Tex. Ins. Code Section 6001.251
Prohibited Practices


(a)

An individual or firm may not:

(1)

engage in the business of installing or servicing portable fire extinguishers without holding a registration certificate;

(2)

engage in the business of planning, certifying, installing, or servicing fixed fire extinguisher systems without holding a registration certificate;

(3)

install, service, or certify the servicing of portable fire extinguishers or plan, certify, service, or install fixed fire extinguisher systems without holding a license;

(4)

perform hydrostatic testing of fire extinguisher cylinders manufactured in accordance with the specifications and requirements of the United States Department of Transportation without holding a hydrostatic testing registration certificate;

(5)

obtain or attempt to obtain a registration certificate or license by fraudulent representation;

(6)

install or service portable fire extinguishers or plan, certify, service, or install fixed fire extinguisher systems in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted and administered under this chapter;

(7)

except as provided by Subsection (b), install, service, or hydrostatically test a fire extinguisher that does not have the proper identifying labels;

(8)

sell, install, service, or recharge a carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher; or

(9)

except as provided by Subsection (b), lease, sell, service, or install a portable fire extinguisher, a fixed fire extinguisher system, or extinguisher equipment unless it carries an approval label or listing label issued by a testing laboratory approved by the department.

(b)

The commissioner by rule shall permit an individual or firm to service a portable fire extinguisher regardless of whether the extinguisher carries a label described by Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1J.001, eff. April 1, 2009.

Source: Section 6001.251 — Prohibited Practices, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.­6001.­htm#6001.­251 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 6001.251’s source at texas​.gov