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26 V.S.A. § 2121
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Physical Therapists|§ 2121. Unprofessional conduct

§ 2121. Unprofessional conduct|(a) Unprofessional conduct is the conduct prohibited by this section and by 3 V.S.A. § 129a,  whether or not taken by a license holder.(b) Unprofessional conduct shall include:  (1) sexual harassment of a patient; (2) engaging in a sexual act as defined in 13 V.S.A. § 3251 with a patient; (3) any of the following except when reasonably undertaken in an emergency situation in order to protect life, health, or property:  (A) practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope permitted by law; (B) accepting and performing physical therapy responsibilities that the licensee knows or has reason to know that he or she is not competent to perform; or (C) performing physical therapy services that have not been authorized by the consumer or the consumer's legal representative.    (c) After hearing, an administrative law officer may take disciplinary action against a licensee or applicant found guilty of unprofessional conduct. A finding of unprofessional conduct shall be grounds for:  (1) denying an application for licensure; (2) revoking, suspending, or conditioning a license; or (3) otherwise disciplining a licensee. (Added 1981, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1997, No. 40, § 49; 1997, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 44; 1999, No. 52, § 14; 2005, No. 27, § 64; 2007, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)
26 V.S.A. § 2171
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2171. Purpose

§ 2171. Purpose|The purpose of this chapter is to protect and improve the general health and welfare of the people of the State of Vermont in the fields of environmental sanitation, water treatment, domestic supply, and hydronically related hot water heating, by authorizing and enforcing rules and regulations for properly designed, acceptably installed, and adequately maintained plumbing, water treatment, and hydronically related water heating systems and by licensing qualified plumbers and qualified heating and water treatment specialists. (1959, No. 215, § 1, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
26 V.S.A. § 2172
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2172. Definitions

§ 2172. Definitions|The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall be construed as follows:  (1) "Public water system" or "public sewerage disposal system" means any system supplying or serving 15 or more customers, each family, tenement, store, or other establishment being considered a single customer. (2) "Master plumber" means any person, licensed under this chapter, that, as a business, installs plumbing systems, hires or employs a person or persons to do plumbing work, or supervises journey plumbers or apprentice plumbers in completion of their work. (3) "Journeyman plumber" means any person licensed under this chapter who installs plumbing and water treatment or heating specialties under the direction of a master plumber. A journeyman plumber may supervise an apprentice employed by a master plumber and under the master plumber's direction. A journeyman plumber shall not act as a master plumber. (4) "Apprentice plumber" means any person, employed by a master plumber or under the direction of a master plumber or a journeyman plumber, who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and water treatment or heating specialties under an apprenticeship program properly registered with the Vermont Apprenticeship Council. An apprentice plumber shall be supervised on the job by either a master or a journeyman plumber. (5) "Plumbing" is the art of installing pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid and water carried wastes and drainage venting systems within or on any building or structure. (6) "Board" means the Plumber's Examining Board created under this chapter. (7) "State plumbing inspector" means a master plumber or duly qualified employee of the Department designated to enforce the rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter. (8) "Municipal inspector" means a plumbing inspector authorized to conduct municipal inspections pursuant to this chapter. (9) "Specialist" means any person licensed under this chapter who performs work in connection with water treatment and heating, or both, or performs that work as a principal business or an auxiliary to a principal business for the person's own account as designated on the person's license. (10) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Safety. (11) "Legislative body" means the selectboard, the alderboard, city council, or board of trustees of a municipality or an incorporated village. (12) "Work notice" means the notice required to be filed under this chapter by a licensee prior to commencement of work. (1959, No. 215, § 2, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 8, § 10, eff. April 25, 2005.)
26 V.S.A. § 2173
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2173. Rules adopted by the Board

§ 2173. Rules adopted by the Board|(a) The Plumber's Examining Board may, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, make and revise such plumbing rules as necessary for protection of the public health, except that no rule of the Board may require the installation or maintenance of a water heater at a minimum temperature. To the extent that a rule of the Board conflicts with this subsection or with 18 V.S.A. chapter 40, that rule shall be invalid and unenforceable. The rules shall be in effect in every city, village, and town having a public water system or public sewerage system and apply to all premises connected to the systems and all public buildings containing plumbing or water treatment and heating specialties whether they are connected to a public water or sewerage system. The local board of health and the Commissioner of Public Safety shall each have authority to enforce these rules. The rules shall be limited to minimum performance standards reasonably necessary for the protection of the public against accepted health hazards and shall be consistent with any minimum efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures adopted under 9 V.S.A. chapter 74. The Board may, if it finds it practicable to do so, adopt the provisions of a nationally recognized plumbing code and as needed shall adopt a Vermont-specific amendment to the adopted code to ensure that it is consistent with any minimum efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures adopted under 9 V.S.A. chapter 74.(b) The Commissioner shall make rules and adopt procedures and priorities for inspections and enforcement. Installations regulated by the Board shall be inspected by a State plumbing inspector. The Commissioner may set priorities based on consideration of health risks to persons and property, type and size of the building, and the complexity and size of the installation or job.(c) The Commissioner or any State plumbing inspector designated by the Commissioner shall have the authority to enter any premises in which an installation subject to the rules of the Board is being or has been installed, replaced, or repaired for the purpose of performing inspections necessary to carry out inspection responsibilities under this subchapter. If the owner or occupant of the premises refuses entry, the Commissioner may apply to any Superior Court to issue an order enforcing the right of entry. (Added 1959, No. 215, § 3, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1979, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. June 21, 1988; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2005, No. 8, § 11, eff. April 25, 2005; 2007, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 10a; 2017, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
26 V.S.A. § 2176
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2176. Existing buildings

