Title XVII, Economic Security and Public Welfare

registration. (1) The owner or user of any elevator or fixed guideway system shall register with the department every elevator or fixed guideway system operated by him or her, giving the type, capacity, description, name of manufacturer, and purpose for which each is used. The re…

(1) Except as indicated under subsection (2) of this section, every passenger elevator, freight elevator, moving sidewalk, fixed guideway system, and escalator shall be inspected once every twelve (12) months. (2) The following shall be exempt from the annual inspection requireme…

- Findings and orders of department. (1) Every inspector shall forward to the department a full report of each inspection made of any passenger elevator or fixed guideway system, showing the exact condition of the elevator or fixed guideway system, and the inspector shall leave a…

with building code. (1) The department shall make, alter, amend, or repeal rules and administrative regulations exclusively for the safety and inspection of passenger elevators and fixed guideway systems. The department shall have the authority to prescribe, by administrative reg…

Every passenger elevator or fixed guideway system shall be equipped, maintained, and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator or fixed guideway system car, shaftways, guides, cables, doors, and gates, safety stops and mechanism, electrical apparatus and wiring, …

installations -- Certification of compliance -- State inspectors. (1) No certificate of operation for any passenger elevator or fixed guideway system shall be issued until the elevator or fixed guideway system has been inspected and the inspection report filed with the department…

Extension for good cause. (1) Before any new installation of an elevator or fixed guideway system of permanent nature shall be erected or before any existing elevator is removed to a different location, an application of specifications in duplicate shall be submitted to the depar…

trust fund. A person shall not violate any law relative to the operation, construction, maintenance, and repair of passenger elevators or fixed guideway systems. All fines collected for a violation of this section shall be forwarded to the department, which shall pay the same int…

elevator or fixed guideway system. (1) If the department's inspector of elevators and fixed guideway systems or a general inspector of elevators or fixed guideway systems finds that a passenger elevator, fixed guideway system, or a part thereof does not afford reasonable safety, …

As used in KRS 198B.555 to 198B.630, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction; (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department; (3) "Fire protection sprinkler contractor" means a person engaged…

commissioner. (1) The administration of KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630 is vested in the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. (2) The commissioner shall: (a) Promulgate reasonable administrative regulations necessary for the administration of KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630; (b) …

Exemptions. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person other than a certificate holder or an employee of a certificate holder shall engage in the preparation of technical drawings, installation, repair, alteration, extension, maintenance or inspection of …

(1) The design for any fire protection sprinkler system for buildings and structures shall be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or, if the licensed, professional engineer chooses not to prepare the design, a licensed fire protection sprinkler contractor whose certifica…

To become a certificate holder under KRS 198B.560, an applicant shall satisfactorily pass a current examination prescribed and administered by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies entitled Fire Protection Engineering Technology Automatic Sprinkler …

contractor. To become a licensed fire protection sprinkler contractor under KRS 198B.560, a person shall: (1) Have in his or her employ a certificate holder; (2) Comply with the minimum insurance requirements established by KRS 198B.595; and (3) Make application to the commission…

(1) Each certificate holder engaged in the activity described in KRS 198B.560 shall secure a seal with the design prescribed by regulation of the commissioner. (2) All working drawings, specifications, and plans prepared by, or under the supervision of the certificate holder, sha…

The license and certificate shall be signed by the commissioner.

(1) The commissioner shall not issue a license under KRS 198B.560 and 198B.580, unless the fire protection sprinkler contractor applicant files with the commissioner proof of liability insurance coverage of not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) one perso…

at a time. A certificate holder shall not obtain a fire protection sprinkler contractor's license for more than one (1) fire protection sprinkler contractor at a time. If the certificate holder leaves the employment of the fire protection sprinkler contractor, he or she shall not…

(1) (a) All certificates issued under KRS 198B.570 shall expire on the last day of the certificate holder's birth month in the following year. The department may reduce the license fee on a pro rata basis for initial certificates issued for less than twelve (12) months. Renewed c…

regulation. (1) If a licensed fire protection sprinkler contractor desires to do business in any part of the state, he or she shall deliver to the local building official a copy of his or her fire protection sprinkler contractor's license and comply with KRS 198B.560 and 198B.565…

All license and certificate fees and charges collected by the commissioner under the provisions of KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630 and the rules and regulations of the commissioner adopted hereunder, shall be paid to the State Treasury and credited to a trust and agency fund to be used …

Appeal -- Criminal penalty. (1) Subject to a hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, the commissioner may refuse to renew or may suspend or revoke the license of a licensed fire protection sprinkler contractor or the certificate of a certificate holder to engage in …

(1) Whenever, in the judgment of the commissioner, any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices that constitute, or will constitute a violation of the provisions of KRS 198B.560 and 198B.565, the commissioner may inform the Attorney General, who may mak…

The provisions of KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630 shall apply to the preparation of technical drawings, installation, repair, alteration, extension, maintenance or inspection of fire protection sprinkler systems other statutes notwithstanding.

