198B.6401 Fire sprinkler inspection certification -- Eligibility requirements --

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Certification cards.

(1)The department shall issue a fire sprinkler inspector certification to an applicant

who:

(a)Is at least eighteen

(18)years of age;

(b)Submits a completed fire sprinkler inspector's written or electronic

application form as provided by the department;

(c)Provides a certificate of insurance that:

1. a. Is issued by an insurance company or other legal entity

permitted to transact insurance business in Kentucky;

b. Insures for general liability coverage of at least five hundred

thousand dollars ($500,000); and

c. Includes liability insurance that shall cover the legal liability of

the certified fire sprinkler inspector as the result of erroneous

acts or failure to act in his or her capacity as a fire sprinkler

inspector and shall be in the form of a certificate of insurance

executed by an insurer permitted to do business in this state or

exported by a licensed surplus lines broker to an eligible carrier

pursuant to KRS 304.10-020 to 304.10-210; or

2. Submits an affidavit completed by a sprinkler contractor that the

applicant is and will be an employee of a currently licensed sprinkler

contractor in good standing with the department;

(d)1. Provides proof of passing scores on all portions of a standardized

examination approved by the commissioner; or

2. Holds a current certification from the National Institute for

Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) for "Inspection

and Testing of Water-Based Systems" Level 2 or higher; and

(e)Upon request by the department, provides supplemental documentation

of information as required under this subsection.

(2)All certification cards issued by the department shall remain the property of the

department.