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...The owner or user of any boiler required by sections 4104.01 to 4104.20 of the Revised Code, to be inspected, shall immediately notify the superintendent of industrial compliance in case a defect affecting the safety of the boiler is discovered. The owner or user of any stationary boiler required by such sections to be inspected, who moves the same, shall report to the superintendent the new location of the b...

...Certificates of operation issued for boilers subject to inspection under Chapter 4104. of the Revised Code shall be issued and renewed in accordance with and at dates prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the superintendent of industrial compliance.

...(A) The owner or user of a boiler required under section 4104.12 of the Revised Code to be inspected upon installation, and the owner or user of a boiler for which a certificate of inspection has been issued that is replaced with an appropriate certificate of operation, shall pay to the superintendent of industrial compliance an initial certificate of operation fee in the following amount, as applicable: (1) Fifty ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (H) of this section, any person seeking a license to operate as a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator shall file a written application with the superintendent of industrial compliance on a form prescribed by the superintendent with the appropriate application fee as set forth in section 4104.18 of the Revised Code. The application shall con...

...No owner or operator of any boiler shall operate the same in violation of sections 4104.11 to 4104.16, inclusive, and 4104.18 of the Revised Code, or of any rule or regulation adopted by the board of building standards, pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, or without having a boiler inspected and a certificate of operation issued therefor as provided in such sections or hinder or prevent a general or spec...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of industrial compliance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...As used in sections 4104.31 to 4104.37: (A) "Boiler" has the same meaning as in section 4104.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Historical boiler" means a steam boiler of riveted construction that is preserved, restored, or maintained for hobby or demonstration.

...Except as provided pursuant to section 4104.37 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate a historical boiler in this state in a place that is open to the public unless both of the following requirements are satisfied: (A) The person operating the boiler is licensed under section 4104.35 of the Revised Code. (B) The owner of the boiler holds a current valid certificate of operation for the historical boiler pur...

...There is hereby created the historical boilers licensing board consisting of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for five years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term that it succeeds. One member shall be an employee of the division of boiler inspection in the department of commerce; one member shall be an...

...The historical boilers licensing board shall do all of the following: (A) Adopt rules concerning all of the following: (1) Criteria that inspectors of historical boilers shall utilize in determining the safe operation of historical boilers; (2) Procedures for the inspection of historical boilers; (3) The standards for riveted or welded repairs or alterations made to historical boilers; (4) Standards and pro...

...(A) Any person may apply to the historical boiler licensing board to become licensed to operate historical boilers in public. The board shall issue a license to any person who satisfies the following criteria: (1) Is sixteen years of age or older; (2) Has completed a historical boiler operator's course that is approved by the board; (3) Passes a written or verbal examination that is approved by the board and th...

...(A) The owner of a historical boiler that is operated in public shall maintain a current valid certificate of operation for the historical boiler in accordance with the requirements of this section. (B) At least once every three years, inspectors designated by the chief of the division of boiler inspection in the department of commerce shall inspect thoroughly, internally and externally, and under operating conditi...

...Sections 4104.32 to 4104.36 of the Revised Code do not apply to historical boilers that are smaller than the size determined by the historical boilers licensing board pursuant to division (I) of section 4104.34 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 4104.41 to 4104.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "Building services piping" means piping systems and their component parts that are part of a building system and that promote the safe, sanitary, and energy efficient occupancy of a building. "Building services piping" includes, but is not limited to, cold and hot potable water distribution for plumbing fixtures; sanitary lines leading from plumbing fix...

...(A) The owner of any power piping or process piping system shall ensure that all of the following are performed in compliance with applicable sections of the B31 standards contained in the code for pressure piping, published by the American society of mechanical engineers: (1) The design, fabrication, assembly, installation, testing, examination, and inspection of power and process piping systems; (2) Qualifi...

...(A)(1) The board of building standards shall adopt rules establishing requirements for the design, installation, inspection of and design review procedure for building services piping. (2) The board of building standards shall adopt rules establishing requirements for the design, installation, inspection of and design review procedure for nonflammable medical gas, medical oxygen, and medical vacuum piping sys...

...All welding and brazing of metallic piping systems shall be performed in accordance with section IX of the boiler and pressure vessel code, published by the American society of mechanical engineers. The owner shall maintain, at the job site, the certified performance qualification records of all welders and brazers employed at the facility. The owner shall submit copies of all certified welding and brazing proc...

...A person who inspects the installation of or witnesses the testing of any nonflammable medical gas and vacuum piping system shall be certified to do so pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The design, installation, and testing of nonflammable medical gas and vacuum piping systems within the scope of the national fire protection association standard, section 1-1 of "NFPA 99C, Gas and Vacuum Systems," is governed by that national fire protection association standard. (B) Installers, inspectors, verifiers, construction contracting maintenance personnel, and instructors for the design, installation, a...

...(A) No person shall violate sections 4104.41 to 4104.48 of the Revised Code, fail to perform any duty lawfully enjoined in connection with those sections, or fail to comply with any order issued by the superintendent of industrial compliance or any judgment or decree issued by any court in connection with the enforcement of sections 4104.41 to 4104.48 of the Revised Code. (B) Every day during which a person vi...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 4104.101 or section 4104.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4104.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Elevator" means a hoisting and lowering apparatus equipped with a car, cage, or platform which moves on or between permanent rails or guides and serves two or more fixed landings in a building or structure to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code applies or in a private residence. "Elevator" includes dumb-waiters other than hand-powered dumb-waiters, escalators, manlifts, moving wa...

...The board of building standards, established by section 3781.07 of the Revised Code, shall: (A) Formulate and adopt rules governing the design, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of elevators. Such rules shall prescribe uniform minimum standards necessary for the protection of the public health and safety and shall follow generally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and practices established a...

...No person may act, either as a general inspector or as a special inspector, of elevators, unless the person holds a certificate of competency from the division of industrial compliance. Application for examination as an inspector of elevators shall be in writing, accompanied by a fee to be established as provided in section 4105.17 of the Revised Code, and upon a blank to be furnished by the division, stating the s...

...The superintendent of industrial compliance, with the consent of the director of commerce, shall hire an assistant who has at least ten years of experience in the construction, installation, maintenance, and repair of elevators and their appurtenances. The superintendent, with the consent of the director, and in compliance with Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, may appoint and hire general inspectors of eleva...