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2C:40-7.  Portable, oil-burning heating devices;  certificate of evaluation  by test of safety prior to sale, offer for sale or use
    A portable, oil-burning heating device shall not be sold, offered for sale,  or used in this State unless a nationally recognized testing or inspection  agency, such as but not limited to Underwriters' Laboratory, Inc.:

    a.  Has evaluated the portable, oil-burning heating device with respect to reasonably foreseeable hazards to life and property that it might cause;

    b.  Has found the portable, oil-burning heating device to be reasonably safe  for its specific purpose;

    c.  Has shown the particular model of the portable, oil-burning heating device on a list of devices that have been evaluated according to the requirements of subsection a. of this section and found to be safe according to  the requirements of subsection b. of this section;

    d.  Has accompanied the portable, oil-burning heating device with a certificate or with the mark, name, or symbol of the agency as an indication that it has been evaluated according to the requirements of subsection a. of this section, found safe according to the requirements of subsection b. of this  section, and listed according to the requirements of subsection c. of this  section.  The certificate or the mark, name, or symbol of the agency must  accompany the portable, oil-burning heating device at all times when it is  sold, offered for sale, or used in this State.

     L.1983, c. 438, s. 2.