As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Certificate of Conformance" means a document issued by the National TypeEvaluation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce based on testing in participatinglaboratories, said document constituting evidence of conformance of a typewith the requirements of:
1. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44;Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing andMeasuring Devices;
2. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-1,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Field StandardWeights (NIST Class F);
3. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-2,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Field StandardMeasuring Flasks; and
4. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-3,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Graduated Neck TypeVolumetric Field Standards, and supplements thereto, or any publicationrevising or superseding the publications specified in this definition.
"Condemnation tag" means a tag applied to a weight or measure that fails topass an official inspection, the application of which tag requires theimmediate removal of the weight or measure from service.
"Official inspection" means an inspection by the Commissioner of acommercially used weight or measure pursuant to § 3.2-5609.
"Rejection tag" means a tag applied to a weight or measure that fails topass an official inspection, the application of which tag requires theremoval of the weight or measure from service if the weight or measure is notadjusted to conform to requirements specified by the Weights and Measures Actof Virginia (§ 3.2-5600 et seq.) or any regulation adopted hereunder.
"Service agency" means: (i) a business; or (ii) that portion of agovernment or political subdivision engaged in the adjustment, installation,placing in service, recommending for use, reconditioning, repairing,servicing, or selling of any weight or measure commercially used or employed(a) in establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement ofquantities, things, products, or articles for distribution or consumption,purchased, offered, or submitted for sale, hire, or award, or (b) incomputing any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis ofsomething's weight or its measure.
"Service technician" means any individual who for hire, award, commission,or any other payment of any kind, adjusts, installs, places in service,recommends for use, reconditions, repairs, services, or sells a commercialweight or measure.
"Standard" means a required basis for conformance, adjustment, orverification.
"System" means the grouping of interacting, interrelated, or interdependentweights or measures to form a complex whole.
"Traceability" means an accounting of the relationship of the calibrationof a weight or measure standard or calibrating equipment to a nationalstandard maintained or adopted by the National Institute of Standards andTechnology of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
"Weight or measure" means the terms as defined in § 3.2-5600 and shall alsoinclude the term "system" as defined in this chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Certificate of Conformance" means a document issued by the National TypeEvaluation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce based on testing in participatinglaboratories, said document constituting evidence of conformance of a typewith the requirements of:
1. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44;Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing andMeasuring Devices;
2. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-1,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Field StandardWeights (NIST Class F);
3. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-2,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Field StandardMeasuring Flasks; and
4. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-3,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Graduated Neck TypeVolumetric Field Standards, and supplements thereto, or any publicationrevising or superseding the publications specified in this definition.
"Condemnation tag" means a tag applied to a weight or measure that fails topass an official inspection, the application of which tag requires theimmediate removal of the weight or measure from service.
"Official inspection" means an inspection by the Commissioner of acommercially used weight or measure pursuant to § 3.2-5609.
"Rejection tag" means a tag applied to a weight or measure that fails topass an official inspection, the application of which tag requires theremoval of the weight or measure from service if the weight or measure is notadjusted to conform to requirements specified by the Weights and Measures Actof Virginia (§ 3.2-5600 et seq.) or any regulation adopted hereunder.
"Service agency" means: (i) a business; or (ii) that portion of agovernment or political subdivision engaged in the adjustment, installation,placing in service, recommending for use, reconditioning, repairing,servicing, or selling of any weight or measure commercially used or employed(a) in establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement ofquantities, things, products, or articles for distribution or consumption,purchased, offered, or submitted for sale, hire, or award, or (b) incomputing any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis ofsomething's weight or its measure.
"Service technician" means any individual who for hire, award, commission,or any other payment of any kind, adjusts, installs, places in service,recommends for use, reconditions, repairs, services, or sells a commercialweight or measure.
"Standard" means a required basis for conformance, adjustment, orverification.
"System" means the grouping of interacting, interrelated, or interdependentweights or measures to form a complex whole.
"Traceability" means an accounting of the relationship of the calibrationof a weight or measure standard or calibrating equipment to a nationalstandard maintained or adopted by the National Institute of Standards andTechnology of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
"Weight or measure" means the terms as defined in § 3.2-5600 and shall alsoinclude the term "system" as defined in this chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Certificate of Conformance" means a document issued by the National TypeEvaluation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce based on testing in participatinglaboratories, said document constituting evidence of conformance of a typewith the requirements of:
1. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44;Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing andMeasuring Devices;
2. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-1,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Field StandardWeights (NIST Class F);
3. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-2,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Field StandardMeasuring Flasks; and
4. National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 105-3,Specifications and Tolerances for Reference Standards and Field StandardWeights and Measures, Specifications and Tolerances for Graduated Neck TypeVolumetric Field Standards, and supplements thereto, or any publicationrevising or superseding the publications specified in this definition.
"Condemnation tag" means a tag applied to a weight or measure that fails topass an official inspection, the application of which tag requires theimmediate removal of the weight or measure from service.
"Official inspection" means an inspection by the Commissioner of acommercially used weight or measure pursuant to § 3.2-5609.
"Rejection tag" means a tag applied to a weight or measure that fails topass an official inspection, the application of which tag requires theremoval of the weight or measure from service if the weight or measure is notadjusted to conform to requirements specified by the Weights and Measures Actof Virginia (§ 3.2-5600 et seq.) or any regulation adopted hereunder.
"Service agency" means: (i) a business; or (ii) that portion of agovernment or political subdivision engaged in the adjustment, installation,placing in service, recommending for use, reconditioning, repairing,servicing, or selling of any weight or measure commercially used or employed(a) in establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement ofquantities, things, products, or articles for distribution or consumption,purchased, offered, or submitted for sale, hire, or award, or (b) incomputing any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis ofsomething's weight or its measure.
"Service technician" means any individual who for hire, award, commission,or any other payment of any kind, adjusts, installs, places in service,recommends for use, reconditions, repairs, services, or sells a commercialweight or measure.
"Standard" means a required basis for conformance, adjustment, orverification.
"System" means the grouping of interacting, interrelated, or interdependentweights or measures to form a complex whole.
"Traceability" means an accounting of the relationship of the calibrationof a weight or measure standard or calibrating equipment to a nationalstandard maintained or adopted by the National Institute of Standards andTechnology of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
"Weight or measure" means the terms as defined in § 3.2-5600 and shall alsoinclude the term "system" as defined in this chapter.
