2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .010   Definitions.

236.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1)  "Boiler" or "boilers" means and includes a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, steam is superheated, or in which any combination of these functions is accomplished, under pressure or vacuum, for use externally to itself, by the direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels, or from electricity, solar or nuclear energy. The term "boiler" shall include fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water where these units are separate from processing systems and are complete within themselves: (a)  "Power boiler" means a boiler in which steam or other vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen (15) pounds per square inch gauge; (b)  "High pressure, high temperature water boiler" means a water boiler operating at pressures exceeding one hundred sixty (160) pounds per square inch gauge or temperatures exceeding two hundred fifty (250) degrees Fahrenheit; and (c)  "Heating boiler" means a steam or vapor boiler operating at pressures not exceeding fifteen (15) pounds per square inch gauge or a hot water boiler operating at pressures not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) pounds per square inch gauge or temperatures not exceeding two hundred fifty (250) degrees Fahrenheit. (2)  "Pressure vessel" means a vessel in which the pressure is obtained from an external source or by the application of heat other than those vessels defined in subsection (1) of this section. (3)  "Executive director" means the executive director of housing, buildings and construction. (4)  "Office" means the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction. (5)  "ASME" means American Society of Mechanical Engineers. (6)  "Board" means Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules. (7)  "Certificate inspection" means an inspection, the report of which is used by the chief boiler inspector to determine whether or not a certificate, as provided by subsection (1) of KRS 236.120, may be issued. (8)  "Rule" or "regulation" means a general regulation adopted by the executive director upon advisement of the board and filed and approved in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A designed to insure the safety of boilers and pressure vessels that affects or may affect property rights of a designated class of owners, or designed for the prevention of loss or damage to property, loss of life, or personal injury from boiler or pressure vessel explosion or from certain indicated hazards related thereto. (9)  "Order" or "summary order" means an order of the state fire marshal, the chief boiler inspector, or a boiler inspector, made in accordance with this chapter or KRS Chapter 227 and designed for the prevention of loss or damage to property, loss of life, or personal injury from boiler or pressure vessel malfunction or explosion, that affects or may affect the property rights of a particular owner of designated property. (10) "Division" means the Division of Fire Prevention in the office, headed by the state fire marshal. (11) "Qualified welder" means a welder or welding machine operator who has passed the tests required by Section IX of the ASME code. (12) "Person" or "firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation. Effective: July 15, 1980 History:Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 31, effective July 1, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 1. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1, par. 2. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.