The director shall furnish each registered service agent and registered service agency with a supply of report forms in hard copy or electronic form to be known as a placed in service report, which may be submitted as follows:

(1) To submit a form in hard copy, the form shall be executed in triplicate, shall include the assigned registration number, and shall be signed by a registered service agent or by a service agent representing a registered agency for each rejected or inoperative device restored to service and for each newly installed device placed in service. Within seven days after a device is restored to service, or placed in service, the original of the properly executed placed in service report, together with any official rejection tag removed from the device, shall be mailed to the Office of Weights and Measures. The duplicate copy of the report shall be handed to the owner or operator of the device, and the triplicate copy of the report shall be retained by the registered service agent or agency; or

(2) To submit a form electronically, the form shall include the assigned registration number, and shall be signed by a registered service agent or by a service agent representing a registered agency for each rejected or inoperative device restored to service and for each newly installed device placed in service. Within seven days after a device is restored to service, or placed in service, the original of the properly executed placed in service report, together with any official rejection tag removed from the device, shall be e-mailed to the Office of Weights and Measures. The placed in service report shall also be e-mailed to the owner or operator of the device, and a copy of the report shall be retained by the registered service agent or agency. An electronic copy of the placed in service report may be submitted to the director, kept for record purposes, and provided to the device owner or operator in lieu of hard copies only if the owner or operator agrees.

Source: SL 1973, ch 257, § 7; SL 2006, ch 187, § 19; SL 2013, ch 189, § 2.