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MS Code § 45-23-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-9. Rules and regulations

  The State Board of Health (hereinafter board) shall adopt definitions, rules and regulations for the safe construction, installation, inspection, care and good practice in the operation, maintenance and repair of boilers and pressure vessels.   The definitions, rules and regulations so formulated for new construction shall be based upon and at all times follow the generally accepted nationwide engineering standards, formulae and practices established and pertaining to boiler and pressure vessel construction and safety, and the board shall at its first meeting adopt an existing published codification thereof known as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (hereinafter ASME), with the amendments, code cases and interpretations thereto made and approved by ASME, and may likewise adopt the amendments and interpretations subsequently made and published by the same authority; and when so adopted, the same shall be deemed incorporated into and to constitute a part of the whole of the definitions, rules and regulations of the committee. Amendments, code cases and interpretations to the code so adopted shall be effective immediately upon being promulgated, to the end that the definitions, rules and regulations shall at all times follow the generally accepted nationwide engineering standards.   The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the inspection, care and good practice in operation, maintenance and repair of boilers and pressure vessels which were in use in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to existing installations become effective, or during the twelve-month period immediately thereafter. The rules and regulations so formulated and recommended shall be based upon and at all times follow the generally accepted nationwide engineering standards.     The rules and regulations and any subsequent amendments thereto adopted by the board shall, immediately following a hearing upon not less than thirty (30) day's notice as hereinafter provided, be approved and published and when so promulgated shall have the force and effect of law, except that the rules applying to the construction of new boilers and pressure vessels shall not become mandatory until twelve (12) months after their promulgation by the board. Subsequent amendments to the rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be permissive immediately and shall become mandatory twelve (12) months after their promulgation.   Notice of the hearing shall give the time and place of the hearing and shall state the matters to be considered. Such notice shall be given to all persons directly affected by such hearing. In the event all persons directly affected are unknown, notice shall be perfected by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Northern, Central and Southern Supreme Court Districts of this state at least thirty (30) days prior to such hearing.
MS Code § 45-23-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-11. Prohibition against nonconforming installation or operation; special permit

 No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after twelve (12) months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective, unless the boiler or pressure vessel is of special design or construction and is not inconsistent with the spirit and safety objectives of such rules and regulations, in which case a special installation and operating permit may, at its discretion, be granted by the board.
MS Code § 45-23-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-13. Maximum allowable pressure

  The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler carrying the ASME code symbol or of a pressure vessel carrying the ASME or API-ASME code symbol shall be determined by the applicable sections of the code under which it was constructed and stamped.   The maximum allowable pressure of a boiler or pressure vessel which does not carry the ASME or the API-ASME code symbol shall be computed in accordance with generally accepted nationwide engineering standards as required by the board.   This chapter shall not be construed as in any way preventing the use, sale or reinstallation of a boiler or pressure vessel referred to in subsections (1) and (2), provided it has been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations and provided, further, it has been found upon inspection to be in a safe condition and that an inspection certificate can be issued.
MS Code § 45-23-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-15. Exemptions

  This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers and pressure vessels:   Boilers and pressure vessels located on United States Government property and/or under federal government control and pipelines, including compressors and related facilities, which are subject to inspection by any agency of the federal government or other agency of the State of Mississippi;   Pressure vessels used for transportation and storage of compressed gases when constructed in compliance with specifications of the U.S. Department of Transportation and when charged with gas, marked, maintained and when periodically requalified for use, as required by appropriate regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation;   Air tanks located on vehicles operating under the rules of other state authorities and used for carrying passengers or freight;   Air tanks installed on the right-of-way of railroads and used directly in the operation of trains;   Pressure vessels that do not exceed (i) five (5) cubic feet in volume and two hundred fifty (250) psig pressure, or (ii) one and one-half (1-1/2) cubic feet in volume and six hundred (600) psig pressure, or (iii) an inside diameter of six (6) inches or less with no limitation on pressure;   Pressure vessels operating at a working pressure not exceeding fifteen (15) psig;   Vessels with a nominal water-containing capacity of one hundred twenty (120) gallons or less for containing water under pressure, including those containing also air, the compression of which serves only as a cushion;   Boiler and pressure vessels constructed and operated under licenses and permits granted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission;   Boilers and pressure vessels used in connection with the production, treating, processing, storage or transportation of oil or natural gas, when located in areas which are remote from places of human habitation or public congregation.     The following boilers and pressure vessels shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections 45-23-31 through 45-23-55:   Heating boilers which are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six (6) family units;   Pressure vessels containing only water under pressure for domestic supply purposes, including those containing also air, the compression of which serves only as a cushion or airlift pumping system when located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six (6) family units, or those serving rural water systems;   Pressure vessels which are covered under the Liquefied Compressed Gas Equipment Inspection Law of Mississippi, being Sections 75-57-1 through 75-57-63, Mississippi Code of 1972;   Air receiving tanks and attached tanks used in connection with automobile filling stations that do not exceed fifteen (15) cubic feet in volume and two hundred fifty (250) psig pressure and that are used primarily to increase air pressure in automobile tires.
MS Code § 45-23-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-17. Chief inspector; qualifications

