Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics › Chapter 175 - VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION › Subchapter B - OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS › Section 175.21 - Appointment

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Authority.
For the purpose of establishing a system of
						official inspection stations, the Bureau will issue a certificate of
						appointment to a privately owned facility within this Commonwealth that
						complies with the requirements of the Vehicle Code and this title. An official
						inspection station is authorized to inspect vehicles and issue official
						certificates of inspection. See
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													4721
						(relating to appointment of official inspection stations).
(b)
Certificate of
						appointment.
The certificate of appointment will be issued only when
						the Bureau is satisfied that the station is properly equipped and has certified
						personnel to make inspections and adjustments. Only those stations fulfilling
						Department requirements and complying with this chapter will be issued a
						certificate of appointment. Prior involvement with a suspended inspection
						station may be sufficient cause to deny appointment. The certificate of
						appointment at all times shall be conspicuously displayed at the place for
						which it is issued. See
						75 Pa.C.S. §
													4722
						(relating to certificate of appointment).
(c)
Certificate not
						assignable.
A certificate of appointment shall be valid only for the
						person in whose name it is issued and for transaction of business at the place
						designated therein. A certificate of appointment shall not be assignable to
						another person or location.
(d)
Valid certificate required.
No person shall in any manner
						represent a place as an official inspection station unless the station is
						operating under a valid certificate of appointment issued by the
						Bureau.
(e)
Inspection
						stations with common access.
No certificate of appointment may be
						issued for operation by an official inspection station on the premises of
						another official inspection station which utilizes the same access. This
						prohibition does not apply if the inspection stations have separate internal
						accesses, though sharing common external access.
(f)
Suspended inspection
						stations.
No certificate of appointment shall be issued for operation
						of an official safety inspection station on the premises of an official safety
						inspection station which has been suspended, if the owner of the suspended
						station continues to conduct any type of business which utilizes the same
						access. This prohibition shall not apply if the station and the other business
						each have a separate internal access, though sharing a common external
						access.
(g)
Cancellation of
						appointments.
A certificate of appointment previously issued for a
						station which does not comply with the restrictions contained in subsection (e)
						or (f) will be cancelled April 28, 1983.