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2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 236 BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL SAFETY
236.040 Conformity required of boilers, pressure vessels, and connecting piping -- Inspections.


KY Rev Stat § 236.040 (2012) What's This?

Download as PDF 236.040 Conformity required of boilers, pressure vessels, and connecting piping -Inspections. (1) (2) (3) No boiler or pressure vessel which fails to conform to the rules and regulations formulated by the commissioner governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state. Subject to exemptions established in this chapter, all new connecting piping subjected to pressure emanating from a power boiler, heating boiler, hot water supply 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 piping codes B31.1, B31.3, B31.5, B31.9, or B31.12 or their subsequent revisions, and ASME boiler and pressure vessel code Sections I, III, IV, VIII (Division 1, 2, or 3), or X or subsequent revisions of each. Inspection of such piping shall be performed by an inspector qualified under KRS 236.070, 236.080, or 236.097. Pressure vessels for human occupancy shall comply with subsection (2) of this section and ASME requirements for pressure vessels for human occupancy. Inspection of such piping shall be performed by a boiler inspector qualified under KRS 236.070, 236.080, and 236.097. Effective: July 12, 2012 History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 517, effective July 15, 2010. -- 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.

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