Bill Text: OH HB12 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To eliminate the licensed operator requirement for boilers directly fired with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity or stationary steam engines that comply with standards established by the Board of Building Standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 41-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-30 - Effective Date [HB12 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB12-Enrolled.html
To amend sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised Code to eliminate the licensed operator requirement for boilers directly fired with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity or stationary steam engines that comply with standards established by the Board of Building Standards.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4104.02. (A) The board of building standards shall:
(A)(1) Formulate rules for the construction, installation,
repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the
construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining
the safe working pressures to be carried on such boilers and
pressure vessels and the qualification of inspectors of boilers
and pressure vessels;
(B)(2) Prescribe tests, if it is considered necessary, to
ascertain the qualities of materials used in the construction of
boilers and pressure vessels;
(C)(3) Adopt rules regulating the construction and sizes of
safety valves for boilers and pressure vessels of different sizes
and pressures, for the construction, use, and location of fusible
plugs, appliances for indicating the pressure of steam and level
of water in the boiler or pressure vessels, and such other
appliances as the board considers necessary to safety in operating
boilers;
(D) Establish reasonable fees for the performance of reviews,
surveys, or audits of manufacturer's facilities by the division of
industrial compliance for certification by the American society of
mechanical engineers and the national board of boiler and pressure
vessel inspectors;
(E)(4) Adopt rules that prescribe the conditions and
requirements for design, certification, reporting, installation,
operation, and periodic testing and maintenance of controls and
safety devices on an automatically operated boiler directly fired
with gas, oil, gas-oil, or electricity or a stationary steam
engine that would allow an owner to operate a low pressure steam
boiler, power boiler, or a stationary steam engine without the
presence of a licensed low pressure boiler operator, a licensed
high pressure boiler operator, or a licensed steam engineer as
required in section 4104.05 of the Revised Code.
(B) The definitions and rules adopted by the board for the construction, installation, repair, conservation of energy, and operation of boilers and the construction and repair of pressure vessels and for ascertaining the safe working pressures to be used on such boilers and pressure vessels shall be based upon and follow generally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and practices established and pertaining to boilers and pressure vessel construction, operation, and safety, and the board may, for this purpose, adopt existing published standards as well as amendments thereto subsequently published by the same authority.
(C) When a person desires to manufacture a special type of boiler or pressure vessel, the design of which is not covered by the rules of the board, the person shall submit drawings and specifications of such boiler or pressure vessel to the board for investigation, after which the board may permit its installation.
(D) The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, amending, or rescinding rules pursuant to this section.
Sec. 4104.05. (A) No Unless otherwise provided by the rules
adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to division
(A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the Revised Code, no person shall
operate a low pressure steam boiler at that has more than thirty
horsepower three hundred sixty square feet of heating surface,
unless one of the following applies to that person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a steam engineer, high pressure boiler operator, or low pressure boiler operator.
(B) No Unless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the
board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the
Revised Code, no person shall operate a power boiler at that has
more than
thirty horsepower three hundred sixty square feet of
heating surface, unless one of the following applies to that
person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator in accordance with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a steam engineer or high pressure boiler operator.
(C) No Unless otherwise provided by the rules adopted by the
board pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 4104.02 of the
Revised Code, no person shall operate a stationary steam engine at
more than thirty horsepower unless one of the following applies to
that person:
(1) The person is licensed as a steam engineer in accordance with section 4104.19 of the Revised Code.
(2) The person is working under the direct supervision of a steam engineer.
(D) For purposes of this section, a
horsepower means twelve
square feet of boiler heating surface.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 4104.02 and 4104.05 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
