{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-148-58","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, § 58","heading":"Fire extinguishing systems, issuance of certificates for installation and servicing","body":"Section 58. The board may make such rules and regulations as it deems suitable for the issuance of various types and classes of certificates for the following:\n(a) a firm engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing and servicing fixed fire extinguishing systems; (b) an employee of firms engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing or servicing fixed fire extinguishing systems who services extinguishers or fixed systems; (c) a firm performing hydrostatic testing of fire extinguishers.\nThe provisions of this section shall not apply to the following:\n(a) the filling or charging of a portable fire extinguisher by the manufacturer prior to its initial sale; (b) the servicing by a firm of its own portable extinguishers or fixed systems by its own personnel specially trained for such servicing; (c) the installation or servicing of water sprinkler systems installed in compliance with the State Building Code; (d) firms engaged in the selling at wholesale or retail of portable fire extinguishers but not engaged in the installation or recharging of them; (e) fire departments recharging portable fire extinguishers as a public service where no charge is made; provided, however, that the member of the fire department is trained in the proper filling and recharging of the fire extinguishers.","path":["Part I","Title XX","Chapter 148"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXX/Chapter148/Section58","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:26Z","sha256":"0fb02128a8d850681559c0089e7c4d87a0d868f649f79d151bc2396884613379","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-148-57","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-148-59"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}