Division of Standards Certification of Officials for Additional Disciplines

(1) Certification for Additional Disciplines. In addition to the receipt of a Certificate of Qualification from the Committee pursuant to 202 CMR 6.00, all Weights and Measures Officials who are required to certify devices or conduct inspections in any of the following weights and measures disciplines shall be certified by the Division of Standards: (a) unit pricing, conducted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 115A; (b) item pricing, conducted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94, § 184C and 184D; (c) price verification, conducted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 98, § 56D; (d) package and label checking, conducted pursuant to 202 CMR 3.00; (e) taximeters, conducted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 98, § 45; (f) vehicle tank meters, conducted pursuant to 202 CMR 2.00 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44; (g) scales with a capacity greater than 100 pounds; and (h) motor fuel sales act compliance, M.G.L. c. 94, § 295(a) through (k); (i) home heating oil inspections, M.G.L. c. 94, § 303F; (j) any other discipline approved by the Certification Committee (2) Grandfather Provision. Persons who are currently employed as Weights and Measures Officials, who have engaged in a discipline listed in 202 CMR 6.05(1) on May 14, 1999, and who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Division of Standards that they have received proper training in such discipline, shall be certified in such discipline by the Division of Standards within one year from the date of receipt of a Certificate of Qualification from the Committee or three years from May 14, 1999, whichever date is later. (3) Additional Discipline Pre-qualification. Persons not meeting the criteria set out in 202 CMR 6.05(2) shall be certified by the Division of Standards before engaging in any of the disciplines listed in 202 CMR 6.05(1). (4) Sanction. Failure of a Weights and Measures Official to be timely certified pursuant to 202 CMR 6.05(1), and 202 CMR 6.05(2) or 202 CMR 6.05(3) (whichever may be applicable) shall subject such official to discipline pursuant to 202 CMR 6.06, which shall include, but not be limited to, disqualification from certifying or conducting inspections of any disciplines listed in 202 CMR 6.05(1) in which said official was engaging.