N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 1405.02

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Agr 1405.02 - Definitions

In Agr 1405 the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "As found" means the condition and accuracy of the device when first inspected or tested;

(b) "As sealed" means the condition and accuracy of the device when sealed;

(c) "Basic tolerances" means those tolerances on under registration and on over registration, or in excess and in deficiency, that are established by a particular code for a particular device under normal tests, whether maintenance or acceptance. Basic tolerances include minimum tolerance value when these are specified. Special tolerances, identified as such and pertaining to special tests, are not basic tolerances;

(d) "Condemned device" means any commercial device that does not, upon examination by the division of weights and measures, meet the requirements of NIST Handbook 44, "Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Commercial Weighing and Measuring Devices" and that cannot be repaired;

(e) "Correct" means that a device, in addition to being accurate, meets all applicable specifications, tolerances and technical requirements of NIST Handbook 44 as modified by administrative rule of the commissioner;

(f) "Device license" means the proof of licensure that a business receives which indicates commercially used devices are in compliance with Agr 1407.

(g) "Field standard" means an artifact which has been successfully matched to a state standard described in RSA 438:4 and is used to calibrate a weight or measure;

(h) "National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP)" means the arm of the National Institute of Standards and Technology which regularly assesses the processes and standards used by the New Hampshire metrology laboratory for the purpose of accreditation pursuant to ISO/IEC 17025;

(i) "Placed in service/inspection report form" means a form submitted to the division by a registered service technician reporting that the service technician has installed, repaired or inspected a licensed device or accomplished any combination of those activities, and that the device is correct as the term is defined in (e) above;

(j) "Security seal" means a uniquely identifiable physical seal, such as a lead-and-wire seal or other type of locking seal, pressure-sensitive and sufficiently permanent to reveal its removal, or any similar apparatus attached to a weighing or measuring device for protection against, or indication of, access to adjustment;

(k) "Substitution test" means a scale testing process used to quantify the weight of material or objects for use as a known test load; and

(l) "Tolerance" means a value fixing the limit of allowable error or departure from true performance or value.

N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 1405.02

(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Agr 1400) #7462, eff 3-21-01; ss by #9416, INTERIM, eff 3-13-09, EXPIRED: 9-9-09

New. #9639, eff 1-20-10

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 50, Filed December 14, 2017, Proposed by #12424, Effective 12/1/2017, Expires 12/1/2027.