 The board shall employ a chief inspector who shall be a citizen of this state, or if no suitable person is available a citizen of another state, who shall have had at the time of such appointment not less than ten (10) years experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam operating engineer, boilermaker or boiler inspector, and who shall have passed the same kind of examination as that prescribed under Section 45-23-23, and who should be, whenever possible, a registered professional engineer in this state. Such appointment shall be made within sixty (60) days after passage of this chapter and at any time thereafter that the office of the chief inspector may become vacant. Such chief inspector may be removed for cause after due investigation by the board.
MS Code § 45-23-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-19. Chief inspector; duties and powers

 The chief inspector, if authorized by the board, is hereby charged, directed and empowered:   to take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the State of Mississippi governing the use of boilers and pressure vessels to which this chapter applies and of the rules and regulations of the board;   to keep a complete record of the type, dimensions, maximum allowable pressure, age, location, and all inspection reports of all boilers and pressure vessels to which this chapter applies;   to publish and make available to anyone requesting them copies of the rules and regulations promulgated by the board;   to issue, or to suspend or revoke for cause, inspection certificates as provided for in Sections 45-23-41 through 45-23-49;   to cause the prosecution of all violators of the provisions of this chapter;   to draw from the special fund created by Sections 45-23-53 through 45-23-55 any funds appropriated or authorized to be expended by the legislature for the purpose of implementing and administering this chapter. These expenditures may include but are not necessarily limited to the necessary traveling expenses of the chief inspector and his deputies and the expense incident to the maintenance of the chief inspector's office;   to maintain a list of qualified inspectors or other persons eligible to make inspections within this state and its territories.
MS Code § 45-23-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-21. Deputy inspectors; inspection service; special inspectors

 The board:   may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have had at the time of appointment not less than five (5) years experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam operating engineer, boilermaker or boiler inspector, and who shall have passed the examination provided for in Section 45-23-23.   shall, upon the request of any company licensed to insure and insuring in this state boilers and pressure vessels or, upon the request of any company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels in this state for which the owner or user maintains a regularly established inspection service which is under the supervision of one or more engineers whose qualifications are satisfactory to the board and causes said pressure vessels to be regularly inspected and rated by such inspection service in accordance with applicable provisions of the rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 45-23-9, issue to any inspectors of said company licenses as special inspectors, provided that each such inspector before receiving his license shall satisfactorily pass the examination provided for by Section 45-23-23; or in lieu of such examination the board may accept persons who hold a license or a certificate of competency as an inspector of boilers and pressure vessels for a state that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that of the State of Mississippi.   A license as a special inspector shall be issued to a qualified employee of a company operating boilers and/or pressure vessels in this state only if, in addition to meeting the requirements stated herein, the person is employed full time by the company and is responsible for making inspections of pressure vessels used or to be used by such company and which are not for resale.   Such special inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their expenses be paid by, the state; and the continuance of a special inspector's license shall be conditioned upon his continuing in the employ of the insurance company duly authorized as aforesaid or upon continuing in the employ of the company so operating pressure vessels in this state and upon his maintenance of the standards imposed by this chapter.   Such special inspectors shall inspect all boilers and pressure vessels insured or all boilers and/or pressure vessels operated by their respective companies, and when so inspected the owners and users of such boilers and pressure vessels shall be exempt from payment to the state of inspection fees provided for in Section 43-23-53.
MS Code § 45-23-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-23. Examination for inspectors

  The examination for chief, deputy or special inspector shall be in writing and shall be by the merit system of the board under the rules of procedure during the examination. Application for examination shall be in writing on forms provided by the board and shall be accompanied by a fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this subsection shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65. Such examination shall be confined to questions, the answers to which will aid in determining the fitness and competency of the applicant for the intended service.   In case an applicant for an inspector's license fails to pass the examination, he may appeal to the merit system of the board for another examination which shall be given by the board within ninety (90) days.   The record of an applicant's examination shall be accessible to the applicant and his employer.
MS Code § 45-23-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-25. Suspension or revocation of inspector's license

