This chapter does not apply to the following boilers:

(1) Boilers under federal control;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-29A-14

  • boiler: includes fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other than water where these units are separate from processing systems and are complete within themselves. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34-29A-1

(2) Boilers located on farms if the farm is not regularly open to the general public and the boiler is used solely for agricultural or horticultural purposes;

(3) Heating boilers which are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six family units;

(4) Hot water supply boilers equipped with ASME-National Board approved safety relief valves which are directly fired with combustible fuel, electricity, or solar energy when none of the following limitations is exceeded:

(a) Heat input of two hundred thousand BTU per hour;

(b) Water temperature of two hundred ten degrees F;

(c) Nominal water capacity of one hundred twenty gallons;

(5) Boilers located in a refinery;

(6) Boilers used as part of an electrical generating plant;

(7) Historic power boilers as defined by § 34-29A-1. However, each boiler shall comply with rules promulgated under the provisions of § 34-29A-14.1.

Source: SL 1973, ch 229, § 6; SL 1982, ch 18, § 43; SL 1989, ch 300, § 3.