Certification cards. (1) The department shall issue a fire sprinkler inspector certification to an applicant who: (a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) Submits a completed fire sprinkler inspector's written or electronic application form as provided by the department; (…

certification. (1) An applicant for certification as a fire sprinkler inspector under this chapter making application to the department prior to July 1, 2012, shall be certified by the department without completing the certification requirements as established in this chapter if:…

reinstatement of certification. (1) The initial annual certification for a fire sprinkler inspector shall be for not less than seven (7) months nor more than eighteen (18) months. (2) A fire sprinkler inspector certification issued in accordance with this chapter shall expire on …

(1) The certification requirements established within this chapter may be waived for a person moving into the Commonwealth from another jurisdiction, and a fire sprinkler inspector's certification granted, if: (a) The other jurisdiction grants the same privileges to certified fir…

education providers and courses. The commissioner shall, through the promulgation of administrative regulations: (1) Establish the procedures necessary to implement KRS 198B. 6401 to 198B.6417; (2) Establish an inactive status of certification for fire sprinkler inspectors who ar…

The standards to be utilized in the inspection of sprinkler systems shall be the standards set forth in the National Fire Protection Association's Article 25: Standard for the Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems and shall be the edition pres…

inspection by uncertified individual -- Cease-and-desist order. (1) The procedures set forth in KRS Chapter 13B shall govern the department's conduct of disciplinary hearings. (2) The commissioner may summarily suspend a certification for up to ninety (90) days before a final adj…

Hearing -- Appeal. (1) Subject to a hearing conducted in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B, the commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certification of a certified fire sprinkler inspector for any of the following actions: (a) Use of false evidence or misrepresent…

If the certification of a fire sprinkler inspector is revoked for any reason, the inspector may, at the conclusion of the revocation period, reapply for a sprinkler system inspector's certification.

As used in KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Air conditioning or cooling system" means a system in which heat is removed from air, surrounding surfaces, or both; (2) "Apprentice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic" means an indi…

regulations. (1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to: (a) Administer, coordinate, and enforce KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689; (b) Conduct examinations; (c) Maintain a list of all licensees and certificate holders; (d) Keep mi…

journeyman, or apprentice without a license prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689: (1) A person shall not claim to be or advertise as being a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor or assume or use any title, designation, or ab…

(1) An applicant for a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor's license shall: (a) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) Be a citizen of the United States or be a resident alien who is authorized to do work in the United States; (c) 1. Have been regula…

198B.658(1) or (2). If an applicant for a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor's license or journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic's license presents the department with proof of training and experience equivalent to the training an…

(1) Each application for licensure or certification shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee. (2) Examinations shall be given at least two (2) times during each calendar year at those times and places within the Commonwealth prescribed by the department. An applica…

-- Reactivation. (1) Every license issued by the department may be renewed annually, on or before the last day of the licensee's birth month, upon payment of a renewal fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by the department. Failure to renew shall cause the…

Any person who has been issued a license in another state which has licensing, educational, and experience requirements substantially equal to or greater than those of this state and which grants equal licensing privileges to persons licensed in this state, may be issued an equiv…

heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor's license. (1) The department shall grant an interim period of up to one hundred eighty (180) continuous calendar days to allow a company to utilize the master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor's license of…

application and permit -- Exemptions. (1) Notwithstanding KRS 198B.030 to the contrary, any person who installs an initial heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system shall apply for a permit prior to beginning the installation. No installation shall begin before the applica…

codes -- Inspection scheduling. (1) No person, firm, or corporation shall use, continue to use, or permit the use of any heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system that an authorized inspector or the inspector's employee or agent determines was not installed in accordance w…

compensation of local government's inspectors -- Local governments prohibited from establishing additional permitting or inspection programs. (1) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish a reasonable schedule of fees to implement the program. The fe…

to 198B.689. All fees and fines collected and paid into the State Treasury shall be credited to a revolving trust and agency account and shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 and the repayment of moneys borrowed from surplus trust a…

systems -- Powers to restrain and enjoin violations of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 -- Representation of department by state and local prosecutors. (1) For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689, officers, agents, and inspectors of the department or an au…

enforcement of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689. (1) The Circuit Court where a violation occurs shall have jurisdiction and venue in all civil and injunctive actions instituted by the department for the enforcement of the provisions of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689 and orders issued thereunde…

Power of department or authorized local government to prohibit continued use of system --Aggrieved applicant's right to hearing. (1) If an installation for which a permit is required does not meet the requirements of the Uniform State Building Code or the Uniform State Residentia…