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MA Gen L ch 146 § 64 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 64 - Engineers and Firemen; Examinations; Appeal

Section 64. Whoever desires to act as an engineer or fireman shall apply for a license to the department. The applicant shall be examined by the inspector assigned to the district in which the applicant resides or is employed. The examinations shall be uniform throughout the commonwealth in a form approved by the state fire marshal, in consultation with the chief, and shall be given in two parts, the first part of which shall be written and the second of which shall be oral; provided, however, that any applicant may be given only an oral examination if he so requests in writing, stating the reasons for such request and if such reasons are deemed valid by the chief or his designee. A mark of seventy percent shall be considered passing on any such written examination and such passing mark shall remain valid for a period of one year. The failure of any applicant taking a written examination to achieve such a passing mark shall result in the removal of his application from any further consideration. The time allotted for the written examination shall be four hours. An oral examination shall be recorded on tape and such tape shall remain on file with the department through the expiration of the time allowed for appeal.  Upon the successful completion of the examination process, the applicant if found competent and trustworthy, shall receive a license graded in accordance with the merits of his examination. An applicant for a first or second class engineer's license shall be examined by a board consisting of three district engineering inspectors of the department, or two such inspectors and the chief, if such chief is a qualified examiner, and, if the applicant is employed, one member of said board shall be the department inspector of boilers assigned to the area where the applicant is so employed, and the decision of said board shall be final. An applicant for a license as an engineer of any other class or as a fireman, or for a special license, shall be examined by one inspector of the division, from whose decision there shall be an appeal as provided in section sixty-six.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 65 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 65 - Operators of Hoisting Machinery; Licenses; Application; Examination

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 65. Whoever desires to act as an operator of hoisting machinery shall apply to the division of professional licensure for a license. If the criteria for licensure established by the commissioner of the division of professional licensure pursuant to section fifty-three are met by the applicant, such applicant shall be required to pass a written or practical examination, or both, in accordance with the standards set in regulations promulgated under the provisions of said section fifty-three. Any operator of hoisting machinery whose license is revoked, and any person who is penalized under the provisions of section fifty-four A, shall be required to pass both a written and practical examination before he may be issued a subsequent license. The passing of the applicable examination shall entitle the applicant to a license to operate hoisting machinery in the category or categories for which he has applied and been examined. Each license issued shall contain a photograph of the licensee. Chapter 146: Section 65. Operators of hoisting machinery; licenses; application; examination [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 103 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 65. Whoever desires to act as an operator of hoisting machinery shall apply to the division of occupational licensure for a license. If the criteria for licensure established by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure pursuant to section fifty-three are met by the applicant, such applicant shall be required to pass a written or practical examination, or both, in accordance with the standards set in regulations promulgated under the provisions of said section fifty-three. Any operator of hoisting machinery whose license is revoked, and any person who is penalized under the provisions of section fifty-four A, shall be required to pass both a written and practical examination before he may be issued a subsequent license. The passing of the applicable examination shall entitle the applicant to a license to operate hoisting machinery in the category or categories for which he has applied and been examined. Each license issued shall contain a photograph of the licensee.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 66 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 66 - Appeal of Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License to Act as Engineer or Fireman; Board of Appeal; Finality of Decision

Section 66. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as engineer or fireman may, within one week, appeal therefrom to the chief of the division of inspection of the department of fire services, who shall appoint three inspectors of the division, or himself and two inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 66a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 66a - Appeal of Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License to Act as Operator of Hoisting Machinery; Board of Appeal; Finality of Decision

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 66A. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as an operator of hoisting machinery may, within 1 week, appeal therefrom to the commissioner of the division of professional licensure, who shall appoint 3 inspectors of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of professional licensure, or himself and 2 inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final. Chapter 146: Section 66A. Appeal of refusal, suspension or revocation of license to act as operator of hoisting machinery; board of appeal; finality of decision [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 105 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 66A. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as an operator of hoisting machinery may, within 1 week, appeal therefrom to the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, who shall appoint 3 inspectors of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, or himself and 2 inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 67a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 67a - Examiners for the Certification of Oil Burner Technicians; Place and Time of Examinations

