KRS 236.990: Penalties.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate

in this state a boiler or pressure vessel without a valid certificate of inspection.

The operation of a boiler or pressure vessel without a valid certificate, or at a

pressure exceeding that specified in an inspection certificate, shall constitute a

Class B misdemeanor on the part of the owner, user, or operator. Each day of

unlawful operation shall constitute a separate offense.

(2) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 236.040(1); 236.080(4);

236.110(1), (4) and (5); 236.210(1); 236.220(1); 236.240(1) and (2);

236.250(1); or any proper order or administrative regulation made or

promulgated thereunder; or who hinders or obstructs an authorized inspector in

the performance of his or her duties under this chapter, shall be subject to the

penalties in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or any

administrative regulation, emergency order, order of the state fire marshal,

order of an authorized deputy state fire marshal, order of the chief boiler

inspector, or order of any authorized boiler inspector, promulgated or made

pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to suspension or revocation of any

appointment, commission, certification, registration, license, or permit made or

issued by the department and held by that person, in accordance with the

procedures specified in KRS 236.220, or in lieu of a suspension or revocation,

shall be subject to an administrative fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) and

not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) after notice and hearing by the

department in accordance with KRS 236.220. Each day these violations exist

shall, in the discretion of the department, be considered as a separate

violation.

(4) As an aid to enforcement of this chapter, or of any administrative regulation or

order relating thereto, the department or chief boiler inspector may take any

administrative action or bring any authorized legal action designed to prevent

or correct any condition constituting or threatening to constitute a violation of

any provision of this chapter.