SECTION 380:25-3-5. Certificate of competency and identification card

(a)   Upon written request of his/her employer a certificate of competency and an identification card may be issued by the Commissioner of Labor to:

(1)   The Chief Boiler Inspector and Deputy Inspectors employed by the state.

(2)   A special Inspector who is regularly employed by an insurance company recognized as an Authorized Inspection Agency.

(3)   An owner/User inspector who has met all the requirements of the Act and who is continuously employed by a company which operates boilers or pressure vessels or both in this state and which has a valid owner/user inspection agency as provided for in the Act.

(4)   The inspector in his name and only one employer, whereupon the certificate of competency and valid identification card shall be returned to the Chief Boiler Inspector when the inspector to whom they were issued is no longer employed by the organization employing him at the time that the certificate was issued.

(b)   All new applicants for and current holders of, an Oklahoma certificate of competency will be required to complete an open book questionnaire covering the Oklahoma Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act of 1982 and its amendments, prior to the issuance, or renewal of the certificate of competency.

(1)   This questionnaire will be required every 5 years.

(2)   Each new applicant for a certificate of competency will be provided the questionnaire at the time of application.

(3)   Future questionnaires will be made available on or before October 1 of each year to satisfy the 5 years requirement.

[Source: Amended at 12 Ok Reg 3159, eff 7-28-95; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 845, eff 7-1-13]