Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › REGULATORY › Chapter 16-663 - Service agents - Reporting, test procedures, standards and calibration of weighing and measuring devices › Section 16-663-150 - Reports and responsibilities of service agents and servicepersons

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Any person
				installing a new or used weighing or measuring device that is being put in use
				for the first time at that location must provide a notice of installation to
				the department. The notice shall state the date placed in service, type of
				device, capacity, business' name and site address, and name and address of the
				service company installing the device. The report shall also indicate whether
				the device is new or used.
(2)
				After correcting a rejected device, registered service agents or servicepersons
				must return the reject report issued by the weights and measures official to
				the address indicated on the form within seven days from completion of work.
				All discrepancies noted on the department's rejection report must be corrected
				before returning the device to service. The form must be signed and dated by
				the registered serviceperson returning the device to service. The form must
				also legibly indicate his/her registration number and show the number or
				identifying mark of security seals that were removed and applied to affect the
				correction.
(3) A registered
				service agent or serviceperson will submit a copy of his/her test report
				showing the as-found and as-corrected readings with the reject report when
				putting a rejected device back into service.
(4) Commercially used weighing or measuring
				devices put into service or returned to service must be correct and meet all
				applicable specifications and requirements set forth in the edition of National
				Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44 currently adopted by the
				director. The device must also meet current (NTEP) requirements in effect for
				the device.
(5) Devices must be
				installed in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
(6) A device installed in a fixed location
				must be installed so that its operation or performance will not be adversely
				affected by any characteristic of the foundation, supports, or any other detail
				of the installation.
(7) Equipment
				must be installed in such a manner that all required markings are readily
				observable.
(8) A device must be
				installed so that it will be correct and it meets all performance requirements
				when associated or nonassociated equipment is operated in its usual and
				customary manner.
(9) Faulty
				installation conditions must be corrected, and any defective parts must be
				renewed or suitably repaired, before adjustments are made.
(10) When equipment is adjusted, the
				adjustment must be made so that performance errors are as close as practicable
				to zero value.
(11) Equipment put
				into service, repaired, adjusted, calibrated or refurbished must be sealed with
				an appropriate security seal and the seal number recorded on the inspection
				test report. Any security seal removed prior to servicing the device will be
				noted on the test report and will include the number or identifying mark of the
				security seal.
(12) Equipment must
				be assembled and installed so that it does not facilitate the perpetration of
				fraud.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 19.94.010,
					 19.94.190. 00-22-072, §
					 16-663-150, filed 10/30/00, effective
					 11/30/00.