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        89.2  DEFINITIONS.
         For the purpose of this chapter unless the context otherwise
      requires:
         1.  "ASME code" means the boiler and pressure vessel code
      published by the American society of mechanical engineers.
         2.  "Board" means the boiler and pressure vessel board created
      in section 89.14.
         3.  "Boiler" means a vessel in which water or other liquids
      are heated, steam or other vapors are generated, steam or other
      vapors are superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or
      vacuum by the direct application of heat.
         4.  "Commissioner" means the labor commissioner or the labor
      commissioner's designee.
         5.  "Exhibition boiler" means a boiler which is operated in
      the state for nonprofit purposes including, but not limited to,
      exhibitions, fairs, parades, farm machinery shows, or any other event
      of an historical or educational nature.  An "exhibition boiler"
      includes steam locomotives, traction and portable steam engines, and
      stationary boilers of the firetube, watertube, and returntube class,
      model or miniature, and may be riveted, riveted and welded, or all
      welded construction, if used within the state solely for nonprofit
      purposes.
         6.  "Object" means a boiler or pressure vessel.
         7.  "Power boiler" means a boiler in which steam or other
      vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds per
      square inch or a water boiler intended for operation at pressures in
      excess of one hundred sixty pounds per square inch or temperatures in
      excess of 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
         8. a.  "Public assembly" means the assembly of people in any
      of the following:
         (1)  A building or structure primarily used as a theater, motion
      picture theater, museum, arena, exhibition hall, school, college,
      dormitory, bowling alley, physical fitness center, family
      entertainment center, lodge hall, union hall, pool hall, casino,
      place of worship, funeral home, institution of health and custodial
      care, hospital, or child care or adult day services facility.
         (2)  A building or structure, a portion of which is primarily used
      for amusement, entertainment, or instruction.
         (3)  A building or structure owned by or leased to the state or
      any of its agencies or political subdivisions.
         b.  However, for purposes of this chapter, "public
      assembly" does not include the assembly of people in buildings or
      structures containing only eating and drinking establishments or in
      any building used exclusively by an employer for training or
      instruction of its own employees.
         9.  "Special inspector" means an inspector who holds a
      commission from the commissioner and who is not a state employee.
         10.  "Steam heating boiler" means a boiler operating at not
      more than fifteen pounds per square inch; or a hot water heating
      boiler operating at not more than one hundred sixty pounds per square
      inch and not more than 250 degrees Fahrenheit at the boiler outlet.
         11.  "Unfired steam pressure vessel" means a vessel or
      container used for the containment of steam pressure either internal
      or external in which the pressure is obtained from an external
      source.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 89.12; C79, 81, § 89.2] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 321, § 26; 92 Acts, ch 1098, § 3; 2000 Acts, ch 1097,
      §1; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §26; 2001 Acts, ch 64, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1107,
      §2, 30; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201; 2009 Acts, ch 94, §1

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Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-89 > 89-2

        89.2  DEFINITIONS.
         For the purpose of this chapter unless the context otherwise
      requires:
         1.  "ASME code" means the boiler and pressure vessel code
      published by the American society of mechanical engineers.
         2.  "Board" means the boiler and pressure vessel board created
      in section 89.14.
         3.  "Boiler" means a vessel in which water or other liquids
      are heated, steam or other vapors are generated, steam or other
      vapors are superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or
      vacuum by the direct application of heat.
         4.  "Commissioner" means the labor commissioner or the labor
      commissioner's designee.
         5.  "Exhibition boiler" means a boiler which is operated in
      the state for nonprofit purposes including, but not limited to,
      exhibitions, fairs, parades, farm machinery shows, or any other event
      of an historical or educational nature.  An "exhibition boiler"
      includes steam locomotives, traction and portable steam engines, and
      stationary boilers of the firetube, watertube, and returntube class,
      model or miniature, and may be riveted, riveted and welded, or all
      welded construction, if used within the state solely for nonprofit
      purposes.
         6.  "Object" means a boiler or pressure vessel.
         7.  "Power boiler" means a boiler in which steam or other
      vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds per
      square inch or a water boiler intended for operation at pressures in
      excess of one hundred sixty pounds per square inch or temperatures in
      excess of 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
         8. a.  "Public assembly" means the assembly of people in any
      of the following:
         (1)  A building or structure primarily used as a theater, motion
      picture theater, museum, arena, exhibition hall, school, college,
      dormitory, bowling alley, physical fitness center, family
      entertainment center, lodge hall, union hall, pool hall, casino,
      place of worship, funeral home, institution of health and custodial
      care, hospital, or child care or adult day services facility.
         (2)  A building or structure, a portion of which is primarily used
      for amusement, entertainment, or instruction.
         (3)  A building or structure owned by or leased to the state or
      any of its agencies or political subdivisions.
         b.  However, for purposes of this chapter, "public
      assembly" does not include the assembly of people in buildings or
      structures containing only eating and drinking establishments or in
      any building used exclusively by an employer for training or
      instruction of its own employees.
         9.  "Special inspector" means an inspector who holds a
      commission from the commissioner and who is not a state employee.
         10.  "Steam heating boiler" means a boiler operating at not
      more than fifteen pounds per square inch; or a hot water heating
      boiler operating at not more than one hundred sixty pounds per square
      inch and not more than 250 degrees Fahrenheit at the boiler outlet.
         11.  "Unfired steam pressure vessel" means a vessel or
      container used for the containment of steam pressure either internal
      or external in which the pressure is obtained from an external
      source.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 89.12; C79, 81, § 89.2] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 321, § 26; 92 Acts, ch 1098, § 3; 2000 Acts, ch 1097,
      §1; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §26; 2001 Acts, ch 64, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1107,
      §2, 30; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201; 2009 Acts, ch 94, §1