Section 67A. The chief of inspections of the division of inspection of the department of fire services, the supervising inspector of the division or an inspector of the division shall act as an examiner for the certification of oil burner technicians. The chief of inspections shall cause examinations to be held in such cities and at such times as he may deem necessary.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 69 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 69 - Expenditures by State Fire Marshal for Work and Apparatus

Section 69. The state fire marshal may expend the amount annually appropriated for investigation work, for apparatus used in connection with the inspection of steam boilers and for the installation and maintenance of apparatus in the examination of engineers and firemen.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 70 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 70 - Inspection of Hot Water Heating Boilers; Changes in Rules for Construction of New Boilers

Section 70. All hot water heating boilers, except boilers specified in section seven, when used for space heating or as a heat storage source when the primary fluid circulates only within the code containment vessel or for process heating, and their appurtenances, that come within the scope of the current section one, four or eight of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, hereinafter referred to as the ASME Code, shall be thoroughly inspected internally when construction permits at least once every three years and externally at least once a year.  Changes in the rules which affect the construction of new boilers shall take effect six months after their filing, in the same manner prescribed for steam boilers in section two. The board may, upon request, permit the application of such changes in rules to boilers manufactured or installed during said six months. When a person or a corporation desires to manufacture a special type of boiler, the design of which is not covered by the rules formulated by the board or by the current section one, four or eight of the ASME Code, specifications and drawings shall be submitted through the chief of inspections to the board which, if it approves, shall permit the construction thereof.  The first inspection for the installation of a boiler covered by this section may be made by either a district engineering inspector of the division or by an authorized insurance inspector. The first part of the inspection on steel field erected boilers shall be completed before the system is filled with the fluid to be heated.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 72 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 72 - Hydrostatic Test

Section 72. If in the judgment of the inspector of the division or of the insurance company, it is advisable to apply a hydrostatic test to a boiler, the owner or user shall prepare the boiler for such test, as directed by the inspector of the division or of the insurance company in accordance with the appropriate code.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 73 - Insurance Company Inspection; Authorization

Section 73. The inspection of hot water heating boilers and their appurtenances may be made by inspectors of insurance companies authorized to insure boilers in the commonwealth; or, in the case of shop inspections in a boiler shop outside of the commonwealth, by such other inspectors employed by authorized insurance companies holding a national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors commission as are approved by the chief of inspections.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 74 - Safety Appliances; Tampering; Maximum Pressure

Section 74. No person shall remove or tamper with any safety appliance prescribed by the board or by the ASME Code, section one, four or eight. The safety relief valve shall not be loaded to a greater pressure than that allowed by the certificate of inspection for the boiler.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 75 - Employment of Inspectors by Insurance Companies

Section 75. Every insurance company authorized to insure or to reinsure boilers in the commonwealth shall have in its employ at least one inspector who holds a certificate of competency under section sixty-two and resides in the commonwealth. When an inspector holding such a certificate ceases to be employed by an insurance company, the company shall notify the state fire marshal giving the reasons therefor.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 76 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 76 - Inspector of Boilers; Certificate of Competency Required

Section 76. No person shall act as an inspector of boilers for an insurance company unless such person holds a certificate of competency under section 62.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 77 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 77 - Reports and Recommendations of Inspectors; Insurance Cancellation or Refusal Report

Section 77. The inspectors of the division shall make reports of all inspections and shall make such recommendations to the chief of inspections as they may deem expedient. Every insurance company shall forward to the chief of inspections, within fourteen days after each inspection, reports of all boilers inspected by it. Such reports shall be made on blanks approved by the chief and shall contain all orders made by the company regarding such boilers. Every insurance company shall report immediately to the chief of inspections the name of the owner or user and the location of every boiler required by section seventy to be inspected, upon which they have cancelled or refused insurance, giving the reasons therefor.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 78 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 78 - Preparation of Boilers for Inspection; Notice of Defect to Division; Operation Forbidden Pending Issuance of Certificate of Inspection

