236.040 Conformity required of boilers, pressure vessels, and connecting piping --
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Inspections.
(1)No boiler or pressure vessel which fails to conform to the rules and regulations
formulated by the commissioner governing new construction and installation shall
be installed and operated in this state.
(2)Subject to exemptions established in this chapter, all new connecting piping
subjected to pressure emanating from a power boiler, heating boiler, hot water
supply boiler, or pressure vessel shall be considered part of the boiler or pressure
vessel installation, subject to the same boiler or pressure vessel code requirements,
and shall be designed in accordance with the rules of ASME piping codes B31.1,
B31.3, B31.5, B31.9, or B31.12 or their subsequent revisions, and ASME boiler and
pressure vessel code Sections I, III, IV, VIII (Division 1, 2, or 3), or X or subsequent
revisions of each. Inspection of such piping shall be performed by an inspector
qualified under KRS 236.070, 236.080, or 236.097.
(3)Pressure vessels for human occupancy shall comply with subsection
(2)of this
section and ASME requirements for pressure vessels for human occupancy.
Inspection of such piping shall be performed by a boiler inspector qualified under
KRS 236.070, 236.080, and 236.097.