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236.250 Exceptions to permit requirements -- Payment of permit to repair fees -Emergency repairs.
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No person shall make repairs affecting the strength or safety of boilers or pressure
vessels without first securing a permit from the department unless repairs have been
authorized by a boiler inspector or special boiler inspector pending issuance of the
permit or unless such repairs are emergency repairs authorized by the department, a
special boiler inspector or a boiler inspector pending issuance of the permit. No
permit will be required for emergency items not affecting the strength of the boiler
or pressure vessel, when performed by qualified welders regularly employed by
firms utilizing properly qualified welding procedures. Permits shall only be issued
to persons licensed under the provisions of this chapter. A permit fee shall be paid
directly to the department, and shall accompany the repair application.
Payment of permit to repair fees shall be required from operating companies
performing pressure vessel repairs in accordance with the National Board of Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Inspectors inspection code and utilizing properly qualified
welding procedures and regularly employing qualified welders to weld on boilers
owned and operated by such firm.
For emergency repairs authorized by a boiler inspector or special boiler inspector, a
repair permit shall be obtained and filed with the department within thirty (30) days
of repair completion.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 17, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 530, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts
ch. 207, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 6.
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