121.083 Superintendent of division of industrial compliance - powers and duties.

The superintendent of the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce shall:

(A) Administer and enforce the general laws of this state pertaining to buildings, pressure piping, boilers, bedding, upholstered furniture, and stuffed toys, steam engineering, elevators, plumbing, licensed occupations regulated by the department, and travel agents, as they apply to plans review, inspection, code enforcement, testing, licensing, registration, and certification.

(B) Collect and collate statistics as are necessary.

(C) Examine and license persons who desire to act as steam engineers, to operate steam boilers, and to act as inspectors of steam boilers, provide for the scope, conduct, and time of such examinations, provide for, regulate, and enforce the renewal and revocation of such licenses, inspect and examine steam boilers and make, publish, and enforce rules and orders for the construction, installation, inspection, and operation of steam boilers, and do, require, and enforce all things necessary to make such examination, inspection, and requirement efficient.

(D) Rent and furnish offices as needed in cities in this state for the conduct of its affairs.

(E) Oversee a chief of construction and compliance, a chief of operations and maintenance, a chief of licensing and certification, and other designees appointed by the director of commerce to perform the duties described in this section.

(F) Enforce the rules the board of building standards adopts pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 4104.43 of the Revised Code under the circumstances described in division (D) of that section.

(G) Accept submissions, establish a fee for submissions, and review submissions of certified welding and brazing procedure specifications, procedure qualification records, and performance qualification records for building services piping as required by section 4104.44 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 09-26-1996; 11-05-2004