2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 408 - LABOR
Act 290 of 1965 - BOILER ACT OF 1965 (408.751 - 408.776)
Section 408.761 - Special inspectors; qualifications; application for license or examination; filing; fees; license renewal; salary or expenses from state prohibited; continuance of license; inspection of boilers; exemption from inspection fees.

Sec. 11.

(1) The director, upon the request of a company authorized to insure against loss from explosion of boilers in this state; a city having an authorized boiler inspection department; or a company operating boilers in this state for which the owner or user maintains a regularly established inspection service which is under the supervision of 1 or more registered professional engineers regularly employed by the owner or user, shall issue to an inspector of the company a license as a special inspector if the inspector before receiving his or her license satisfactorily passes the examination provided for in section 12. Instead of the examination, provided for in section 12, an inspector shall hold a license or a certificate of competency as an inspector of boilers for a state that has a standard of examination substantially equal to the standard of this state, or a license as an inspector of boilers and pressure vessels issued by the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors. A license as a special inspector for an inspector of a company operating boilers in this state shall be issued only if the inspector meets the requirements of this section and is employed full-time by the company and his or her duties include making inspections of boilers used, or to be used, by the company, and not for resale.

(2) An application for a license as an inspector of boilers shall be filed with the department of labor accompanied by a fee prescribed pursuant to section 4a. An application for examination as a special inspector shall be filed with the department of labor and be accompanied by a fee prescribed pursuant to section 4a not less than 30 days before the examination date. This fee shall entitle the applicant to take the examination provided in section 12, twice if necessary, and if successful in passing either examination, to a license. An additional fee prescribed pursuant to section 4a shall accompany each subsequent application. Each license issued to special inspectors shall be renewed annually upon an application accompanied by a fee prescribed pursuant to section 4a.

(3) The special inspectors shall not receive a salary or any expenses from this state. The continuance of a special inspector's license is conditioned upon the inspector continuing in the employ of a boiler insurance company, a city, or a company operating a boiler in this state and upon the inspector maintaining the standards imposed by this act.

(4) The special inspectors shall inspect all boilers insured, operated, or under the jurisdiction of the employer and, when inspected, the owners and users of the boilers shall be exempt from the payment to the department of the inspection fee prescribed pursuant to section 4a.

History: 1965, Act 290, Eff. July 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 274, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1980 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 277, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1986