Chapter
507
2007 -- S 0514 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 10/30/07
A N A C T
RELATING TO LABOR AND
LABOR RELATIONS - WELDING
Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, McBurney, Maselli, McCaffrey, and Ciccone
Date Introduced: February
13, 2007
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 28-22 of the General Laws entitled "Division of Professional
Regulation"
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections:
28-22-1.2.
Professional regulation board – Composition – Appointment of members.
– (a)(1) There is hereby created in the division of
professional regulation, in the department of
labor
and training, a professional regulation board which at all times shall consist
of seven (7)
qualified
electors of the state as follows: three (3) members shall represent labor;
three (3)
members
shall represent industry; and one member shall be the director of labor and
training or
his
or her designee.
(2)
On or before January 31, the governor shall annually appoint a member or
members
of
the board to succeed the member or members whose term is at that time expiring
who shall
serve
for four (4) years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. Any
vacancy that
occurs
in the board from any cause shall be filled by the governor for the remainder
of the
unexpired
term.
(b)
The board shall supervise the operation of the division in an advisory capacity
in
promulgating
any policy that is necessary to improve the operation of the division in
programs
contained
within this chapter which do not fall within the categories enforced by other
licensing
boards
within the division of professional regulation. The promulgation of that policy
is subject
to
the approval of the director of the department. Members of the board are
subject to the
provisions
of chapter 36-14.
28-22-3.
Picture IDs -- Welders. – All structural steel and ornamental steel
welders
working
under the American National Standards Institute Code – AWS D1.1 and AWS D1.5
will
have
affixed to their personal welding certificate documents, a legible picture to
verify the
welder's
identity. Said documents shall be kept in the office on all jobsites in which
the welder is
working.
The
affixing of the pictures will be the sole responsibility of the certified
welding
inspector
(CWI), the testing laboratory or engineering firm that originally certified the
welder or
any
firm that is in the business of certifying welders under these codes.
Upon
enactment of this amendment, the division of professional regulation will be
authorized
to monitor the veracity of the certificates and ensure that they are properly
updated.
This
authority also extends to public building inspectors or their representatives.
People
or persons, and their primary employer found in violation of this act will be
ordered
to stop work immediately, and are subject to the following fines payable to the
department
of labor and training, professional regulation division: two hundred fifty
dollars
($250)
for a first offense for each day in which the violation exists; five hundred
dollars ($500)
for a
second offense for each day in which the violation exists; and one thousand
dollars ($1,000)
for a
third and/or subsequent offenses for each day in which the violation exists.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2008.
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