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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 236 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY
236.110 Inspection of boilers and pressure vessels required -- Certificate inspection -- Periods of inspection -- Penalty for falsifying certificate of inspection.
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(a) Power boilers shall receive a certificate inspection annually which shall be an internal inspection where construction permits; otherwise it shall be as
complete an inspection as possible. Such boilers shall also be externally
inspected while under pressure if possible. (b) Low pressure steam or vapor heating boilers, hot water heating boilers, and hot water supply boilers shall receive a certificate inspection biennially; said
inspection shall include internal inspection where construction permits.
External inspections are required where construction does not permit internal
inspection. (c) Pressure vessels shall be inspected at time of installation to ascertain that they are in conformance with KRS 236.040. Subsequent reinspections, if any, shall
be set by regulation of the department. (d) A grace period of two (2) months beyond the periods specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection may elapse between inspections. (e) The department may at its discretion permit longer periods between inspections. (f) All new boiler or pressure vessel installations to be used within this state, excepting boilers or pressure vessels exempted under KRS 236.060, shall be
inspected during the installation period to ascertain that all pressure piping
conforms to the requirements of KRS 236.040. An inspection certificate may
not be issued on any new installation until these requirements are fulfilled. (g) It shall be the responsibility of the installing contractor to request the above inspection by notifying the boiler inspection section of the division that the
installation is ready for such inspection. This must be accomplished prior to
covering of any welded or mechanical joints on pressure piping or valves by
insulation, paint, or structural materials. The contractor shall provide ready
access for the inspector to all parts of the piping system. (h) Inspection of pressure piping applies only to new boiler or pressure vessel installations, or reinstallations, or installation of secondhand boilers (as
defined under "Boiler Rules and Regulations"). No annual or biennial
reinspection is required once the system has been approved. (i) "Existing installations," as applied to inspection of piping systems is defined as any boiler and piping system completed and approved for operation prior to
July 1, 1970. Such existing installations will not be subject to the foregoing
piping inspection unless adjudged patently unsafe for operation by a boiler
inspector holding a commission issued by the National Board of Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Inspectors. If an existing installation is so adjudged the owner
will be granted full rights of appeal as set forth under KRS 236.150. (j) At such time as an existing installation undergoes extensive overhaul or more than fifty (50) linear feet of pressure piping requires renewal or is added to the
existing system, the entire system of piping carrying pressure emanating from
the boilers shall be subject to inspection and will be brought up to standards
required by KRS 236.040. (k) The installing contractor of a piping system carrying pressure emanating from a boiler or pressure vessel subject to inspection under provisions of KRS
236.050 to 236.150, shall pay to the department, upon completion of
inspection, fees in accordance with a schedule set up by the board and
approved by the commissioner. (l) Operation of a pressure piping system in conjunction with a boiler or pressure vessel, either of which has not been inspected and approved as set forth above,
shall be subject to fines and penalties as set forth in KRS 236.990. (2) The inspections required in this section shall be made by a boiler and pressure vessel inspector or by a special boiler inspector except that all new installations
shall be inspected by a boiler inspector employed by the department. (3) If at any time a hydrostatic, pneumatic, or any other nondestructive test shall be deemed necessary for ascertaining acceptability, the same shall be made by the
contractor or owner-user, whoever is responsible for the condition, and be
witnessed by a boiler inspector or special boiler inspector. (4) All boilers to be installed in this state after July 1, 1970, and all pressure vessels installed in this state after July 15, 1980, shall be inspected during construction as
required by the applicable rules and regulations of the department by a boiler and
pressure vessel inspector authorized to inspect boilers and pressure vessels in this
state, or, if constructed outside of the state, by an inspector holding a commission
from the national board as an inspector of boilers and pressure vessels. (5) No person shall willfully falsify any statement designed to secure the issuance, renewal or reinstatement of a certificate of inspection. Violation of this subsection
shall subject such a person to the penalties stated in KRS 236.990. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 524, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 384, sec. 98, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 5. -
- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 11.
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