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).
Source:
Section 6001.251 — Prohibited Practices, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.6001.htm#6001.251 (accessed May 4, 2024).
