Sec. 29-237. (Formerly Sec. 19-434). Inspection. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 29-237. (Formerly Sec. 19-434). Inspection. All boilers included under this chapter shall be inspected by a state boiler inspector or by a special inspector employed by an insurance company licensed to insure boilers in this state as follows:

      (1) Power boilers, meaning boilers operating at steam or vapor pressures in excess of fifteen pounds per square inch gauge, except power boilers that operate with internal water treatment under the direct supervision of a qualified engineer, shall be inspected each year. Such boiler inspection shall consist of (A) a thorough internal and external inspection while not under pressure, and (B) an external inspection under operating conditions not more than six months after the internal and external inspection. No more than fourteen months shall elapse between internal inspections and between external inspections while under pressure.

      (2) Power boilers that operate with internal water treatment under the direct supervision of a qualified engineer shall be inspected every eighteen months. Such boiler inspection shall consist of (A) a thorough internal and external inspection while not under pressure, and (B) an external inspection under operating conditions not more than nine months after the internal and external inspection.

      (3) Where construction will permit, low pressure steam or vapor heating boilers, hot water heating boilers, hot water supply boilers and hot water heaters shall be inspected externally biennially and internally at the discretion of the boiler inspector. If a boiler inspector decides a hydrostatic test is necessary to determine the safety of a boiler or heater, such test shall be made under the inspector's direction. The Commissioner of Public Safety may order inspections by the Department of Public Safety or the insurance carrier in addition to the regular annual or biennial inspections to clear up any doubts as to the safety of continuing the operation of any boiler or heater included in this chapter. Each boiler insurance carrier shall forward to the commissioner, not later than thirty days after each inspection as required by this chapter, a report of such inspection upon appropriate forms as promulgated by the commissioner, who may use the form suggested by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4739; 1953, S. 2370d; 1963, P.A. 161; P.A. 77-614, S. 507, 610; P.A. 85-6; P.A. 86-83, S. 5; P.A. 99-138, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1, S. 148.)

      History: 1963 act added that yearly inspection shall apply only to power boilers, lowering time lapse between internal inspections and external inspections under pressure from 15 to 14 months, added provisions re biennial inspection of certain boilers and changed technical language; P.A. 77-614 replaced labor commissioner and department with commissioner and department of public safety in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-434 transferred to Sec. 29-237 in 1983; P.A. 85-6 amended Subsec. (b), providing that low pressure steam or vapor heating boilers, hot water heating and supply boilers be inspected internally at the boiler inspector's discretion, where previously both internal and external inspections were required "where construction will permit"; P.A. 86-83 amended Subsec. (b) to require inspection of hot water heaters; P.A. 99-138 redesignated former Subsec. (a) as Subdiv. (1), added Subdiv. (2) re provisions for inspection of boilers that operate with internal water treatment under the supervision of an engineer and redesignated former Subsec. (b) as Subdiv. (3); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-1 amended Subdiv. (3) to delete provision prohibiting charging an additional fee for additional inspections and made technical changes in Subdivs. (2) and (3), effective July 1, 2007.