Section 78. The owner or user of a boiler required by section seventy to be inspected shall prepare the boiler for inspection as directed by the inspector. The inspector shall, if requested, give the owner or user at least fourteen days notice to prepare a boiler for inspection; provided, that no notice shall be required of an external inspection, nor if the boiler is being installed or has not been inspected within one year and a certificate of inspection issued. If, in the judgment of an inspector of the division, any such boiler or its appurtenances is in a defective or dangerous condition, he may immediately forbid the operation of the boiler, whether or not it is under the inspection of an insurance company; and no person shall again operate such boiler nor cause it to be operated until a certificate of inspection has been issued by an inspector of the division. The owner or user of any boiler required by section seventy to be inspected shall immediately notify the division of inspection or the insurance company, if a boiler is insured, if a defect affecting the safety of the boiler is discovered. If the insurance on any boiler required by section seventy to be inspected expires, or is cancelled because the insurers deemed it unsafe to continue the operation thereof, the owner or user shall cease to operate it until it has been put in a safe condition, satisfactory to the insurers, or has been inspected by the division and a certificate of inspection has been issued.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 79 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 79 - Certificate of Inspection; Contents; Display

Section 79. The certificate of inspection issued by the department shall state the name of the owner and that of the user, if different from the owner, the location of the boiler, the number of the boiler, the date of inspection, the maximum pressure at which the boiler may be operated and the signature of the inspector who made the inspection. The certificate shall also contain such extracts from the General Laws as shall be deemed necessary by the board. It shall be so placed in the boiler room and protected from being soiled as to be easily read.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 80 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 80 - Violations; Written Notice of Violation; Appeals; Penalties

Section 80. (a) Whoever violates any provision of sections 70 to 79, inclusive, or of the rules of the board, or that of the code which is appropriate to a boiler under the jurisdiction of the above sections, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500, nor by less than $50, or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.  (b) The state fire marshal may issue a written notice of violation, which shall be a written warning or a citation to assess civil monetary fines of not more than $5,000 for a violation sections 5 to 41, inclusive, section 46, sections 70 to 80, inclusive, or of regulations adopted thereunder; provided, however, that an inspector assigned to the division of inspection may also issue a warning or citation under these sections.  (i) The state fire marshal may adopt regulations for the administration and enforcement of this section.  (ii) The individual issuing the written notice of violation shall indicate on the notice that it is for: a written warning or a citation; and a violation of the specific law or regulation referenced in subsection (b).  (iii) A person, firm or corporation who is issued a citation in a written notice of violation may appeal to a hearing officer designated by the department of fire services within 30 days after receipt of the notice. All appeal hearings shall be held in accordance with the standard rules governing informal adjudicatory proceedings adopted pursuant to section 9 of chapter 30A.  (iv) A person, firm or corporation who is issued a citation in a written notice of a violation and who fails to: (1) pay the fines assessed within 30 days after receipt of the notice; (2) appeal within 30 days after receipt of the notice; or (3) appear at a scheduled appeal hearing, shall be deemed responsible for the violation as stated in the notice. The finding of responsibility shall be admissible as prima facie evidence of responsibility for the violation in any civil proceeding regarding the violation, in any proceeding to suspend or revoke a license, permit or certificate and in any criminal proceeding.  (v) The state fire marshal may assess a fee for appeals filed pursuant to this section, to be determined by the secretary of administration and finance pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 82 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 82 - Pipefitting Examining and Licensing Rules; Classification of Pipefitter Licenses

Section 82. The bureau shall adopt regulations for the examining and licensing of fire sprinkler contractors, pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters, including the classification of pipefitter licenses, which shall include, but not be limited to, pipefitter welder, process piping and apprentice.
MA Gen L ch 146 § 84 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order|Chapter 146 - Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, Etc. Licenses of Engineers, Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery|Section 84 - Necessity for License

Section 84. No person shall engage in the business of a master pipefitter, or work as a journeyman or apprentice pipefitter or work as a refrigeration technician or work as a fire protection sprinkler system contractor or as a sprinkler fitter unless he is lawfully licensed under the provisions of section eighty-five.