KRS § 318.010 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 318 / Section 318.010
318.010 Definitions for chapter
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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 Construction;

(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, supervision, 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, contracting for, or responsible

charge of plumbing;

(4) "Plumbing" means the art of installing in buildings the pipes for distributing the

water supply, the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for removing waste

water and sewage, together with fittings, appurtenances, and appliances of various

kinds, all within or adjacent to the building. It shall not include 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 equipment;

(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 sewers 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, boarding houses, and

other establishments furnishing public sleeping accommodations;

(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 licensed

journeyman plumber;

(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, copartnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or

other entity whatsoever;

(10) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Housing, Buildings

and Construction; and

(11) "Code" means the Kentucky State Plumbing Code.