Tennessee Code 47-26-1108 – Examination and calibration or certification of standards and testing equipment
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-26-1108
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's duly appointed representative. See Tennessee Code 47-26-1102
- Registered service agency: shall be construed to mean any agency, firm, company, or corporation employing more than two (2) registered servicepersons that for hire, award, commission, or any other payment of any kind installs, services, repairs, or reconditions a commercial weighing or measuring device, and that registers itself as such with the commissioner. See Tennessee Code 47-26-1102
- Registered serviceperson: shall be construed to mean any individual who for hire, award, commission, or any other payment of any kind, installs, services, repairs, or reconditions a commercial weighing or measuring device, and who applies for registration with the commissioner. See Tennessee Code 47-26-1102
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
A registered serviceperson and a registered service agency shall submit, at least biennially (every two (2) years) to the commissioner, for examination and certification, any standards and testing equipment that is used, or to be used, in the performance of the service and testing functions with respect to weighing and measuring devices for which competence is registered. A registered serviceperson or agency shall not use in servicing commercial weighing or measuring devices any standards or testing equipment that has not been certified by the commissioner. Standards calibrated by another state weights and measures laboratory that can show current traceability to the National Institute of Standards and Technology will also be recognized as standards suitable for use by registered servicepersons or service agencies in this state. Copies of laboratory certificates from another state weights and measures lab must be submitted along with serviceperson license application forms when applying for registration in this state.