Weights and measures that are traceable to the United States prototype standards supplied by the federal government, or approved as being satisfactory by the national institute of standards and technology, shall be the state reference standards of weights and measures and shall be maintained in such calibration as prescribed by the national institute of standards and technology. All secondary standards may be prescribed by the associate director and shall be verified on initial receipt and as often thereafter as deemed necessary by the associate director.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-3412

  • Associate director: means the associate director of the division. See Arizona Laws 3-3401
  • Reference standards: means the physical standards of the state that serve as the legal reference from which all other standards and weights and measures are derived. See Arizona Laws 3-3401
  • Secondary standards: means the physical standards that are traceable to the reference standards through comparisons, using acceptable laboratory procedures, and that are used in the enforcement of weights and measures laws and rules. See Arizona Laws 3-3401
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

 

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