Definition(s)

Authorized inspection agency

Any one of the following:

  1. a) the inspection organization of the jurisdiction in which the pressure vessel is used;
  2. b) the inspection organization of an insurance company that is licensed or registered to write and does write pressure vessel insurance;
  3. c) the inspection organization of an owner or user of pressure vessels who maintains an inspection organization for his/her equipment only and not for vessels intended for sale or resale; or
  4. d) an independent organization or individual that is under contract to and under the direction of an owner/user and that is recognized or otherwise not prohibited by the jurisdiction in which the pressure vessel is used. The owner/user’s inspection program shall provide the controls that are necessary when contract inspectors are used.

Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards

Authorized inspection agency

Defined as any of the following:

  1. the inspection organization of the jurisdiction in which the piping system is used,
  2. the inspection organization of an insurance company that is licensed or registered to write insurance for piping systems;
  3. an owner or user of piping systems who maintains an inspection organization for activities relating only to his equipment and not for piping systems intended for sale or resale;
  4. an independent inspection organization employed by or under contract to the owner/user of piping systems that are used only by the owner/user and not for sale or resale;
  5. an independent inspection organization licensed or recognized by the jurisdiction in which the piping system is used and employed by or under contract to the owner/user.

Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards

Authorized inspection agency

Anyone of the following:

  1. The inspection organization of the jurisdiction in which the pressure vessel is used.
  2. The inspection organization of an insurance company that is licensed or registered to write and does write pressure vessel insurance;
  3. The inspection organization of an owner or user of pressure vessels who maintains an inspection organization for his equipment only and not for vessels intended for sale or resale; or
  4. An independent organization or individual that is under contract to and under the direction of an owner/user and that is recognized or otherwise not prohibited by the jurisdiction in which the pressure vessel is used. The owner/user’s inspection program shall provide the controls that are necessary when contract inspectors are used.

Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration Downstream Segment, Ninth Edition, June 2006. Global Standards

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