309.430 Definitions for KRS 309.430 to 304.454.
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As used in KRS 309.430 to 309.454, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)"Alter" means to change or modify a building or building design, or to revise, rather
than repair, a mitigation system or mitigation system design;
(2)"Analytical analysis" means the act of analyzing the radon or radon progeny
concentrations with active measurement devices;
(3)"Board" means the Kentucky Board of Radon Safety;
(4)"Building" means any structure used or intended to be used for supporting or
sheltering any use or occupancy;
(5)"Certified" means meeting the certification requirements of a proficiency program
for radon measurement, radon mitigation, or radon laboratory analysis;
(6)"Commercial building" means any building other than a residential building,
including those buildings intended for public purposes;
(7)"Compensation" means something of value given or received in exchange for radon
measurement, radon mitigation, or laboratory analysis;
(8)"Contractor" means a person or business entity that provides goods or services to
another person under the terms specified in a contract or verbal agreement, and who
is not an agent or employee of that person;
(9)"Direct supervision" means constant onsite supervision by a certified person;
(10)"General supervision" means intermittent onsite supervision by a certified person
who accepts responsibility for ensuring compliance by his or her employees or
subcontractors with all applicable requirements under KRS 309.430 to 309.454;
(11)"Government agency" means the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a state agency, a
political subdivision, or any entity of local government;
(12)"Laboratory analysis" means the act of analyzing the radon or radon progeny
concentrations with passive measurement devices, or the act of calibrating radon or
radon progeny measurement devices, or the act of exposing radon or radon progeny
devices to controlled concentrations of radon or radon progeny;
(13)"Measurement" means the act of testing the air, water, or soil using an active or
passive measurement device for the presence of radon or radon progeny in the
indoor environment of a building;
(14)"Measurement device" means any active or passive device approved by a
proficiency program and used for the measurement of radon or radon progeny in air,
water, or soil in the indoor environment of a building;
(15)"Measurement contractor" means a person certified by a proficiency program who
provides radon measurement for compensation and who meets the requirements of
KRS 309.438;
(16)"Mitigation" means the act of installing, repairing, or altering an active or passive
system, for the purpose in whole or in part of reducing the concentration of radon or
radon progeny in the indoor environment of a building;
(17)"Mitigation contractor" means a person certified by a proficiency program who
provides radon mitigation for compensation and who meets the requirements of
KRS 309.440;
(18)"Mitigation system" means any active or passive system designed to reduce radon
concentrations in the indoor environment of a building;
(19)"Person" has the same meaning as in KRS 446.010;
(20)"Proficiency program" means either the National Radon Proficiency Program or the
National Radon Safety Board;
(21)"Radon" means a naturally occurring radioactive element that exists as a colorless,
odorless, and tasteless inert gas;
(22)"Radon decay products" means the four
(4)short-lived radioactive elements
polonium (Po-218), lead (Pb-214), bismuth (Bi-214), and polonium (Po-214) which
exist as solids and immediately follow radon (Rn-222) in the decay chain;
(23)"Radon laboratory" means a business entity certified by a proficiency program that
provides laboratory analysis for compensation and meets the requirements of KRS
309.444;
(24)"Radon progeny" means any combination of the radioactive decay products of
radon;
(25)"Registrant" means a person or business entity registered with the board as a
measurement contractor, mitigation contractor, or radon laboratory;
(26)"Research" means board-approved scientific investigation that includes radon
measurement, radon mitigation, or laboratory analysis;
(27)"Residential building" means detached one
(1)to four
(4)family dwellings not more
than three
(3)stories in height where occupants are primarily permanent in nature;
and
(28)"Standard operating procedure" means a written document established by an
accredited American National Standards Institute development organization that
describes in detail commonly accepted methods for the performance of certain tasks
associated with radon measurement, mitigation, or laboratory analysis.