(a) Any time the office of the chief inspector becomes vacant, the commissioner shall appoint a citizen of this state who shall have had at the time of such appointment practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels, as a mechanical engineer, steam engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector, to be chief inspector until the chief inspector’s successor shall have been appointed and qualified. The chief inspector may be removed for cause following an investigation by the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-122-106
Boiler: means and includes a closed vessel or vessels intended for use in heating water or other liquids or for generating steam or other vapors under pressure or vacuum by the direct application of heat from combustible fuels, electricity, or nuclear energy, and also includes an unfired pressure vessel, meaning a vessel in which pressure is obtained from an external source or from an indirect application of heat. See Tennessee Code 68-122-102
Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 68-122-102
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The chief inspector, if authorized by the commissioner, is charged, directed and empowered to:
(1) Cause the prosecution of all violators of this part;(2) Issue, or suspend, or revoke for cause, inspection certificates as provided for in § 68-122-111;(3) Draw upon the state treasurer for funds necessary to meet the expenses authorized by this part, which shall include the necessary traveling expenses of the chief inspector and the chief inspector’s deputies and the expenses incident to the maintenance of the chief inspector’s office;(4) Take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the state governing the use of boilers and of the rules and regulations of the board;(5) Keep a complete record of the type, dimensions, maximum allowable working pressure, age, condition, location and date of the last recorded internal inspection of all boilers to which this part applies; and(6) Publish and distribute, among manufacturers and others requesting them, copies of the rules and regulations adopted by the board.
