(a) All safety inspections required under this chapter of pressure retaining items shall be performed by deputy boiler inspectors in the employ of the department who are qualified boiler inspectors; provided that the director may authorize the safety inspections to be performed by :

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-6

  • Boiler: means a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, steam or vapor is superheated, or any combination thereof under pressure for use external to itself, by the direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels, or from electricity or solar energy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Department: means the department of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Director: means the director of labor and industrial relations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Elevator: means a hoisting and lowering mechanism permanently installed in a structure, designed to carry passengers or authorized personnel, equipped with a car or platform which moves in fixed guides and serves two or more fixed landings. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Elevators and kindred equipment: means elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, stage lifts, inclined lifts, personnel hoists, permanently installed material lifts, and any other similar mechanized equipment used to convey people in places other than a public right-of-way. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Exclusive employment: means a qualified boiler inspector who is employed on a full-time or part-time basis to provide inspection services within the scope of their National Board commission exclusively for only one authorized inspection agency or owner-user inspection organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • National Board: means the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Owner-user inspection organization: means an owner or user of pressure retaining items, whose organization and inspection procedures meet the requirements of the National Board, and is approved by the director. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
  • Pressure vessel: means a closed vessel in which pressure is obtained from an external source or by the direct application of heat from a direct or indirect source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 397-3
(1) Special inspectors, who are qualified boiler inspectors in the exclusive employment of insurance companies insuring pressure retaining items in this State; or
(2) Owner-user inspectors, who are qualified boiler inspectors in the exclusive employment of an owner-user inspection organization.
(b) A qualified boiler inspector is a person eligible for or in possession of a valid commission issued by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, who has satisfied the requirements established by the department, and who has received from the director or the director’s authorized agent briefings and instructions regarding the rules pertaining to pressure retaining items in this State.
(c) All safety inspections required under this chapter of elevators and kindred equipment, and amusement rides and the premises appurtenant thereto, shall be performed by deputy elevator inspectors of the department who are qualified elevator inspectors and who are employed primarily for purposes of elevator and related inspection work.
(d) A qualified elevator inspector is a person who meets the criteria of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the standards for the qualification of elevator inspectors of the American National Standards Institute and has satisfied requirements established by the department .

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