(a)(1) The Boiler Inspection Division shall conduct examinations for each applicant seeking a boiler operator's license.(2) The examination may be either written or oral.(3) Each applicant shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the examination and the first license.(4) Each license shall be renewed annually. The annual fee shall be seventeen dollars ($17.00).(5) Before the applicant may participate in an examination, he or she shall have had not less than six (6) months of on-the-job training. Proof of this on-the-job training shall be furnished to the Division of Labor by the employer before the examination.(6) A restricted license may be issued to an applicant who has passed the examination required in this subsection but who has not met the requirements of subdivision (a)(5) of this section, provided that:(A) The restricted license shall be effective for one (1) year from the date of issue; and(B) The licensee is to work under the direction and supervision of a regularly licensed boiler operator.(b)(1) Any operator found operating a boiler without a certificate issued by the Boiler Inspection Division or operating a boiler knowing it to be defective shall have his ly licensed boiler operator.(b)(1) Any operator found operating a boiler without a certificate issued by the Boiler Inspection Division or operating a boiler knowing it to be defective shall have his or her license revoked at once.(2) Any person found operating a boiler without an operator's license shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100).Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5462, eff. 7/1/2019.Acts 1961, No. 494, § 7; 1970 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 65, § 3; 1975, No. 162, § 4; 1979, No. 526, § 4; 1981, No. 9, § 4; 1983, No. 303, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-507; Acts 1999, No. 982, § 17; 2003, No. 1184, § 2.
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