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198B.565 Preparation of designs of system.
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(2)
(3)
The design for any fire protection sprinkler system for buildings and structures shall
be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or, if the licensed, professional
engineer chooses not to prepare the design, a licensed fire protection sprinkler
contractor whose certificate holder is a certified engineering technician, NICET
Level III or Level IV, may prepare the design.
When a fire protection sprinkler system is designed by a professional engineer in
accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the licensed fire protection sprinkler
contractor shall submit to the professional engineer, for his approval, technical
drawings and, when required, hydraulic calculations for the installation of the fire
protection sprinkler system. Such technical drawings, after approved by the
professional engineer, shall be submitted by the professional engineer to the
Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the insurance authority having
jurisdiction, if any, and other authority when required by Kentucky law.
When a fire protection sprinkler system is designed by a licensed fire protection
sprinkler contractor in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the licensed
fire protection sprinkler contractor shall submit such design and detailed plans to
the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, the insurance authority
having jurisdiction, if any, and other authority when required by Kentucky law.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 275, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch.
383, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1984.
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