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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 351 DEPARTMENT FOR NATURAL RESOURCES
351.315 Licensing of blaster -- Training requirements.
Download pdfwhich less than five (5) pounds of explosives are used by a regular user, excluding
blasting for agriculture and underground coal, unless he is licensed by the
department. The department shall issue a license to use explosives to any person
who:
(a) Has worked in blasting operations for at least twenty-four (24) months under the immediate supervision of an experienced blaster or has worked in blasting
operations for twelve (12) months and has completed a formal training
program approved by the department; and (b) Has passed an examination prescribed by the department which shall test the examinee's practice of blasting operations and the storage, moving, handling,
and detonation of explosives. (2) Application for license shall be in writing upon a form furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by a photograph of the applicant. If the applicant is
successful in passing the examination, a license indicating his competency to
detonate explosives shall be issued upon the payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars
($25). (3) Any person who is a licensed blaster in another state where the qualifications prescribed at the time of licensing were, in the opinion of the commissioner, equal
to those prescribed in the Commonwealth at the date of application, and where
reciprocal licensing privileges satisfactory to the department are granted to licensees
of the Commonwealth, may be granted a license without an examination, upon the
payment of a fee. (4) Each blaster shall be required to renew his license every three (3) years by application to the department, which application shall be accompanied by a fee and
subject to the following training requirements:
(a) Each applicant for renewal of a Kentucky blaster's license shall furnish proof that during the preceding three (3) years, the blaster annually has attended a
minimum of eight (8) hours of department-approved blaster's training. No
more than four (4) hours of the annual blaster training may be attributed to
attending a conference unless otherwise approved by the department; and (b) Each applicant for renewal of a limited Kentucky blaster's license shall furnish proof that during the preceding three (3) years, the blaster has attended a
minimum of four (4) hours of blaster's training approved by the department. (5) The department shall not issue a blaster's license to any person not entitled to transport or receive explosives under existing federal law, including persons who:
(a) Are less than twenty-one (21) years of age; or
(b) Have been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one (1) year, unless the conviction has been specifically
exempted by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or
its successor. Page 2 of 2 (6) All fees provided in this section shall be set by the department by administrative regulation; however, the fee for an application shall not exceed forty dollars ($40),
the fee for license renewal shall not exceed sixty dollars ($60), and the fee for
reciprocal licensing shall not exceed sixty dollars ($60). (7) The commissioner may suspend any license for due cause, but no license may be revoked until the licensee has been granted adequate opportunity for a hearing
conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 67, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 150, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 318, sec. 332, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 240, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts
ch. 143, sec. 2.
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