California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 9 - Division of Measurement Standards, Department of Food and Agriculture › Chapter 3 - Device Inspection › Article 1 - Inspection Frequencies › Section 4070 - Inspection Frequencies

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The inspection frequencies for weighing and measuring
					 devices used for commercial and law enforcement purposes, and other devices
					 required by law to be inspected by a sealer, are established in Table 1:
					 Inspection Frequencies (By Device Type). The specified times are maximum times
					 between inspections. More frequent inspections may be conducted if requested by
					 the device user, during a complaint investigation, or on the initiative of a
					 sealer. For purposes of this chapter, the term "inspection" applies to a sealer
					 inspecting, trying, and testing a device for applicable specifications,
					 tolerances, and other technical requirements adopted in Chapter 1 of this
					 division.
Table 1: Inspection Frequencies
(By Device Type)
Submeter/Meter/Measuring
							 Devices.
Scales/Weighing
							 Devices.
Frequency.
* Electric Watt-Hour Submeter.
10 years.
* Hydrocarbon Vapor Submeter.
* Water Submeter (Domestic Service).
* Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems/Electric Vehicle
							 Supply Equipment (EVSE).
* Prescription (Pharmacies).
2 years.
* Fabric-/Wire- and Cordage-Measuring Device.
* Automatic Bulk Weighing System for Grain.
Annual.
* Grain Moisture Meter.
* Belt Conveyors.
* Grease and Lubricant Meter.
* Class I (Other Than
* Hydrogen Gas-Measuring Device.
Prescription).
* Liquid Measure (Standard).
* Class II (Other Than
* Liquefied Gas Meters:
Prescription).
* Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Device
							 (CO2).
* Class III (Other Than
* Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Device.
Prescription).
* Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
* Computing.
* Mass Flow Meters:
* Counter
* Compressed Natural Gas Meter (CNG).
* Crane.
* Liquefied Natural Gas Meter (LNG).
* Dormant
* Odometer.
* Hanging.
* Retail Meter.
* Hopper and Tank.
* Retail Motor Fuel Dispenser.
* Livestock/Animal.
* Retail Water Meter.
* Meat Beam/Monorail.
* Tank (Liquid Test).
* Portable Platform.
* Taximeter.
* Railway Track.
* Vehicle-Tank Meter.
* Spring
* Water Submeter (All Others).
* Vehicle.
* Wholesale Meter.
* Vehicle On-Board
* Miscellaneous Measuring
							 Device
1
.
(Forklift).
* Miscellaneous Weighing
							 Device
2
.
* Farm Milk Tank.
Initial, Plus Annual Visual
							 Inspection.
* Linear Measure (Standard).
* Dry Measure (Standard).
Initial Only.
* Dry, Measured (Tank or Container).
* Glass Graduate (Standard).
* Liquid Gauged (Tank or Container).
1 "Miscellaneous Measuring Device" includes all other
					 commercial measuring device types that are not specified in Table 1.
2 "Miscellaneous Weighing Device" includes all other
					 commercial weighing device types that are not specified in Table
					 1.
1. New
					 Subchapter 3 (Articles 1-2, Sections
					 4070-4074) filed 4-21-82; effective
					 upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 82, No. 17).
2. Amendment of Table 1 filed 12-27-84;
					 designated effective 1-1-85 pursuant to Government Code Section
					 11346.2(d)
					 (Register 84, No. 52).
3. Amendment of article heading, section
					 heading and section and repealer and new Table 1 filed 4-28-2021; operative
					 4-28-2021 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2021, No. 18). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						12027
						and
						12212,
						Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
						12212,
						Business and Professions Code.