Weights and Measures Regulations
The Bureau of Weights and Measures is charged with the protection of buyers and sellers by assuring that equity prevails in commercial transactions involving measurement. To achieve equity, inspections are conducted under the authority of Chapter 531, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Administrative Code. These regulations, as well as other standards adopted therein, can be found as follows:
- Chapter 531, Florida Statutes, entitled "The Florida Weights & Measures Law"
- Florida Administrative Code
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 130 and 133
- National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44
Additional Informative Sites
National Conference on Weights and Measures, Inc.
The NCWM is the national weights and measures standards setting organization, a professional organization of State and local weights and measures officials and representatives of business, industry, consumer groups, and Federal agencies. This site has information regarding applications for membership, schedule of upcoming meetings, ordering handbooks of uniform laws and regulations and requirements for commercial devices, and links to other industry and state weights and measures regulatory program web sites.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Weights and Measures Division
The Weights and Measures Division (WMD), one of the longest running and best known programs of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. Department of Commerce, promotes uniformity in U.S. weights and measures laws, regulations, and standards to achieve equity between buyers and sellers in the marketplace and thereby enhance consumer confidence, enable U.S. businesses to compete fairly at home and abroad, and strengthen the U.S. economy.
National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP)
Site includes searchable database of weighing and measuring devices (scales, gas pumps, taximeters, etc.) that have been approved as having met design and performance requirements for commercial use as outlined in NIST Handbook 44. Includes readable files of Certificates of Conformance issued for approved devices. Devices that have not been NTEP approved are not suitable or allowed for commercial use.
Southern Weights and Measures Association
One of four regional associations of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the SWMA site offers information about joining the organization, contacting member regulatory jurisdictions, and proposing agenda items to be considered at Annual Meetings as the first step in the process of modifying national uniform laws and regulations.