Bill Text: MI SB0096 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Occupations; individual licensing and regulation; rules for certain educational programs; allow adoption by the department. Amends sec. 13c of 1965 PA 290 (MCL 408.763c).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-06-23 - Assigned Pa 0040'09 With Immediate Effect [SB0096 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0096-Chaptered.html
Act No. 40
Public Acts of 2009
Approved by the Governor
June 18, 2009
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 18, 2009
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 18, 2009
STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
Introduced by Senator Birkholz
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 96
AN ACT to amend 1965 PA 290, entitled “An act to regulate the use, construction, installation, and repair of certain boilers; to create a board of boiler rules; to prescribe uniform rules and regulations for certain boilers; to provide for the licensing of certain boiler inspectors, installers, and repairers and registration of certain boiler operators and stationary engineers; to provide for powers and duties for certain state agencies and officers; to provide fees for registrations, licenses, permits, inspections, and certificates; to provide penalties and remedies for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 13c (MCL 408.763c), as added by 2008 PA 159.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 13c. (1) Not later than 180 days after June 11, 2008, the department of energy, labor, and economic growth shall promulgate rules designating the course content for qualified technical education programs for the various categories and classes of registration of boiler operators and stationary engineers.
(2) The rules described in subsection (1) shall provide that the course content of qualified technical education programs for entry level registrants include at least all of the following subject matter areas:
(a) Basic functions, construction, and operation of all types of boilers.
(b) The function of boiler appliances, accessories, and associated auxiliaries.
(c) Materials used in boilers and the effect of temperature extremes on those materials.
(d) The fuels used in boilers and fundamentals of combustion.
(e) Basic electricity.
(f) Plant operation and boiler maintenance.
(g) Instrumentation and controls.
(h) Fundamental mathematics and principles of the metric system.
(i) General safety procedures.
(j) Recognition of dangerous operation conditions.
(3) The department of energy, labor, and economic growth shall provide that the course content for categories and classes other than entry level registrants includes subject matter similar to those described in subsection (2) in the degree of depth and difficulty appropriate for the category and class.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
