Iowa Code Title III. Public Services and Regulation [Chs. 80-122C] § 89.2. Definitions

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. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

4A. “Director” means the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.

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.

5A. “National board inspection code” means the manual for boiler and pressure vessel inspectors published by the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors.

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.

9. “Special inspector” means an inspector who holds a commission from the director 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.