Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 10 - Occupational Safety › Part 2 - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspection › Section 260-RICR-30-10-2.9 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 14, 2024
2.9.1
GR-1
				 Inspection of Boilers and Pressure Vessels
A. All boilers and pressure vessels not
				 exempted by the Act or by rules and regulations promulgated under the Act and
				 which are subject to regular inspections, shall be prepared for such
				 inspections as required in § 2.9.2 of this Part.
B. Approved pressure vessels(hot water
				 heaters listed by a nationally recognized testing agency), with approved safety
				 devices including pressure temperature relief valve, with a nominal water
				 containing capacity of one hundred twenty (120) gallons or less having a heat
				 input of less than two hundred thousand (200,000) B.T.U. per hour, used solely
				 for hot water supply at pressure of one hundred sixty (160) pounds per square
				 inch or less, and at temperatures of two hundred ten degrees (210°)
				 Fahrenheit or less, boilers having a heat input of less than 200,000 B.T.U. per
				 hour, steam boilers having a generating capacity of less than 200 lbs. an hour
				 provided; that such pressure vessels and boilers are not installed in places of
				 public assembly such as schools, child care centers, public and private
				 hospitals, nursing and boarding homes, churches, public buildings, or any
				 similar place of public assembly (boilers which are less than 200,000 B.T.U.
				 per hour or steam boilers which generate less than 200 lbs. per hour capacity
				 and are included in these exemption categories will be considered residential
				 type boilers and not subject to ASME-CSD-1 rules; these units must still
				 conform to local code ordinance and manufacturer specifications for proper
				 installation and use.). For purposes of this section, the following definitions
				 shall apply:
1. "schools" and such other
				 places of public assembly means every public, private, parochial or charter
				 school recognized by any Rhode Island city or town school committee or by the
				 Rhode Island Department of Education;
2. "child care centers" and such other places
				 of public assembly means any Family Child Care Home, Group Family Care Home,
				 Child Day Care Center and Child Day Care Center (School Age) as defined by the
				 State of Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families regulations
				 for licensure (214-RICR- 40-00-1);
3. "public and private hospitals" and such
				 other places of public assembly means an Organized Ambulatory Care
				 Facility-Freestanding, Ambulatory Surgery Center, a Freestanding Ambulatory
				 Surgical Center, Emergency Care Facility, and a Hospital as defined by the
				 State of Rhode Island Department of Health regulations for licensure for
				 healthcare providers (see 216-RICR- 40-10) and R.I. Gen. Laws §
												23-17-1 et
				 seq. and any mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability
				 residential treatment facility licensed or certified by the Rhode Island
				 Department of Behavioral Health Care, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals
				 and any Adult Day Care Center licensed by the Rhode Island Division of Elderly
				 Affairs;
4. "nursing homes" and
				 such other places of public assembly means Adult Day Care centers, Assisted
				 Living Residences, Hospice Inpatient Facilities, Nursing Home Facilities and
				 Rehabilitation Hospital Centers as defined by the State of Rhode Island
				 Department of Health regulations for licensure (see 216-RICR- 40-10) and R.I.
				 Gen Laws §
												23-17-1 et
				 seq.;
5. "boarding homes" means a
				 residential house in which one or more rooms are rented to members of the
				 general public by the week or month and where lodgers receive laundry and
				 cleaning services and at least one meal per day;
6. "churches" means a place of worship or
				 location where a group of people or congregation comes to perform acts of
				 religious study, honor or devotion;
7. "public buildings" means any building
				 owned, leased or controlled in whole or in part by the State of Rhode Island or
				 any agency or political subdivision thereof;
8. "similar place of public assembly" means
				 those places specifically defined herein.