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Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-89 > 89-2

        89.2  DEFINITIONS.
         For the purpose of this chapter unless the context otherwise
      requires:
         1.  "ASME code" means the boiler and pressure vessel code
      published by the American society of mechanical engineers.
         2.  "Board" means the boiler and pressure vessel board created
      in section 89.14.
         3.  "Boiler" means a vessel in which water or other liquids
      are heated, steam or other vapors are generated, steam or other
      vapors are superheated, or any combination thereof, under pressure or
      vacuum by the direct application of heat.
         4.  "Commissioner" means the labor commissioner or the labor
      commissioner's designee.
         5.  "Exhibition boiler" means a boiler which is operated in
      the state for nonprofit purposes including, but not limited to,
      exhibitions, fairs, parades, farm machinery shows, or any other event
      of an historical or educational nature.  An "exhibition boiler"
      includes steam locomotives, traction and portable steam engines, and
      stationary boilers of the firetube, watertube, and returntube class,
      model or miniature, and may be riveted, riveted and welded, or all
      welded construction, if used within the state solely for nonprofit
      purposes.
         6.  "Object" means a boiler or pressure vessel.
         7.  "Power boiler" means a boiler in which steam or other
      vapor is generated at a pressure of more than fifteen pounds per
      square inch or a water boiler intended for operation at pressures in
      excess of one hundred sixty pounds per square inch or temperatures in
      excess of 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
         8. a.  "Public assembly" means the assembly of people in any
      of the following:
         (1)  A building or structure primarily used as a theater, motion
      picture theater, museum, arena, exhibition hall, school, college,
      dormitory, bowling alley, physical fitness center, family
      entertainment center, lodge hall, union hall, pool hall, casino,
      place of worship, funeral home, institution of health and custodial
      care, hospital, or child care or adult day services facility.
         (2)  A building or structure, a portion of which is primarily used
      for amusement, entertainment, or instruction.
         (3)  A building or structure owned by or leased to the state or
      any of its agencies or political subdivisions.
         b.  However, for purposes of this chapter, "public
      assembly" does not include the assembly of people in buildings or
      structures containing only eating and drinking establishments or in
      any building used exclusively by an employer for training or
      instruction of its own employees.
         9.  "Special inspector" means an inspector who holds a
      commission from the commissioner and who is not a state employee.
         10.  "Steam heating boiler" means a boiler operating at not
      more than fifteen pounds per square inch; or a hot water heating
      boiler operating at not more than one hundred sixty pounds per square
      inch and not more than 250 degrees Fahrenheit at the boiler outlet.
         11.  "Unfired steam pressure vessel" means a vessel or
      container used for the containment of steam pressure either internal
      or external in which the pressure is obtained from an external
      source.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 89.12; C79, 81, § 89.2] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 321, § 26; 92 Acts, ch 1098, § 3; 2000 Acts, ch 1097,
      §1; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §26; 2001 Acts, ch 64, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1107,
      §2, 30; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201; 2009 Acts, ch 94, §1