2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 9 - Safety - Industrial And Commercial
Article 4. Boiler Inspection
Section 9-4-113. New power boiler installations.
(1) No power boiler, except those exempt by this article, shall be installed in this state unless it has been constructed, inspected, and stamped in conformity with the rules for construction of power boilers of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and is registered with the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors, and inspected in accordance with the requirements of this article and the rules and regulations of the section.
A power boiler having the standard stamping of another state that has adopted astandard of construction equivalent to the standard provided in this article may be accepted by the director; however, the person or firm desiring to install the boiler shall make application for the installation and shall file with this application the manufacturer's data report covering the construction of the boiler in question.
All new power boiler installations and reinstalled boilers shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and, in addition, in accordance with the requirements of this section.
All power boilers heated with gas, oil, or mechanical firing, except forced flow steamgenerators designed to operate without a fixed water level and stoker- or hand-fired coal-burning units which are constantly attended, shall be provided with an automatic low-water fuel cutout and with an automatic fuel-regulating control, controlled by boiler pressure or temperature, or both.
All new power boiler rooms shall be constructed to have at least two means of exit.Each exit shall be remotely located from the other. Each elevation shall have at least two means of egress, each remotely located from the other.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 277, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-13.
