Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part I - Weighmasters › Chapter 9 - WEIGHMASTERS › GENERAL › Section 9.11 - Issuing a public weighmaster's certificate

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General requirement
. A
				  licensed public weighmaster shall issue a weighmaster's certificate with
				  respect to any public weighing the licensed public weighmaster
				  conducts.
(b)
Required
				  weighing device
. A licensed public weighmaster shall, when making a
				  public weighing, use a weighing device which is of a type approved by the
				  Department in accordance with Subchapter D of the act (relating to device type
				  approval) and Chapter 10 (relating to device type approval), suitable for the
				  weighing of the amount and kind of commodity to be weighed and which has been
				  tested and approved for use by a weights and measures officer of this
				  Commonwealth preceding the date of the weighing.
(c)
Order of issuance
. A
				  licensed public weighmaster shall issue weighmaster's certificates in
				  consecutive order of the serial numbers affixed thereon.
(d)
Computer generated, typewritten
				  or indelible pencil
. The original weighmaster's certificate shall be
				  computer generated, typewritten or completed with indelible pencil.
(e)
One licensed public weighmaster
				  per certificate
. A public weighmaster's certificate shall be entirely
				  the product of a single licensed public weighmaster. A licensed public
				  weighmaster may not enter a weight value on a weighmaster's certificate unless
				  the public weighmaster has personally determined that weight, and may not make
				  any entry on a weighmaster's certificate of another licensed public
				  weighmaster.
(f)
Clarity
				  required
. A licensed public weighmaster shall issue a complete and
				  accurate weighmaster's certificate that legibly shows what weights were
				  actually determined. If the certificate form provides for the entry of gross,
				  tare and net weights, and the licensed public weighmaster determines fewer than
				  these three weights, the weighmaster shall strike through or otherwise cancel
				  these undetermined weights on the certificate. If weights recorded on a
				  certificate were determined on different dates, the certificate shall clearly
				  report these dates. If the weights recorded on the certificate were determined
				  using different scales, the certificate shall clearly identify these
				  scales.
(g)
Reweighing
				  solid fuel
. A licensed public weighmaster may not reweigh or issue a
				  weighmaster's certificate for solid fuel unless the motor vehicle operator has
				  surrendered the original and all duplicate weighmaster's certificates in his
				  possession pertaining to the solid fuel. The licensed public weighmaster shall
				  attach these certificates to the scale copy of the new weighmaster's
				  certificate. The new certificate shall be retained in a manner that they may be
				  easily reconciled. These provisions notwithstanding, a duplicate copy of the
				  original weighmaster's certificate may be returned to the operator of the
				  vehicle if it is obliterated with a rubber stamp using the following legend:
This solid fuel has been reweighed and this certificate
					 should not be accepted. Any attempt to use this certificate to deliver solid
					 fuel should be reported to your local or State inspector of weights and
					 measures at once.
(h)
Distribution of original and copies
.
(1) The original of a weighmaster's
				  certificate shall be delivered to the purchaser of the commodity specified in
				  the certificate at the time of delivery.
(2) One copy of a weighmaster's certificate
				  shall be maintained at the place of weighing for a period of at least 2 years.
				  A copy of a weighmaster's certificate may be retained by the business selling
				  or delivering the commodity.