TITLE: Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

SUMMARY: Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 755.022(a), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) boilers owned or operated by the federal government; (2) pressure vessels or process steam generators, other than steam collection or liberation drums of process steam generators; (3) manually fired miniature boilers that: (A) are constructed or maintained for locomotives, boats, tractors, or stationary engines only as a hobby for exhibition, recreation, education, or historical purposes and not for commercial use; (B) have an inside diameter of 12 inches or less or a grate area of two square feet or less; and (C) are equipped with a safety valve of adequate size, a water level indicator, and a pressure gauge; (4) boilers that are designed for operation only at atmospheric pressure and that are equipped with two independent means to prevent the buildup of pressure; (5) steam cookers; [or] (6) espresso machines;(7) boilers that are a component of a medical device regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are of a size that does not exceed: (A) an inside shell diameter of 16 inches; (B) 20 square feet of heating surface, unless the boiler is electric; (C) five cubic feet of gross volume, excluding the casing and insulation; and (D) an allowable working pressure of 100 pounds per square inch gauge; or (8) unfired pressure vessels in an autoclave.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.