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).Tex. Ins. Code § 6001.251
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730, Sec. 1J.001, eff. 4/1/2009.