RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTARY REGISTRANT

Subpart 1. Performance. A registrant shall: A. ensure that all equipment placed in service complies with this chapter, including NIST Handbook 44; B. personally perform or observe all installation, service, adjustment, repair, and testing of weighing and measuring equipment placed in service; and C. use only standards and test equipment that meet the requirements of part 7601.7080 . Subp. 2. Placing in service required. A registrant shall place in service all commercial weighing and measuring equipment when the registrant, or a person under the direct supervision and observation of the registrant, has: A. installed the equipment; B. repaired the equipment, following official rejection by the division; or C. removed a Minnesota security seal from the equipment. Subp. 3. Reporting. When work authorized in part 7601.7050 is performed, a registrant shall: A. fill out a placed in service report form; B. carefully follow the instructions on the form and provide all of the required information in legible handwriting or typewriting; C. submit the original form to the division within five days after completing the work; D. submit a copy of the form to the owner or operator of the equipment when the work is completed; and E. retain a copy of the form. Subp. 4. Security seals. When a registrant removes a security seal from the adjusting or calibrating mechanism of a weighing or measuring device, the registrant shall: A. install a new security seal in a manner that will ensure that the device cannot be adjusted without removing or defacing the security seal; and B. imprint the seal with the registrant's placing in service registration number.