§ 2176. Existing buildings|The rules adopted under sections 2173, 2174, and 2175 of this title shall not apply to existing private dwellings and public buildings except as the plumbing systems in them may be altered in the future. (1959, No. 215, § 6, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1987, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 21, 1988; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
26 V.S.A. § 2182
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2182. Terms of office

§ 2182. Terms of office|(a) Members of the Board shall be appointed for four year terms. Two of the appointed members shall initially be appointed for terms of two years beginning July 1 of the year of appointment.(b) A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the initial appointment. (1959, No. 215, § 8, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
26 V.S.A. § 2183
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2183. Fees; books and records

§ 2183. Fees; books and records|All fees for examinations, licenses, and renewals shall be forwarded to the Department of Public Safety. The Board shall have free and unrestricted access to all books, notes, records, transcriptions, recordings, and other related data within the care of the Department of Public Safety. (1959, No. 215, § 17, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2005, No. 8, § 15, eff. April 25, 2005.)
26 V.S.A. § 2184
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2184. Per diem pay and expenses

§ 2184. Per diem pay and expenses|Each appointive member of the Board shall be entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010. (1959, No. 215, § 18, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1963, No. 193, § 12, eff. June 28, 1963; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
26 V.S.A. § 2191
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2191. Master plumbers

§ 2191. Master plumbers|Any person who completes an application for a master plumber's license, presents documentation of having held a valid journeyman plumber's license under this chapter for at least 12 months, or documents equivalent training and experience in or outside of this State acceptable to the Board, and pays an examination fee in an amount determined by the Board based on the costs associated with administering the examination, shall be entitled to an examination. Upon successful completion of the examination and payment of a licensing fee, the applicant shall receive a master plumber's license in the form of a wallet-sized card. The license shall be carried by the master plumber at all times while performing the licensee's trade and shall be displayed upon request. Upon request of a license holder, a license certificate, suitable for framing, shall be available for a fee. (1959, No. 215, § 9, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1969, No. 84, § 3, eff. April 18, 1969; 1971, No. 6, § 1, eff. Feb. 17, 1971; 1991, No. 234 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
26 V.S.A. § 2192
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2192. Journeyman plumbers

§ 2192. Journeyman plumbers|Any person who completes an application for a journeyman plumber's license and documents apprenticeship in plumbing that includes both instruction and practice in work processes as verified by the Vermont Apprenticeship Council, or equivalent training and experience in or out of this State acceptable to the Board, and pays an examination fee to be determined by the Board based on the costs associated with administering the examination, shall be entitled to examination. Upon successful completion of the examination and payment of a licensing fee, the applicant shall receive a journeyman plumber's license in the form of a wallet-sized card. The license shall be carried by the journeyman at all times while performing the licensee's trade and shall be displayed upon request. Upon request of a license holder, a license certificate, suitable for framing, shall be available for a fee. (1959, No. 215, § 10, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1969, No. 84, § 4, eff. April 18, 1969; 1971, No. 6, § 2, eff. Feb. 17, 1971; amended 1991, No. 234 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
26 V.S.A. § 2192a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2192a. Limited licensure; specialists

