KRS 236.120: Certificate of inspection -- Fee -- Term -- Posting -- Termination --

Suspension -- Reissuance.

(1) If, upon inspection, a boiler or pressure vessel is found to comply with the

administrative regulations of the department, the owner, user, or insurance

company of it shall pay to the department the sum of fifteen dollars ($15).

When the inspection is made by a special inspector, the inspector shall attach

the certificate fee to his or her report. The chief boiler inspector, or his or her

duly authorized representative, shall issue to the owner or user a certificate of

inspection for the boiler or pressure vessel bearing the date of inspection and

specifying the maximum pressure under which the boiler or pressure vessel

may be operated. An inspection certificate shall be valid for not more than

fourteen (14) months from its date in the case of power boilers, and twenty-six

(26) months in the case of low pressure steam or vapor heating boilers, hot

water heating boilers, or hot water supply boilers. The most recently issued

certificate of inspection shall be posted in the room containing the boiler

inspected or, in the case of a portable boiler, shall be kept in a tool box

accompanying the boiler. The most recently issued certificate of inspection for

each pressure vessel shall be kept in the owner's files.

(2) No certificate of inspection issued for an insured boiler, inspected by a special

inspector, shall be valid after the insurance on the boiler for which it was issued

terminates. Boilers shall be insured by a company duly authorized by this state

to carry the insurance.

(3) The commissioner or his or her authorized representative may at any time

suspend a certificate of inspection if, in his or her opinion, the boiler or

pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to

the public safety, or if the boiler or pressure vessel is found not in compliance

with this chapter or the administrative regulations of the department. A special

boiler inspector shall have corresponding powers with respect to suspending

certificates of inspection for boilers or pressure vessels insured by the

company employing him or her. The suspension of a certificate of inspection

shall continue in effect until the boiler or pressure vessel conforms to this

chapter and administrative regulations of the department, and until the

inspection certificate is reinstated.

(4) A suspended certificate of inspection shall be reissued on the recommendation

of the boiler inspector or special boiler inspector who first caused the

suspension or at the discretion of the chief boiler inspector.