Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-917
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-917, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Safety — governs police, fire, and emergency services.
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§12–917.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not:
(1) willfully and persistently operate in the State a boiler or pressure vessel, except a pressure vessel covered by an owner-user inspection service as provided by this subtitle, without a certificate;
(2) operate in the State a boiler or pressure vessel at a pressure exceeding that specified on the certificate; or
(3) interfere with or impede the official duties of the Commissioner, an authorized representative of the Commissioner, or a member of the Board.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject for each violation to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
(1) willfully and persistently operate in the State a boiler or pressure vessel, except a pressure vessel covered by an owner-user inspection service as provided by this subtitle, without a certificate;
(2) operate in the State a boiler or pressure vessel at a pressure exceeding that specified on the certificate; or
(3) interfere with or impede the official duties of the Commissioner, an authorized representative of the Commissioner, or a member of the Board.
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject for each violation to imprisonment not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.
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