236.040 Conformity required.
(1) No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations
formulated by the commissioner governing new construction and installation shall <br>be installed and operated in this state from the date upon which the first rules and <br>regulations under this chapter pertaining to new construction and installation shall <br>have become effective.
(2) All new connecting piping subjected to pressure emanating from a power boiler or
pressure vessel shall be considered part of the boiler or pressure vessel installation, <br>subject to the same boiler or pressure vessel code requirements, and shall be <br>designed in accordance with the rules of ASME power piping code ANSI 31.1 or its <br>subsequent revisions and ASME boiler and pressure vessel code Sections I, and VIII <br>(division 1) and their subsequent revisions. Inspection of such piping shall be <br>performed by an inspector qualified under KRS 236.070 or KRS 236.080.
(3) All new connecting piping subjected to pressure emanating from a heating boiler
shall be considered part of the heating boiler installation, subject to the same boiler <br>code requirements and shall be designed in accordance with the rules of the ASME <br>heating boiler code, Section 4 and its subsequent revisions and this chapter. <br>Inspection of such piping shall be performed by a boiler and pressure vessel <br>inspector.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 517, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 246, sec. 3. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 4.
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