The department shall employ boiler inspectors who have at the time of appointment not less than five (5) years of practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of high pressure boilers and pressure vessels as a mechanical engineer, practical steam operating engineer, boilermaker, pressure vessel inspector or boiler inspector, and who shall have passed the examination required by KRS
236.090.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 236.070

  • boiler: shall include fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water where these units are separate from processing systems and are complete within themselves:
    (a) "Power boiler" means a boiler in which steam or other vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen (15) pounds per square inch gauge. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
  • Boiler inspector: means a duly authorized employee of the department who is charged with the responsibility of inspecting boilers and pressure vessels and with the enforcement of the state boiler laws. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
  • boilers: means and includes a closed vessel in which water or other liquid is heated, steam or vapor is generated, steam is superheated, or in which any combination of these functions is accomplished, under pressure or vacuum, for use externally to itself, by the direct application of energy from the combustion of fuels, or from electricity, solar or nuclear energy. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
  • Department: means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
  • Pressure vessel: means a vessel in which the pressure is obtained from an external source or by the application of heat other than those vessels defined in subsection (1) of this section. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010

Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 92, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 520, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 7.