Md. Code Regs. 11.13.08.08

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 11.13.08.08 - Identification Installation Maintenance Compliance

A. Marking and Labelling. Each vehicle connecting device, method, or system shall be marked and labelled as required by Regulations .07. The marking and labelling shall show the responsible manufacturer. A pressure sensitive label will be acceptable if of a weather-resistant type which cannot be removed without destroying or defacing it.

B. Installation and Maintenance.

(1) Manufacturer, Packager, Seller. The responsible manufacturer or seller of a vehicle primary connecting device or system shall provide with the device, or with devices making up or used in the system, clear and complete consumer instructions for use, maintenance, and repair, and, when the device or system is not actually installed by the dealer, installation instructions, in accordance with the requirements of this regulation, and proper instruction of the purchaser, or owner, in use and care.

(2) Owner, Lessor, Lessee, Borrower. Each owner or lessor shall keep his connecting devices and systems in good condition, maintained, repaired, and rebuilt in accordance with manufacturer's instructions and recommendations. Each owner or lessor, who leases or lends a connecting device or system, shall properly instruct the lessee, or recipient, in the safe and proper use and care for the device or system. Each lessee or borrower shall use and maintain the device, method, or system in accordance with the instructions of the lessor or lender. For the purposes of this regulation, any person who rents a trailer shall be considered to be a lessor.

(3) A person may not put into use or continue in use a device or system on which the marking required in §A has been removed, altered, obliterated, disfigured, or otherwise damaged so as to prevent identification of the device, method, or system.

C. Compliance with Requirements. Each manufacturer shall be responsible for the performance ability of the device or system which he manufactures for use by a prospective owner, lessee, or borrower. When a manufacturer, packager, or seller assembles or packages (unites, collects, aggregates) for use by a prospective owner, lessee, or borrower a device or system from manufacturer, packager, or seller (person, firm, association, or corporation) shall be deemed responsible for the performance of the device or system which he assembles or packages. For the purpose of this regulation, each manufacturer, packager, or seller described in the preceding two sentences shall be known as the "responsible manufacturer".

Md. Code Regs. 11.13.08.08

Regulation .08 amended effective 41:21 Md. R. 1260, eff.10/27/2014