OAR 603-027-0700: Responsibilities of Service Person or Service Agency

The Service person or Service Agency is responsible for placing in service, installing, repairing, and adjusting devices such that: (1) The devices are in compliance with all applicable requirements of the 2010 Edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (N.I.S.T.) Handbook 44; (2) The devices are issued an active National Type Evaluation Program (N.T.E.P.) Certificate of Conformance (CC) on the entire weighing or measuring system unless otherwise exempted; (3) The devices are installed in accordance with the manufacture's instructions; (4) The devices are adjusted within applicable tolerances and not Predominantly in Favor of the device user; (5) The devices are adjusted as closely as practicable to zero error; (6) Security seals are appropriately affixed to any mechanism designed to be sealed; and (7) A Placed in Service Report is completed and distributed as required in 603-027-0690. [Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]