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Arkansas Boiler & Pressure Vessel Law

Arkansas Code · 2 sections

The following is the full text of Arkansas’s boiler & pressure vessel law statutes as published in the Arkansas Code. For the official version, see the Arkansas Legislature.

Ark. Code Ann. § 17-33-101

As used in this chapter: (1) [Repealed.] (2) "BTUH" means British Thermal Unit per hour of heat; (3) [Repealed.] (4) [Repealed.] (5) "Heating and air conditioning" means the process of treating air to control temperature, humidity, cleanliness, ventilation, or circulation to meet human comfort requirements; (6) "Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration" or "HVACR" means the design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, alteration, or modification of a product or of equipment in heating and air conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation, or process cooling or heating systems; (7) "Horsepower" means the equivalent to seven hundred forty-six (746) watts; (8) "HVACR gas fitting work" means gas fitting work for the purpose of supplying an HVACR system and shall be limited to installing six feet (6') or less final of gas piping connection to a heating unit from an existing, accessible manual safety shutoff gas cock, installing flue gas vents and combustion air for the HVACR system; (9) "HVACR Licensing Fund" means a fund established under this chapter to be used exclusively to fund all activities covered under this chapter; (10) "HVACR maintenance work" means repair, modification, service, and all other work required for the normal continued performance of an HVACR system. This term does not include the installation or total replacement of a system or the installation of boiler or pressure vessels that must be installed by persons licensed under § 20-23-101 et seq.; (11) "Licensee" means the holder of a license issued pursuant to this chapter; (12) "One ton" means twelve thousand (12,000) BTUH; (13) "Persons" means any individual, firm, partnership, copartnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other association or combination thereof; (14) "Public entity" means any agency of the State of Arkansas or any political subdivision of the state; (15) "Refrigeration" means the use of mechanical or absorption equipment to control temperature or humidity, or both, in order to satisfy the intended use of a specific space other than for human comfort; (16) "Registrant" means a person who: (A) Does not hold a Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E HVACR license; (B) Can only perform work for an HVACR licensee; and (C) Holds a current HVACR registration; (17) "Repair" means the reconstruction or replacement of any part of an existing HVACR system for the purpose of its maintenance; (18) "Subcontractor" means a person who performs a portion of the HVACR installation; and (19) "Ventilation" means the process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space. Amended by Act 2023, No. 270,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 270,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2023, No. 270,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023. Acts 1991, No. 277, § 1; 1999, No. 465, § 1.

Ark. Code Ann. § 17-38-105

This chapter shall not apply to: (1) The installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation of fire protection sprinkler systems and related mechanical appurtenances beginning at a point where the pipe or piping system provides water used exclusively for these automatic sprinklers and their related appurtenances and to standpipes connected to automatic sprinkler systems; (2) The construction, installation, maintenance, repair, renovation, or removal of pipe or piping systems and related mechanical appurtenances, appliances, or equipment used in connection with boilers or related pressure piping as defined in § 20-23-101 , commercial or residential swimming pools, or irrigation sprinkler systems from a point or location in a source of potable water supply at which point or location there exists any approved backflow preventor; (3) Piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for and in connection with liquefied petroleum gas systems as defined in § 15-75-102 ; or (4) (A) The minimum number or location of plumbing fixtures or toilet facilities for use by the public within buildings, offices, or facilities maintained by banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions for the conduct of their business. (B) This exemption applies to any existing or future plumbing codes or rules promulgated by the State Board of Health, or its successor agency. (C) No municipality or county shall pass or enforce any code or regulation regarding the minimum number or location of plumbing fixtures or toilet facilities for use by the public within buildings, offices, or facilities maintained by banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1441, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 2003, No. 1217, § 4; 2005, No. 1016, § 1.

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