67 Pa. Code § 175.211
A vehicle shall be inspected by a certified inspection mechanic to insure the vehicle conforms to Vehicle Code and this title prior to titling. The vehicle owner shall not be the inspecting mechanic. A certificate of inspection shall not be issued upon initial inspection. After the title and registration have been issued, an inspection station shall reinspect the vehicle to make certain the vehicle still complies with this chapter and only then shall a certificate of inspection be issued. Failure to follow proper inspection procedures in either of the two inspections listed in this chapter will be reasonable grounds to suspend the station and mechanic under Subchapter D (relating to schedule of penalties and suspensions: official inspection stations and certified mechanics).
The provisions of this § 175.211 adopted October 29, 1982, effective February 1, 1983, 12 Pa.B. 3862; corrected November 12, 1982, effective February 1, 1983, 12 Pa.B. 3947; readopted December 2, 1988, effective December 3, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 5362. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (77583).
The phrase ‘‘of the same nature’’, as used in the penalty provisions regarding second and subsequent offenses, means these offenses having the same character or quality as previous offenses, i.e., second or subsequent charges in the same category as the previous offense which includes fraudulent record keeping. Department of Transportation v. Johnson, 482 A.2d 1378 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1984).