It shall be unlawful for any scale technician to render service as a scale technician until after he or she has compiled with the following requirements:

(1) Obtained from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services a copy of this Article, a copy of regulations pertinent to said Article, and an application form for registration.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 81A-71

  • authorized agent: is a ny employee of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services designated by the Commissioner to enforce any provisions of this Chapter and who is designated by an official identification card issued by the Commissioner. See North Carolina General Statutes 81A-9
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • scale technician: is a ny person who, for hire or award, renders service involving adjustment, installation, repair, or maintenance of a scale or weighing device, either used or intended to be used in determining weight value, or values, by either physical act, instruction, or supervision. See North Carolina General Statutes 81A-9
  • Service: is a ctivity involving adjustment, installation, repair, or maintenance or a combination of two or more of these activities with respect to a weighing or measuring device. See North Carolina General Statutes 81A-9
  • Weight: when used in connection with any commodity is net weight; provided, however, where the label declares that the product is sold by drained weight, weight means net drained weight. See North Carolina General Statutes 81A-9

(2) to (4) Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 111, s. 2.

(5) Obtained a registration card or certificate from the Commissioner or his authorized agent and a model form of service certificate.

(6) Obtained from the Department an annual certification of the standards of weight which will be used by the scale technician.

The provisions of this Article shall not apply to a full-time employee who renders service only on a scale or weighing device, or on scales or weighing devices, owned solely by his or her employer unless additional pay or compensation is received for such service. (1941, c. 237, s. 3; 1947, c. 380; 1975, c. 544; 1983, c. 111, s. 2; 1997-261, s. 10.)

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