                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIOLATION FOR OPERATING BOILER OR PRESSURE VESSEL WITHOUT INSPECTION
CERTIFICATE; CIVIL PENALTY (§ 40.1-51.12)

A. After twelve months following July 1, 1972, it shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, partnership or corporation to operate in this Commonwealth a
boiler or pressure vessel without a valid inspection certificate. Any owner,
user, operator or agent of any such person who actually operates or is
responsible for operating such boiler or pressure vessel thereof who operates a
boiler or pressure vessel without such inspection certificate, or at a pressure
exceeding that specified in such inspection certificate shall be in violation of
this section and subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100. Each day of such
violation shall be deemed a separate offense.

B. All procedural rights guaranteed to employers pursuant to &#xA7; 40.1-49.4
shall apply to penalties under this section.

C. Investigation and enforcement for violations of this section shall be carried
out by the Department of Labor and Industry. Civil penalties imposed for
violations of this section shall be paid into the general fund.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 237; 1995, c. 97.