Note: This version of section amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.35. See also following repeal of this section by P.L.171-2019, SEC.9, effective 7-1-2019.

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "inspection agency" means:

(1) an insurance company inspection agency; or

(2) an owner or user inspection agency licensed under section 6 of this chapter.

(b) A boiler and pressure vessel inspector licensed under section 5 of this chapter and employed by an inspection agency may perform any of the following:

(1) An inspection required by section 2 of this chapter.

(2) The issuance of a permit under section 2 of this chapter.

(3) The issuance of an appropriate order under IC 22-12-7 when an equipment law has been violated.

(c) The authority of an inspector acting under this chapter is limited to enforcement related to regulated boilers or pressure vessels insured, owned, or operated by the inspection agency employing the inspector.

(d) Unless an annual report is substituted under subsection (e), an inspection agency shall, within thirty (30) days after the completion of an inspection, submit to the office the report required by the commission. In addition to any other information required by the commission, the inspector conducting the inspection shall cite on the report any violation of the equipment law applicable to the regulated boiler or pressure vessel.

(e) In the case of boilers or pressure vessels inspected by an owner or user inspection agency, an annual report filed on or before the annual date as the commission may prescribe for each report may be substituted. An annual report of an owner or user inspection agency must list, by number and abbreviated description necessary for identification, each boiler and pressure vessel inspected during the covered period, the date of the last inspection of each unit, and for each pressure vessel the approximate date for its next inspection under the rules of the commission. Each annual report of an owner or user inspection must also contain the certificate of a professional engineer registered under IC 25-31 and having supervision over the inspections reported, swearing or affirming under penalty of perjury that each inspection was conducted in conformity with the equipment laws.

(f) An owner or user inspection agency shall pay the fee set under IC 22-12-6 with a report under subsection (e).

(g) In addition to the reports required by subsections (d) and (e), an owner, a user, or an inspection agency shall immediately notify the division when an incident occurs to render a boiler or pressure vessel inoperative.

(h) An inspection agency, an owner, or a user that violates this section is subject to a disciplinary action under IC 22-12-7.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.141-2003, SEC.19; P.L.1-2006, SEC.398; P.L.218-2014, SEC.16; P.L.249-2019, SEC.35.

Note: This version of section repealed by P.L.171-2019, SEC.9, effective 7-1-2019. See also preceding version of this section amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.35.

As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.141-2003, SEC.19; P.L.1-2006, SEC.398; P.L.218-2014, SEC.16; P.L.249-2019, SEC.35. Repealed by P.L.171-2019, SEC.9.