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236.010 Definitions for chapter.
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;
(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; and
(d) "Portable boiler" means a boiler which is primarily intended for a
temporary location, construction and usage of which allows the boiler to
be readily removed from one (1) location to another;
(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) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of housing, buildings and
construction;
(4) "Department" means the Department 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
commissioner 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 "emergency order" means an order of the department, chief boiler
inspector, or boiler inspector issued in accordance with this chapter for the
prevention of:
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(a) Loss or damage to property;
(b) Loss of life from boiler or pressure vessel malfunction or explosion; or
(c) Personal injury from boiler or pressure vessel malfunction or explosion;
"Division" means the Division of Plumbing in the department;
"Qualified welder" means a welder or welding machine operator who has
successfully passed the tests required by the appropriate ASME boiler,
pressure vessel, or piping code;
"Person" or "firm" means any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation;
"Chief boiler inspector" means the person employed by the department who
shall serve as the boiler section supervisor within the Division of Plumbing;
"Boiler inspector" means a duly authorized employee of the Department of
Housing, Buildings and Construction who is charged with the responsibility of
inspecting boilers and pressure vessels and with the enforcement of the state
boiler laws;
"Special boiler inspector" means any person employed by an insurance
company authorized to insure boilers and pressure vessels in the
Commonwealth and who holds a commission as provided in KRS 236.080.
This term shall apply to both in-service inspectors and authorized inspectors of
repairs, alterations, and shop work;
"Domestic water" means potable water delivered by a piping system for
personal use or consumption;
"Potable water" means water free from impurities present in amounts sufficient
to cause disease or harmful physiological effects and conforming in its
bacteriological and chemical quality to the requirements of the Division of
Water or the administrative regulations of the Department of Housing, Buildings
and Construction;
"Cryogenic service" means a fluid held under pressure and having a boiling
point below one hundred degrees below zero (-100) Fahrenheit at one (1)
atmospheric pressure, which upon release results in auto-refrigeration or
cooling effect;
"Oil refinery" means a facility used primarily for the refinement of petroleum
products;
"Qualified welding procedure" means a welding procedure that has passed
tests required by the applicable ASME boiler, pressure vessel, or piping code;
"Boiler external piping" means boiler piping as defined in ASME Section I,
which shall conform to ASME B31.1 and ASME Section I;
"Non-boiler external piping" means boiler piping and boiler proper connections
as defined in ASME Section I and applicable figures, and shall conform to
either ASME B31.1 or ASME B31.3, including steam, boiler feedwater,
blowdown, vents and drains, and chemical injection piping outside the boiler
boundary;
"MAWP" means the maximum allowable working pressure for a boiler,
pressure vessel, or piping system;
"Owner facility" means any facility licensed pursuant to KRS 236.097(1);
(25) "Owner's piping inspector" means any person licensed pursuant to KRS
236.097(2);
(26) "Independent inspection agency" means a person or company licensed under
KRS 236.097(3) who is retained by an owner facility to conduct inspections
under KRS 236.097(1); and
(27) "Owner-user facility" means any facility that operates pressure vessels and is
accredited as an owner-user inspection organization by the national board.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 514, effective July 15, 2010. -- 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.
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