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236.250 Exceptions to permit requirements -- Payment of permit to repair fees
-- Emergency repairs.
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No person shall make repairs affecting the strength or safety of boilers or
pressure vessels without first securing a permit from the department unless
repairs have been authorized by a boiler inspector or special boiler inspector
pending issuance of the permit or unless such repairs are emergency repairs
authorized by the department, a special boiler inspector or a boiler inspector
pending issuance of the permit. No permit will be required for emergency items
not affecting the strength of the boiler or pressure vessel, when performed by
qualified welders regularly employed by firms utilizing properly qualified welding
procedures. Permits shall only be issued to persons licensed under the
provisions of this chapter. A permit fee shall be paid directly to the department,
and shall accompany the repair application.
Payment of permit to repair fees shall be required from operating companies
performing pressure vessel repairs in accordance with the National Board of
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors inspection code and utilizing properly
qualified welding procedures and regularly employing qualified welders to weld
on boilers owned and operated by such firm.
For emergency repairs authorized by a boiler inspector or special boiler
inspector, a repair permit shall be obtained and filed with the department within
thirty (30) days of repair completion.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 17, effective July 12, 2012. -Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 530, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts
ch. 209, sec. 6.
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