2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 227 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION 227.491 Certification of an electrical installation by an inspector -- Invalidation by another inspector prohibited -- Certification and inspection of electrical installation without seal prohibited.
227.491 Certification of an electrical installation by an inspector -- Invalidation by
another inspector prohibited -- Certification and inspection of electrical <br>installation without seal prohibited.
(1) An electrical inspector who certifies an electrical installation shall furnish and
attach an approval sticker, bearing his or her signature and certification number in a <br>conspicuous place on the main service entrance equipment. He or she shall also <br>provide the owner of the electrical installation or his or her authorized agent with a <br>certificate of approval if the same is requested. A complete record of each <br>inspection shall be kept by the inspector and these records shall be made available <br>to the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction upon its request.
(2) No electrical inspector shall:
(a) Attempt to supplant, overrule, or otherwise invalidate the judgment of another
electrical inspector whose services for a particular building, structure, or other <br>project have been solicited by an owner, contractor, municipality, or other <br>person without first obtaining express written consent from the designated <br>inspector's office supervising the original inspector;
(b) Certify unlicensed or unlawful electrical installations; <br>(c) Certify or inspect an electrical installation in a manufactured home or mobile
home where the certified installer seal is not present pursuant to KRS <br>227.570; or
(d) Certify or inspect an electrical installation in a previously owned
manufactured home or a previously owned mobile home when a Class B1 seal <br>is not present as required by KRS 227.605.
(3) Failure of an electrical inspector to observe subsection (2) of this section shall
subject that inspector to review by the commissioner of housing, buildings and <br>construction with possible suspension of certification for a period not to exceed one <br>(1) year from the date of the commissioner's ruling.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 407, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2008 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 2, effective January 1, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 83, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 222, <br>effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 47, effective July 1, <br>1978. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 3.
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