2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .040   Conformity required.

236.040 Conformity required. (1) No boiler or pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations formulated by the executive director governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective. (2) All new connecting piping subjected to pressure emanating from a power boiler or pressure vessel shall be considered part of the boiler or pressure vessel installation, subject to the same boiler or pressure vessel code requirements, and shall be designed in accordance with the rules of ASME power piping code ANSI 31.1 or its subsequent revisions and ASME boiler and pressure vessel code Sections I, and VIII (division 1) and their subsequent revisions. Inspection of such piping shall be performed by an inspector qualified under KRS 236.070 or KRS 236.080. (3) All new connecting piping subjected to pressure emanating from a heating boiler shall be considered part of the heating boiler installation, subject to the same boiler code requirements and shall be designed in accordance with the rules of the ASME heating boiler code, Section 4 and its subsequent revisions and this chapter. Inspection of such piping shall be performed by a boiler and pressure vessel inspector. Effective: July 15, 1980 History:Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 3. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 4. 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.