2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 198B - Housing, buildings, and construction - building code 198B.090 Certification of professional classifications -- Training program for building code administration and enforcement.
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198B.090
Certification of professional classifications -- Training program for
building code administration and enforcement.
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The department shall create and administer a certification program with sufficient
testing procedures to certify the following professional classifications:
(a) Building inspector;
(b) Plans and specifications inspector; and
(c) Plumbing inspector.
The testing procedures shall be sufficient to reflect the ability of the person applying
for certification to inspect in accordance with those local, state, and federal building
codes, fire codes, plumbing codes, or health and safety codes, that are applicable to
the inspection duties for which he or she requests certification.
The department shall conduct or sponsor preentry and in-service education and
training programs on the technical, legal, and administrative aspects of building
code administration and enforcement. For this purpose it may cooperate and
contract with educational institutions, area development districts, local, regional,
state or national building officials' organizations, and any other appropriate
organization.
The department shall create and administer an educational program designed to
prepare building officials, code enforcement officers, and other persons interested in
obtaining from the department a certification as a building inspector, plans and
specifications inspector, or plumbing inspector. The program shall be designed to
ensure uniform statewide enforcement of the applicable state building and plumbing
codes. Training material coverage shall be adequate to prepare the participants with
a working knowledge of construction design, specification terms, and the state
building codes applicable to the particular field in which the applicant requests
certification.
Plumbing inspectors who are in compliance with KRS 318.090 as state inspectors
and KRS 318.140 as city-county inspectors, shall be considered in compliance with
subsections (1)(c) and (2) of this section and shall not be required to be retested by
the department prior to consideration for certification as a plumbing inspector. The
department shall review the plumbing inspector's qualifications and credentials for
compliance with KRS 318.090 or 318.140 prior to issuing a certification to the
inspector's certificate applicant.
Attendance at the training sessions shall not be mandatory prior to testing for
certification if the applicant's previous education or experience qualifies the
applicant to obtain a passing score on the required certification test.
Training sessions shall be held as frequently as is felt necessary by the
commissioner to adequately provide for local and state building inspection needs.
The department's plans and specifications review staff and the field inspection staff
shall attend the training and become certified in accordance with this section.
All building inspectors, plans and specification inspectors, and plumbing inspectors
shall be certified or enrolled and actively pursuing department certification within
ninety (90) days after employment as an inspector.
(10) The department shall establish a schedule of fees to cover the cost of the education,
testing, and certification programs to be paid by the applicants for certification. The
fees shall not exceed the actual cost of the services performed by the department to
administer the programs listed in this section.
(11) The department may reimburse building officials, code enforcement officers, and
other employees of the state and its subdivisions for related expenses incurred by
them for attendance at in-service training programs approved by the department.
Effective: June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 9, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 253, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 308, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 9,
effective June 17, 1978.
2018-2020 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2018 Ky. Acts ch.
169, Pt. I, L, 9, (1) at 1338.
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