agencies .VolRegLevel1}

The Director shall publish, from time to time as he deems appropriate,
and may supply upon request, lists of Registered Servicepersons and
Registered Service Agencies.

(Added 1966)

###### Section 12. Effective Date {#section-12.-effective-date .VolRegLevel1}

This regulation shall become effective on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

(Added 1966)