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title: O.C.G.A. § 25-15-18. Deputy inspectors; qualifications; examination.
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# O.C.G.A. § 25-15-18. Deputy inspectors; qualifications; examination.

The Commissioner may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have, at the time of appointment:

(1)(A) Not less than three years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam operating engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector; or

(B) Successfully completed a nationally recognized program which provides adequate experience in the field that has been approved by the Commissioner through rule or regulation; and

(2) Passed the examination provided for in Code Section 25-15-20.

## History

Code 1981, § 34-11-9, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1227, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 213, § 6; Code 1981, § 25-15-18, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2012, p. 1144, § 2/SB 446; Ga. L. 2024, p. 945, § 14/SB 417, effective July 1, 2024.

## Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, rewrote this Code section, which read: “The Commissioner may employ deputy inspectors who shall be responsible to the chief inspector and who shall have had at the time of appointment not less than three years’ experience in the construction, installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, or repair of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, steam operating engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector and who shall have passed the examination provided for in Code Section 25-15-20.”