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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66400</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.19:4</section_number><catch_line>Operations and maintenance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Hobby and Model Boilers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A hobby or <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">model boiler</span> may be considered as not being in operation when all of the following conditions exist: <a id="paragraph-241027" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.19_4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The water level is at least one-third of the water gauge glass; <a id="paragraph-241028" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.19_4/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The fire is banked and the draft doors closed or the fire is extinguished; and <a id="paragraph-241029" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.19_4/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The boiler pressure is at least twenty pounds per square inch below the lowest safety valve set pressure. <a id="paragraph-241030" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.19_4/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All welding performed on hobby or <span class="dictionary">model boilers</span> shall be done by an &#x201C;R&#x201D; stamp holder in accordance with the inspection code of the National <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. <a id="paragraph-241031" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.19_4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Repairs to longitudinal riveted joints are prohibited. <a id="paragraph-241032" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/40.1-51.19_4/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1999, c. 335; 2000, c. 898.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
