Point a shop's compliance officer to the National Board's free NB-370 Synopsis and technical article library as a no-cost resource for cross-jurisdiction boiler/pressure vessel rules, distinguishing it from the paywalled NBIC code itself

Steps

1. Go to nationalboard.org's NB-370 Synopsis section, which compiles boiler and pressure vessel laws, rules, and regulations as reported by individual North American jurisdictions
2. Confirm the Synopsis is browsable by jurisdiction online at no cost and covers jurisdiction-specific contact information and regulatory history, distinct from the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) itself, which must be purchased
3. Separately check the National Board's Technical Articles library (over 70 free articles from the National Board BULLETIN and past General Meeting proceedings) for background on specific repair/inspection topics
4. Confirm which specific jurisdiction's rules apply to the shop's actual project location before relying on Synopsis content, since requirements vary by state/province and the Synopsis is a compiled summary, not a substitute for the jurisdiction's own current statute text
5. Direct the shop to purchase or license the current NBIC edition itself (not the free Synopsis) when actual code compliance work (R-stamp repairs, alterations) requires citing NBIC clause-level requirements