  An inspector's license may be suspended by the chief inspector, after due investigation and approval by the board, for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his application or in a report of any inspection made by him. Written notice of any such suspension shall be given by the chief inspector within not more than ten (10) days thereof to the inspector and his employer.  A person whose license has been suspended shall be entitled to an appeal to the board, as provided in Section 45-23-57, and to be present in person or to be represented by counsel at the hearing of the appeal.    If the board has reason to believe that a licensed inspector is no longer qualified to hold his license, the board shall, upon not less than ten (10) days' written notice to the inspector and his employer, hold a hearing at which such inspector and his employer shall have an opportunity to be heard. If, as a result of such hearing, the board shall find that such inspector is no longer qualified to hold his license, the board shall instruct the chief inspector that such license shall be revoked and the chief inspector shall thereupon revoke such license forthwith.   A person whose license has been suspended shall be entitled to apply, after ninety (90) days from the date of such suspension for reinstatement of such license.
MS Code § 45-23-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-27. Replacement of lost or destroyed license

 If a license is lost or destroyed, a new license shall be issued in its place without another examination.
MS Code § 45-23-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-29. Inspectors' bonds

 The chief inspector shall furnish a bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and each of the deputy inspectors employed and paid by the state shall furnish a bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties and upon a true account of monies handled by them respectively and the payment thereof to the proper recipient. The cost of said bonds shall be paid from funds appropriated by the legislature for administration of this chapter.
MS Code § 45-23-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-31. Access to premises

 Any duly authorized representative of the board shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the state where a boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed for use in, or is being installed in, this state for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boiler or pressure vessel is being constructed and installed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 45-23-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-33. Inspection requirements

 On and after the effective date of the rules and regulations first promulgated by the board, each boiler and pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or pressure vessels exempt under Section 45-23-15, shall be thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation and condition as follows:   Power boilers and high pressure, high temperature water boilers shall receive a certificate inspection annually or as the board may require and shall also be externally inspected annually while under pressure if possible.   Heating boilers shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.   Pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection biennially.   Pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion shall receive a certificate inspection at intervals set by the board, but internal inspection shall not be required of pressure vessels, the contents of which are known to be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, heads or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical composition of the contents or from evidence that the contents are adequately treated with a corrosion inhibitor, or from evidence that the vessel parts are isolated from the contents with a corrosion resistant lining, provided that such vessels are constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, and provided further that evidence proving noncorrosiveness is approved by the board.   Nuclear vessels within the scope of this chapter shall be inspected and reported in such form and with such appropriate information as the board shall designate.   A grace period of two (2) months beyond the periods specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) may elapse between certificate inspections.   The board may, in its discretion, permit longer periods between certificate inspections.   Under the provisions of this chapter, the board shall provide for the safety of life, limb and property, and therefore has jurisdiction over the interpretation and application of the inspection requirements as provided for in the rules and regulations which they have promulgated. Inspection during construction and installation shall certify as to the minimum requirements for safety. Inspection requirements of operating equipment shall be in accordance with generally accepted practice and compatible with the actual service conditions, such as: (i) previous experience, based on records of inspection, performance and maintenance; (ii) location, with respect to personnel hazard; (iii) quality of inspection and operating personnel; (iv) provision for related safe operation controls; (v) interrelation with other operations outside the scope of this chapter.   Based upon documentation of such actual service conditions by the owner or user of the operating equipment, the board may, in its discretion, permit variations in inspection requirements.
MS Code § 45-23-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-35. Who may make required inspections

 The inspections herein required shall be made by the chief inspector, by a deputy inspector, or by a special inspector provided for in this chapter.
MS Code § 45-23-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-37. Hydrostatic tests

 If the inspector can show due cause that a hydrostatic test is necessary it shall be made by the owner or user of the boiler or pressure vessel, at the owner's or user's expense.
MS Code § 45-23-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 45 - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 23 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety|§ 45-23-39. Inspection during construction

 All boilers, other than cast iron sectional boilers, and pressure vessels to be installed in this state after the twelve (12) month period from the date upon which the rules and regulations of the board shall become effective, shall be inspected during construction as required by the applicable rules and regulations of the board by an inspector authorized to inspect boilers and pressure vessels in this state, or, if constructed outside of the state, by an inspector holding a license issued by an organization approved by the board.