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198B.550 Definitions for KRS 198B.555 to 198B.630.
As used in KRS 198B.555 to 198B.630, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction;
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department;
(3) "Fire protection sprinkler contractor" means a person engaged in the
preparation of technical drawings, installation, repair, alteration, extension,
maintenance, or inspection of fire protection sprinkler systems and has in his or
her employment a certificate holder;
(4) "Fire protection sprinkler contractor's license" means the license issued by the
commissioner to a fire protection sprinkler contractor upon application being
approved, fee paid and the satisfactory completion of the requirements of KRS
198B.580. The license shall be issued in the name of the fire protection
sprinkler contractor with the name or names of the certificate holder noted
thereon;
(5) "Certificate holder" means an individual who has satisfactorily met and the
requirements established in KRS 198B.570 and has received a certificate from
the commissioner; and
(6) "Fire protection sprinkler system" means a system of piping for which technical
drawings have been prepared by or preparation supervised by a certificate
holder in accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system is
supplied from a reliable, constant, and sufficient water, gas, or chemical
supply, such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or
connection by underground piping to a city, county, municipal water district,
authorized water main, or both. The sprinkler system is considered the fire
protection sprinkler system for purposes of KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630, and is
a network of specially sized or hydraulically designed piping and includes
installations overhead and underground in a building, structure, or area, and to
which sprinklers are connected in systematic pattern. The system includes a
controlling valve and a device for actuating an alarm when a system is in
operation. The system is usually activated by heat from a fire and causes the
discharge of water, gas, or chemical over the fire area. Fire protection sprinkler
systems shall include the following types: wet-pipe systems, dry-pipe systems,
pre-action systems, deluge systems, combined dry-pipe and pre-action
systems, antifreeze systems and circulating closed loop systems, systems
utilizing gasses or chemicals, and any other fire suppression system approved
by the state fire marshal or the chief building code official of the department.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 28, effective June 29, 2017. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2013. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 273, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky.
Acts ch. 82, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 372,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 383, sec. 1,
effective July 13, 1984.
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