2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .650   Definitions for KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689.

198B.650 Definitions for KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689. As used in KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689, unless the context requires otherwise: (1)  "Air conditioning or cooling system" means a system in which heat is removed from air, surrounding surfaces, or both; (2)  "Apprentice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic" means an individual in the process of learning the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning trade who assists and is under the supervision of a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor and a journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic; (3)  "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Contractors; (4)  "Burner service" means the servicing of oil or gas burners used for heating air or water for purposes other than the transmission of heat; (5)  "Certificate" means a document issued by the board to an apprentice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic to assist a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor or a journeyman heating, ventilation, or air conditioning mechanic; (6)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; (7)  "Office" means the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction; (8)  "Heating system" means a system in which heat is transmitted by radiation, conduction, convection, or a combination of any of these methods to air, surrounding surfaces, or both. "Heating system" does not include fireplaces and free-standing stoves not incorporated into a primary heating system, electric thermal storage units, electric ceiling cable heating systems, or electric baseboard heating units; (9)  "Hydronic system" means a heating and cooling system using liquids to transmit or remove heat; (10) "Journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic" means an individual who is licensed by the board to perform heating, ventilation, and air conditioning work under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor; (11) "Maintenance person or maintenance engineer" means a person who is a regular and bona fide full-time employee or agent of a property owner, property lessor, property management company, or firm, not in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning business that has jurisdiction of property where the routine maintenance of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning is being performed, provided the maintenance shall not include replacement of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems; (12) "Master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor" means a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor who is licensed by the board to advertise and practice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting in this Commonwealth; Page 1 of 2 (13) "Practice of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting" means the installation, maintenance, altering, remodeling, or repair of heating systems, ventilation systems, hydronic systems, burner service, or cooling systems; (14) "Routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning" means the routine and periodic servicing of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, including cleaning, inspection, and adjustments to insure the proper operation, and the removal and replacement of component parts. "Routine maintenance of heating, ventilation, or air conditioning" shall not include the installation of complete new heating, ventilation, or air conditioning systems; and (15) "Ventilation system" means a natural or mechanical system of supplying air to or removing air from any space. Effective: July 15, 1994 History:Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section. Page 2 of 2