(1) 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.
(2) 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, the insurance authority having jurisdiction, if any, and other authority when required by Kentucky law.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 198B.565

  • Department: means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. See Kentucky Statutes 198B.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(3) 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 the design and detailed plans to the department, the insurance authority having jurisdiction, if any, and other authority when required by Kentucky law.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 30, effective June 29, 2017. — 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.