Kan. Admin. Regs. § 99-25-3

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 21, May 23, 2024

Section 99-25-3 - Certificate of conformance

(a) No person shall use a weighing or measuring device for commercial purposes within the state of Kansas unless a certificate of conformance has been obtained for the weighing or measuring device before its use for commercial purposes within the state of Kansas.

(b) For the purpose of this regulation, a "certificate of conformance" means a document issued by the national institute of standards and technology, national conference on weights and measures, or other authorized laboratory establishing that the weight or measure or weighing or measuring instrument or device meets the requirements of the national institute of standards and technology handbook 44 as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 99-25-1.

(c) Any certificate of performance issued by the national bureau of standards or other authorized laboratory establishing that the weighing or measuring device meets the requirements of the national bureau of standards handbook 44 as previously adopted by reference in K.A.R. 99-25-1 on and after May 1, 1986 may be accepted in lieu of the certificate of conformance required in subsection (b) of this regulation.

(d) This regulation shall not apply to a weighing or measuring device manufactured and installed in the state before May 1, 1986. This regulation shall not apply to a one-of-a-kind device or type of weighing and measuring device for which there are no weighing and measuring devices that are traceable to a certificate of conformance if the weighing or measuring device complies with the applicable requirements, including permanence, of the national institute of standards and technology handbook 44 as adopted by reference in K.A.R. 99-25-1.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 99-25-3

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 83-207; effective May 1, 1986; amended Aug. 14, 1989; amended Oct. 21, 1991; amended Jan. 18, 2002.