KENTUCKY
STATE PLUMBING LAW,
REGULATIONS & CODE
2013
Issued By The
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION OF PLUMBING 101 SEA HERO RD., STE 100
FRANKFORT KY 40601
Website Address: dhbc.ky.gov/plb
E-mail Address: [email protected]
UNOFFICAL TEXT OF STATUTES AND
ADMINISTATIVE REGULATIONS
FOR INFORMATIONAL ONLY
Underline text denotes changes since last printing
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, BUILDINS AND CONSTRUCTION
Ambrose Wilson, Commissioner
Jack Coleman, Deputy Commissioner
DIVISION OF PLUMBING
David J. Moore, Director VACANT, Assistant Director Dennis Rodgers, Field Operations Rick Free, Field Operations Vacant, Field Operations Frank Blevins, Plan Consultant Chris Quire, Plan Consultant Jefferson County Tom Boone, Plan Consultant Northern Kentucky
AREA PLUMBING CONSULTANTS
Area Supervisor Area Jeffrey Hardin A James Travis B Mark Curry C Alan Lush D Floyd Schanz E Ancel Baxley F Connell Powell G Pat Quisenberry H Vacant I Rodney Adams J
AREA COMPLIANCE David J. Moore (Supervisor)
Bob Carmickle Ken Nevels Mark Hayden Chris Stein Doug King Arnold Wheeler
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DISTRICT PLUMBING INSPECTORS
DISTRICT #1 LYNN BUNDY DISTRICT #2 LONNIE STEVENSON DISTRICT #3 JEFF HARDIN DISTRICT #4 JERRY DORRIS DISTRICT #5 DAVID BEAVEN DISTRICT #6 MIKE SHOCKLEE DISTRICT #7 MARK THOMAS DISTRICT #8 JOE JORDAN DISTRICT #9 MARK HAYDEN DISTRICT #10 MARK WYATT DISTRICT #10 MIKE MCPHERSON DISTRICT #11 BOB MAESER DISTRICT #12 LIONEL ATKINS DISTRICT #12 MIKE HAYCRAFT DISTRICT #13 DAVID COCHRAN DISTRICT #14 RON BISHOP DISTRICT #14 MIKE HILPP
DISTRICT #14 DUANE RANDLE DISTRICT# 14 JAMES BEELER
DISTRICT# 14 CARL DICK DISTRICT# 14 TODD HAEBERLIN DISTRICT #15 PHILLIP SHULTHISE DISTRICT #16 BOB BENNINGFIELD DISTRICT #17 WENDELL LAWRENCE DISTRICT #18 GLEN KAPFHAMMER DISTRICT #19 TOM WIMSATT DISTRICT #20 MIKE HAYCRAFT DISTRICT #21 TONY PERKINS DISTRICT #21 DON SUSTARICH DISTRICT #21 KEN NEVELS
DISTRICT #24 TOM BOONE DISTRICT #24 CHRIS STEIN
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DISTRICT PLUMBING INSPECTORS
DISTRICT #25 MATT LEWIS DISTRICT #26 DARRELL GREEN DISTRICT #27 KEITH CENTERS DISTRICT #27 DONALD CORN DISTRICT #27 GENO WASHINGTON DISTRICT #28 DOUG KING DISTRICT #29 JOE CZARNECKI DISTRICT #30 DOUG HAVRILESKO DISTRICT #31 CHARLIE STEARNS DISTRICT #32 JOE WIESE DISTRICT #33 JOE CZARNECKI DISTRICT #33 DALE NOBLE DISTRICT #34 JEFF PHELPS DISTRICT #35 MIKE CORNELIUS DISTRICT #36 JEFF NOLAN DISTRICT #37 KEITH CENTERS DISTRICT #39 RODNEY ADAMS DISTRICT #39 DALE GODSEY DISTRICT #40 RICKY ADAMS
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KENTUCKY STATE
PLUMBING LAW
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CHAPTER 318
PLUMBERS AND PLUMBING
Section
318.010 Definitions for chapter. 318.015 Application of chapter and of state plumbing code. 318.020 Apprentices, maintenance men, water company or district employees exempt. 318.030 License and general liability insurance required. 318.040 Qualifications -- Examinations -- Reciprocity. 318.050 Fees. 318.054 License expiration -- Notice -- Renewal, revival fee. 318.056 Repealed, 1966 318.057 Repealed, 1986. 318.060 Reexamination. 318.064 Revocation or suspension of license. 318.066 Hearing -- Appeal. 318.074 Officers of committee -- Meetings. 318.077 Hearing on amendments to code -- Appeals. 318.080 State Plumbers Examining Committee. 318.090 Inspectors -- Appointment, qualifications. 318.100 Advertising by licensee. 318.110 Company having licensed plumber may engage in plumbing business -- Notice of connection. 318.120 Employment of unlicensed plumber prohibited. 318.130 Kentucky State Plumbing Code -- Rules and regulations. 318.134 Installation permits -- Requisites -- Fees. 318.136 Trust and agency fund. 318.140 Adoption and enforcement of State Plumbing Code by local governments -- Local inspectors -- Qualifications. 318.150 Materials and methods to be used. 318.160 Installation plans and specifications. 318.165 Requisites for providing permanent water supply. 318.170 Authority of agents of Department. 318.180 Enforcement of plumbing laws. 318.190 Jurisdiction for enforcement actions. 318.200 Water heating devices -- Serial numbers. 318.310 Repealed 318.320 Repealed 318.330 Repealed 318.990 Penalties.
