Purpose


Section 554.103, F.S., requires the Department to adopt by rule a State Boiler Code for the safe construction, installation, inspection, maintenance and repair of boilers in this state. The proposed amendments will update the rules to incorporate legislative changes made by Chapter 2017-175, Laws of Florida, and to update existing forms and incorporate several new forms by reference. The State Boiler Code will be updated to incorporate the 2017 edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code by reference; incorporate the 2015 edition of the ASME CSD-1, Controls and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers, by reference; incorporate the 2017 edition of the National Board Inspection Code by reference; and incorporate the 2016 edition of the ASME B31.1, Power Piping, by reference.