Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 306 - REGULATIONS FOR ADOPTION OF TYPE EVALUATION OF WEIGHING AND MEASURING DEVICES › Section 001-306-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Type approval
- The term
				"type approval" means an approval granted to a device manufacturer or
				distributor by the State Sealer covering a specific type of weighing or
				measuring equipment, which, for purposes of identification, is assigned a
				designation that positively identifies the model, pattern, or design of the
				device.
2.
National type
				evaluation program
- The term "National Type Evaluation Program" shall
				be construed to mean a program of cooperation between the National Institute of
				Standards and Technology, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the
				States, and the private sector for determining, on a uniform basis, conformance
				of a type with the relevant provisions of National Institute of Standards and
				Technology Handbook 44, "Specifications, Tolerances and other Technical
				Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, "National Institute of
				Standards and Technology Handbook 105-1, "Specification and Tolerances for
				Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights (NIST Class(F)." National
				Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-2, "Specifications and
				Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures,
				Specification and Tolerances for Field Standard Measuring Flask", or National
				Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-3, "Specifications and
				Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures,
				Specifications and Tolerances for Graduated Neck Type Volumetric Field
				standards."
3.
Type
				evaluation
- The term "type evaluation" shall be construed to mean the
				testing, examination, and/or evaluation; of a type by a participating
				laboratory under the National Type Evaluation Program.
4.
Type
- The term "type" shall
				be construed to mean a model or models of a particular measurement system,
				instrument, element, or a field standard that positively identifies the design.
				A specific type may vary in its measurement ranges, size, performance and
				operating characteristics as specified in the Certificate of
				Conformance.
5.
Participating
				laboratory
- The term "Participating Laboratory" shall be construed to
				mean any State Measurement Laboratory that has been certified by the National
				institute of standards and Technology, in accordance with its program for the
				Certification of Capability of State Measurement Laboratories, to conduct a
				type evaluation under the National Type Evaluation Program.
6.
Certificate of Conformance
-
				The term "Certificate of Conformance" shall be construed to mean a document
				issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology based on testing
				in participating laboratories, said document constituting evidence of
				conformance of a type with the requirements of National Institute of Standards
				and Technology Handbooks 44, 1051, 105-2, 105-3.