Kentucky Statutes 236.210 – License required for installing, erecting, or repairing boilers or pressure vessels — Issuance — Renewal — Exception
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(1) A person shall not engage in the business of installing, erecting, or repairing boilers or pressure vessels unless that person first obtains a license from the commissioner.
(2) Each person, firm, or corporation shall pass an examination prepared and administered by the department.
(3) A license shall be issued by the commissioner or the chief boiler inspector to qualified applicants upon payment of a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of examination and other expenses involved as established by the commissioner in an administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.
(4) The license shall be renewable annually, not later than the first of the month following the expiration date, upon payment of a reasonable fee not to exceed the costs involved in such renewal as established by the commissioner in an administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.
(5) All individuals in the employ of a licensee shall not be required to be licensed.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 97, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 15, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 528, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 2.
(2) Each person, firm, or corporation shall pass an examination prepared and administered by the department.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 236.210
- Administrative regulation: means an administrative regulation adopted by the department and filed and approved in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A that is designed to ensure the safety of boilers and pressure vessels that affects or may affect property rights of a designated class of owners, or designed for the prevention of loss or damage to property, loss of life, or personal injury from boiler or pressure vessel explosion or from certain indicated hazards related thereto. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
- 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 - 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
- Chief boiler inspector: means the person employed by the department who shall serve as the boiler section supervisor within the Division of Plumbing. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
- Department: means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
- firm: means any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation. See Kentucky Statutes 236.010
- Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) A license shall be issued by the commissioner or the chief boiler inspector to qualified applicants upon payment of a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of examination and other expenses involved as established by the commissioner in an administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.
(4) The license shall be renewable annually, not later than the first of the month following the expiration date, upon payment of a reasonable fee not to exceed the costs involved in such renewal as established by the commissioner in an administrative regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.
(5) All individuals in the employ of a licensee shall not be required to be licensed.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 97, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 15, effective July 12, 2012. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 528, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 2, effective June 24, 2003. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 207, sec. 16, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 209, sec. 2.