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CA 294 (Mechanical Engineering Law) Section 37

Personnel required in mechanical plants.

Section 37

SEC. 37. Personnel required in mechanical plants. — Every mechanical works, project, or plant, in operation shall have not less than the following complement of resident engineers or mechanics duly registered under this Act: (a) Twenty horsepower or over but below two hundred horsepower, one certified plant mechanic, or one mechanical engineer of any rank; (b) Two hundred horsepower or over but below one thousand horsepower, one mechanical plant engineer or one professional mechanical engineer; Provided, That every mechanical works, project or plant operating in more than one shift every twenty-four hours, shall have, in addition to the minimum personnel herein required, one certified plant mechanic or one mechanical engineer of any rank in charge of each and every additional shift. (c) Mechanical works, projects or plants of one thousand horsepower or more shall have at least one resident mechanical plant engineer or professional mechanical engineer, in charge of each shift.

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