KRS 236.040: Conformity required of boilers, pressure vessels, and connecting piping --

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 s hall

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 conside red 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.