NRS455C.110. Regulations: Standards and procedures; certification of boiler inspectors and elevator mechanics; grounds for disciplinary action; methods of enforcement.

  The Division shall adopt regulations that establish:

      1.  Standards and procedures relating to the installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, relocation, improvement, alteration and repair of boilers, elevators and pressure vessels, including, without limitation, regulations:

      (a) Providing an exemption from those standards and procedures:

             (1) In the case of an emergency; or

             (2) If the Division determines that it is in the best interests of the general public; and

      (b) Establishing requirements for the inspection of boilers, elevators and pressure vessels.

      2.  The requirements for the issuance and renewal of a certificate as:

      (a) A boiler inspector; and

      (b) An elevator mechanic.

      3.  The grounds for initiating disciplinary action against a holder of a certificate, including, without limitation, the grounds for:

      (a) The suspension or revocation of a certificate; and

      (b) Requiring the holder of a certificate to pay an administrative fine.

      4.  The methods of enforcement the Division will use to ensure compliance with NRS 455C.100 and the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1, including, without limitation:

      (a) Notifying an owner of a boiler, elevator or pressure vessel that the owner has violated a provision of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and establishing a period within which the owner must correct the violation;

      (b) Requiring the owner to pay an administrative fine; and

      (c) Suspending or revoking a permit issued by the Division pursuant to NRS 455C.100.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 1049)