KENTUCKY BOILER KRS 236 EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Where are funds held collected from inspections? - ✔✔Trust and agency fund
✔✔How long do you have to file a grievance with the department for an administrative
hearing? - ✔✔15 days
✔✔Where is the petition filed for a grievance with the Department? - ✔✔Franklin Circuit
Court
✔✔Do you need a contractor's license to erect boilers? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How often do contractor's need to renew their licenses' for construction? -
✔✔Annually * First of the month following expiration
✔✔Upon suspension or revocation of a license, how long does the Department have to
provide notice? - ✔✔Written notice must be provided within 10 Days
✔✔What is the cost for a replacement license? - ✔✔$5
✔✔What do permit fees for installation / erection / repair of boilers or pressure vessels
include? - ✔✔Initial / Final Inspection
✔✔During an emergency, how long do owner / operators have until permits must be
submitted to the Department? - ✔✔30 Days to file
✔✔Do Department inspectors need to call ahead before an inspection? - ✔✔No
✔✔Operating without a valid certificate for a boiler or pressure vessel is considered
what kind of violation? - ✔✔Class B Misdemeanor
✔✔What is the financial penalty for operating a boiler or pressure vessel without a valid
certification? - ✔✔No Less than $10 / No more than $500 Per day
✔✔DEAERATOR TANK - ✔✔Pressure vessel in which water is heated, usually by
steam so that any O2 is removed from the water
✔✔EXISTING INSTALLATION - ✔✔Prior Existing Structures Before:
July 15, 1970
July 15, 1980
, ✔✔HEAT RECOVERY BOILER - ✔✔Boiler in which source of heat is from other
processes
✔✔Heating Boiler - ✔✔KRS 236.010c Operates under 15 psig / not to exceed 160 psi
w/ heat under 250 F
✔✔High Pressure / High Temperature Boiler - ✔✔KRS 236.010 160 psig w/
Temperatures above 250 F
✔✔Hot water heating boiler - ✔✔Hot water is circulated for heating purposes
✔✔Hot Water Storage Tank - ✔✔Pressure Vesse, unfired, but subject to sam
epressures as a companion hot water supply boiler (External Use)
✔✔Hot Water Supply Boiler - ✔✔filled with water that furnishes hot water to be used
externally. >210F >160 psig
✔✔Hydrostatic Test - ✔✔Pressure test with water to test for tightness or mechanical
integrity
✔✔Jacketed Kettle - ✔✔Pressure vessel w/ inner and outer walls that is subject to
water or steam pressure
✔✔Lined potable water Boiler - ✔✔Water boiler w/ a corrosion resistant lining used to
supply potable water
✔✔National Board of Boiler and Vessel Inspectors - ✔✔NB
✔✔Who is the Chairman of the Department? - ✔✔Chief Boiler Inspector
✔✔Who appoints the members of the board? - ✔✔Governor
✔✔How many votes shall the board have to pass policy? - ✔✔5
✔✔Do members of the board take a salary? - ✔✔No
✔✔What Code shall a boiler or pressure vessel computed to if it does not have an
ASME code Symbol (Special Boiler) - ✔✔API 579 / ASME FFS-1 (Fit For Seravice)
✔✔What information must be on the tag of of the certified boiler? - ✔✔1. Registration
Number
2. Manufacturer's Name
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Where are funds held collected from inspections? - ✔✔Trust and agency fund
✔✔How long do you have to file a grievance with the department for an administrative
hearing? - ✔✔15 days
✔✔Where is the petition filed for a grievance with the Department? - ✔✔Franklin Circuit
Court
✔✔Do you need a contractor's license to erect boilers? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How often do contractor's need to renew their licenses' for construction? -
✔✔Annually * First of the month following expiration
✔✔Upon suspension or revocation of a license, how long does the Department have to
provide notice? - ✔✔Written notice must be provided within 10 Days
✔✔What is the cost for a replacement license? - ✔✔$5
✔✔What do permit fees for installation / erection / repair of boilers or pressure vessels
include? - ✔✔Initial / Final Inspection
✔✔During an emergency, how long do owner / operators have until permits must be
submitted to the Department? - ✔✔30 Days to file
✔✔Do Department inspectors need to call ahead before an inspection? - ✔✔No
✔✔Operating without a valid certificate for a boiler or pressure vessel is considered
what kind of violation? - ✔✔Class B Misdemeanor
✔✔What is the financial penalty for operating a boiler or pressure vessel without a valid
certification? - ✔✔No Less than $10 / No more than $500 Per day
✔✔DEAERATOR TANK - ✔✔Pressure vessel in which water is heated, usually by
steam so that any O2 is removed from the water
✔✔EXISTING INSTALLATION - ✔✔Prior Existing Structures Before:
July 15, 1970
July 15, 1980
, ✔✔HEAT RECOVERY BOILER - ✔✔Boiler in which source of heat is from other
processes
✔✔Heating Boiler - ✔✔KRS 236.010c Operates under 15 psig / not to exceed 160 psi
w/ heat under 250 F
✔✔High Pressure / High Temperature Boiler - ✔✔KRS 236.010 160 psig w/
Temperatures above 250 F
✔✔Hot water heating boiler - ✔✔Hot water is circulated for heating purposes
✔✔Hot Water Storage Tank - ✔✔Pressure Vesse, unfired, but subject to sam
epressures as a companion hot water supply boiler (External Use)
✔✔Hot Water Supply Boiler - ✔✔filled with water that furnishes hot water to be used
externally. >210F >160 psig
✔✔Hydrostatic Test - ✔✔Pressure test with water to test for tightness or mechanical
integrity
✔✔Jacketed Kettle - ✔✔Pressure vessel w/ inner and outer walls that is subject to
water or steam pressure
✔✔Lined potable water Boiler - ✔✔Water boiler w/ a corrosion resistant lining used to
supply potable water
✔✔National Board of Boiler and Vessel Inspectors - ✔✔NB
✔✔Who is the Chairman of the Department? - ✔✔Chief Boiler Inspector
✔✔Who appoints the members of the board? - ✔✔Governor
✔✔How many votes shall the board have to pass policy? - ✔✔5
✔✔Do members of the board take a salary? - ✔✔No
✔✔What Code shall a boiler or pressure vessel computed to if it does not have an
ASME code Symbol (Special Boiler) - ✔✔API 579 / ASME FFS-1 (Fit For Seravice)
✔✔What information must be on the tag of of the certified boiler? - ✔✔1. Registration
Number
2. Manufacturer's Name
