2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 227 - FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION -- ELECTRICIANS 227.300 Standards of safety -- Conformance with Uniform State Building Code -- Publication of guidelines -- Supplemental regulations on temporary change of use.
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227.300 Standards of safety -- Conformance with Uniform State Building
Code -- Publication of guidelines -- Supplemental regulations on
temporary change of use.
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The commissioner shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations based on
good engineering practice and principles as embodied in recognized standards
of fire prevention and protection, providing for a reasonable degree of safety for
human life against the exigencies of fire and panic, and insuring as far as is
practicable against fire loss. Such rules and regulations shall be known as the
standards of safety. After promulgation of the Uniform State Building Code, no
part of the standards of safety shall establish, in whole or in part, any building
code other than the Uniform State Building Code, but the commissioner may
supplement the Uniform State Building Code with fire safety regulations
designed to operate in conjunction with the code.
In making such rules and regulations the commissioner shall establish
minimum fire prevention and protection requirements, including but not limited
to requirements for design, construction, installation, operation, storage,
handling, maintenance, or use of the following: structural requirements for the
various types of construction; building restrictions within congested districts;
exit facilities from structures; fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing systems;
fire emergency drills; maximum occupancy loads and other requirements for
buildings of public assembly; flue and chimney construction; heating devices;
boilers and pressure vessels; electrical wiring and equipment; air conditioning,
ventilating and other duct systems; refrigeration systems; flammable liquids, oil
and gas wells; garages, repair, and service shops; application of flammable
finishes, acetylene, liquefied petroleum gas, and similar products; calcium
carbide and acetylene generators; dry cleaning and dyeing plants; flammable
motion picture film; combustible fibers; airports and airport buildings; hazardous
chemicals; rubbish; open flame devices; parking of vehicles; dust explosions;
lightning protection; and other special fire hazards.
For the purpose of integrating the need for safety from hazards of fire with the
other safety needs of infants or preschool children under institutional care, the
commissioner shall allow persons who own, manage, or are employed by
institutions which provide care or education for infants or preschool children to
participate in drafting the standards of safety as they apply to such institutions.
Such participation shall be by representation of professional associations
relating to infant and preschool care, and by representation from other
individuals licensed to provide infant and preschool care, on a committee
chaired by the state fire marshal or his or her designate. Such participation
shall occur prior to the publication of proposed regulations in the administrative
register pursuant to KRS 13A.050 but shall not limit any individual's right to use
those procedures set forth in KRS Chapter 13A concerning comment on or
protest of proposed regulations. All professional associations relating to infant
and preschool care shall be notified by the commissioner when the drafting of
standards of safety relating to such institutions is commenced and all such
professional associations shall be regularly notified of the time and place of any
meetings conducted by authorized employees of the department for the
purpose of drafting such standards.
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The commissioner shall publish guidelines relating to the standards of safety
as they apply to day care and preschool child care centers and nurseries which
shall indicate the items inspectors from the Division of Fire Prevention will be
looking for when they conduct inspections pursuant to the standards of safety.
Such guidelines shall be made available to persons who own, operate, or
manage such centers or nurseries and shall be designed to enable said
persons to anticipate and comply with the requirements of the standards of
safety.
The commissioner shall issue supplemental regulations addressing the
temporary change of use in buildings as authorized by KRS Chapter 198B.
These regulations shall establish specific standards for such use and shall be
designed to operate in conjunction with the Kentucky Building Code.
Any standards of safety or other regulations promulgated under this section
shall be subject to the requirements of KRS 198B.030(8) and (9) and
198B.040(11).
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 15, effective June 8, 2011. -Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 394, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1984 Ky.
Acts ch. 163, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117,
sec. 38, effective July 1, 1978; ch. 155, sec. 125, effective June 17, 1978; and
ch. 305, sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 295,
sec. 1; and ch. 296, sec. 1. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 11.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). A reference in subsection
(4) of this section as amended by 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 394, to "Division of
Fire Protection" has been changed in codification to "Division of Fire Prevention"
to conform with the listing of divisions within the Department of Housing,
Buildings and Construction contained in KRS 227.205 as amended by 2010 Ky.
Acts ch. 24, sec. 390.
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