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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 335<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2000, chapter 898<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66400,"identifier":"40.1-51.19:4","token":"40.1\/3.1\/2\/40.1-51.19_4","url":"\/40.1-51.19_4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-51.19_4\/","token":"40.1\/3.1\/2\/40.1-51.19_4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Operations and maintenance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-51.19:4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A hobby or model boiler<\/span> must be attended by a person reasonably competent to operate such boiler when in operation. For the purposes of this section, a hobby or model boiler<\/span> may be considered as not being in operation when all of the following conditions exist: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The water level is at least one-third of the water gauge glass; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The fire is banked and the draft doors closed or the fire is extinguished; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The boiler pressure is at least twenty pounds per square inch below the lowest safety valve set pressure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All welding performed on hobby or model boilers<\/span> shall be done by an “R” stamp holder in accordance with the inspection code of the National Board<\/span> of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Repairs to longitudinal riveted joints are prohibited. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (\u00a7 40.1-51.19:4)\n\nA. A hobby or model boiler must be attended by a person reasonably competent to\noperate such boiler when in operation. For the purposes of this section, a hobby\nor model boiler may be considered as not being in operation when all of the\nfollowing conditions exist:\n\n 1. The water level is at least one-third of the water gauge glass;\n\n 2. The fire is banked and the draft doors closed or the fire is extinguished;\n and\n\n 3. The boiler pressure is at least twenty pounds per square inch below the\n lowest safety valve set pressure.\n\nB. All welding performed on hobby or model boilers shall be done by an\n“R” stamp holder in accordance with the inspection code of the\nNational Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.\n\nC. Repairs to longitudinal riveted joints are prohibited.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 335; 2000, c. 898.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}