2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 198B - HOUSING, BUILDINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION - BUILDING CODE
198B.410 Inspectors -- Certificates of competency -- Application -- Examination -- Issuance -- Reexamination.

Download as PDF 198B.410 Inspectors -- Certificates of competency -- Application -- Examination -Issuance -- Reexamination. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) No person may act either as a general inspector or as a special inspector of elevators or fixed guideway systems unless he or she holds a certificate of competency from the department. Application for examination as an inspector of elevators shall be in writing, accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10), upon a blank to be furnished by the department, stating the school education of the applicant, a list of his or her employers, his or her period of employment, and the position held with each. An applicant shall also submit a letter from one (1) or more of his or her previous employers certifying as to his or her character and experience. Applications shall be rejected which contain any willful falsification or untruthful statements. The applicant, if the department deems his or her history and experience sufficient, shall be tested by means of a written examination dealing with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of elevators, fixed guideway systems, and their appurtenances, and the applicant shall be accepted or rejected on the merits of his or her application and examination. The department shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing the training and certification requirements for inspectors of fixed guideway systems. The department shall issue a certificate of competency in the inspection of elevators to any applicant found competent upon examination. A rejected applicant shall be entitled, after the expiration of ninety (90) days, and upon payment of an examination fee of ten dollars ($10), to another examination. Should an applicant fail to pass the prescribed examination on second trial, he or she will not be permitted to be an applicant for another examination for a period of one (1) year after the second failure. Effective: July 1, 2011 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 262, effective July 15, 2010; and ch. 116, sec. 20, effective July 1, 2011. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 86, effective July 15, 1980. -Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 2. Formerly codified as KRS 336.520. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2011). This section was amended by 2010 Ky. Acts chs. 24 and 116, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.