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318.010 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Department" means Department of Housing, Buildings and Construc-tion; (2) "Journeyman plumber" means a person who engages or offers to engage, either as an occupation or otherwise, in the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, remodeling or removal, and replacement of plumbing under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a master plumber; (3) "Master plumber" means a person who assumes responsible charge, su-pervision, or direction of journeyman plumbers, plumbers' apprentices, and other persons in the construction, installation, or alteration of plumbing or who engages in, offers to engage in, or advertises or otherwise represents that he is permitted or qualified to engage in the design, planning, superintending, con-tracting for, or responsible charge of plumbing; (4) "Plumbing" means the art of installing in buildings the pipes for distribut-ing the water supply, the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for remov-ing waste water and sewage, together with fittings, appurtenances, and appli-ances of various kinds, all within or adjacent to the building. It shall not in-clude the installation of on-site sewage disposal systems, except for the piping, fixtures, or other appurtenances needed within the building. It shall include: (a) The water service pipe which forms the connection between the property line and the building, other than piping serving firefighting equip-ment; (b) Private water supply systems; (c) House sewers which convey the waste water and sewage from the building to the property line or other points of disposal, but not including sew-ers located between manholes and sewers extending five (5) feet from a main or manhole on private property; (d) Storm sewers and rain water piping located within a building to a point two (2) feet outside of the building; and (e) Medical gas piping; (5) "Public building" means any building intended for public use or built with public funds and includes but is not limited to the following: schools, industrial establishments, housing projects, restaurants, food-handling establishments, private clubs, theaters including drive-ins, trailer coach parks, camping areas, hospitals, nursing homes, hotels, motels, tourist courts, rooming houses, board-ing houses, and other establishments furnishing public sleeping accommoda-tions; (6)"Maintenance man" means a person employed to maintain and keep plumbing in good repair; (7)"Apprentice" means a person in the process of learning the plumbing trade who assists and is under the personal supervision of a licensed master or li-censed journeyman plumber;
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(8) "Farmstead" means a farm dwelling together with other farm buildings and structures incident to the operation and maintenance of the farm situated on ten (10) acres or more of land which is located outside the corporate limits of a municipality;
(9) "Person" means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, municipality, co-partnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or other entity whatsoever;
(10) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Hous-ing, Buildings and Construction; and
(11) "Code" means the Kentucky State Plumbing Code.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1670, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 354, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 392, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 49, effective July 1, 1978; and ch. 155, sec. 149, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 1; and ch. 299, sec. 60. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. VI, sec. 91. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 1. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 1, effective June 16, 1960. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3909b.
318.015 Application of chapter and of state plumbing code. (1) This chapter applies and shall be in full force and effect in all counties of the Commonwealth. (2) The state plumbing code promulgated by the department under the provi-sions of this chapter applies and shall be in full force and effect for all public buildings regardless of location in the Commonwealth. (3) This chapter shall not apply to farmsteads. Effective: July 15, 2010 History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1671, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 61. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 1. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 1. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 2.
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318.020 Apprentices, maintenance men, water comp
