R70-910-3. Definitions

(1) "Registered Serviceperson" means any individual who for hire, award, commission, or any other payment of any kind, installs, services, repairs, reconditions, calibrates or places into service a commercial weighing or measuring device, and who is registered by the Department of Agriculture and Food to perform these services.

(2) "Service Agency" means any agency, firm, company, or corporation which, for hire, award, commission, or any other payment of any kind, installs, services, repairs, reconditions, calibrates or places into service a commercial weighing or measuring device.

(3) "Commercial Weighing and Measuring Device" means any weight or measure or weighing or measuring device commercially used or employed in establishing the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement of quantities, things, product, or articles for distribution or consumption, purchased, offered or submitted for sale, hire, or award or in computing any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure, and shall also include any accessory attached to or used in connection with a commercial weighing or measuring device when such accessory is so designed or installed that its operation affects, or may affect, the accuracy of the device.

(4) "Security Seal" means a uniquely identifiable physical seal, such as a lead-and-wire seal or other type of locking seal, or similar apparatus attached to a weighing or measuring device for protection against or indication of access to adjustment.

(5) "Placed in service report" means a report, completed on a department form for declaring that a commercial weighing or measuring device has been put into service.