ASME BPVC Section IX
Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Operators
Published by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
The CFR incorporates ASME BPVC Section IX by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The 2 editions the CFR requires
Different parts name different editions; each applies where its part says so. Newest first.
ASME BPVC.IX-2019, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019
As the CFR lists it: “ASME BPVC.IX-2019, 2019 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX, Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Operators, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019 (“Section IX of the ASME BPVC”)”
- Listed in 46 CFR 59.01-2(d); required by46 CFR 59.10-5 ↗
ASME BPVC Section IX, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019
As the CFR lists it: “ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX, Qualification Standard for Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Procedures; Welders; Brazers; and Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Operators, 2019 Edition, issued July 1, 2019 (“Section IX of the ASME BPVC”)”
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