§ 2192a. Limited licensure; specialists|(a) Any person who completes an application for a specialist's license and documents successful completion of instruction, training, and experience in or out of the State acceptable to the Board and pays an examination fee to be determined by the Board based on the costs associated with administering the examination, shall be entitled to an examination. Upon successful completion of the examination and payment of a license fee, the applicant shall receive a specialist license in the form of a wallet-sized card. The license shall be carried by the licensee at all times while performing the licensee's specialty and shall be displayed upon request. Upon request by the license holder, a specialist license suitable for framing shall be available for a fee. A specialist license shall indicate each specialty for which the licensee has been approved. A specialist license does not take the place of any other license required by law.(b) Specialty fields include the following:  (1) Water Heater Specialist: Installation, replacement, and repair of any residential, industrial, or commercial domestic hot water supply tanks. (2) Heating System Specialist: Installation, replacement, and repair of residential, industrial, or commercial hydronic space heating systems, including radiant, solar, and other types of hydronic system design. Any work on steam systems shall be limited to steam systems with operating pressure not to exceed 15 PSIG. (3) Water Treatment Specialist: Installation, replacement, and repair of residential, industrial, or commercial potable water treatment and filtration equipment.   (c) A person duly licensed as a specialist under this section may perform specialty work, either as an employee or as an independent contractor only in connection with the specialty field designated on the person's license. A specialty business may hire or employ only people licensed in the specialty of the business.(d) A specialist may perform a supply connection to an existing water supply for test and related system operation, but at no time shall any specialist perform any plumbing or heating work that is not specified or permitted under the specialist's license.(e) Specialty classes shall be provided by the Department of Labor or others.(f) The Commissioner shall adopt rules regarding work notices, inspection procedures, and priorities for each specialty. (Added 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)
26 V.S.A. § 2195
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2195. Licenses

§ 2195. Licenses|(a) All licenses expire on the last day of a month designated by the Board. A license shall be valid for two years. The Board shall renew a valid license issued under this chapter on receipt of an application for renewal and the required fee before the expiration date of the license.(b) If a licensee fails to renew his or her license prior to expiration, the licensee may reinstate the license within 90 days of its expiration by paying the reinstatement fee of $15.00 in addition to the renewal fee.(c) If the licensee fails to renew within 90 days of the expiration of the license, the licensee shall appear before the Board to request reinstatement.(d) After July 1, 1996, applicants for license renewal shall provide to the Board evidence of completion of eight hours of continued training or instruction, approved by the Board, within the previous 24-month period. (Added 1959, No. 215, § 13, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1969, No. 84, § 6, eff. April 18, 1969; 1991, No. 234 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
26 V.S.A. § 2197
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2197. Penalty

§ 2197. Penalty|Any person who installs any plumbing or specialty installation or who advertises as such, except as provided in section 2198 of this title, without first having obtained an appropriate license under this chapter or who employs a person to perform any plumbing work for which the employee is not licensed or procures any license wrongfully or by fraud, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 for each offense. (1959, No. 215, § 15, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1967, No. 295 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 20, 1968; 1969, No. 84, § 8, eff. April 18, 1969; 1979, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 17.)
26 V.S.A. § 2198
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2198. Exceptions; license not required

§ 2198. Exceptions; license not required|(a) All plumbing and specialty work performed in Vermont shall be performed by persons licensed under this chapter except that a license shall not be required for the following types of work:  (1) Any plumbing and specialty work performed by an owner or the owner's regular employees in the owner-occupied, freestanding single family dwelling or in outbuildings accessory to the owner-occupied, single family dwelling. (2) Installations of plumbing systems in laboratories for experimental purposes only. (3) A person who regularly employs a maintenance person whose duties include the maintenance of plumbing on the property of that person. (4) Plumbing or specialty installations performed as part of a training project of a vocational school or other educational institution. However, the installation shall be inspected if the building is to be sold as a private dwelling or public building. (5) A person who performs miscellaneous jobs of manual labor on the person's own property in the course of which plumbing repairs or alterations are made. (6) For the construction, repair, or maintenance of buildings used exclusively for agricultural purposes and animal housing located on owner-occupied farms. (7) Work performed by employees of any public or private water company, who in the main course of their employment install, maintain, or repair water supply pipes, meters, or control valves.   (b) Plumbing installed or maintained by persons included in this section shall conform to State law. (1959, No. 215, § 16, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1969, No. 84, § 9, eff. April 18, 1969; 1979, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)
26 V.S.A. § 2199
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Plumbers and Plumbing|§ 2199. Inspections

§ 2199. Inspections|The Commissioner of Public Safety or designee may inspect premises subject to the rules adopted under section 2173 of this title. (Added 1979, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; amended 1999, No. 49, § 148; 2005, No. 8, § 16, eff. April 25, 2005.)
26 V.S.A. § 2212
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 41 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|§ 2212. Prohibition

§ 2212. Prohibition|Except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter, a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall not engage in the business or act in the capacity of real estate broker or salesperson within this State without first obtaining a license therefor. (Amended 1985, No. 6, § 1.)
26 V.S.A. § 2213
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 41 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|§ 2213. Penalties

§ 2213. Penalties|A person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127. (Amended 1985, No. 6, § 1; 2007, No. 29, § 33; 2019, No. 30, § 16.)
26 V.S.A. § 2214
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 26 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 41 - Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons|§ 2214. Trust and escrow accounts

§ 2214. Trust and escrow accounts|(a) Every real estate broker, within five banking days, shall deposit in a trust or escrow account in a bank or other financial institution licensed to do business in this State all earnest money and contract deposits held by him or her as a real estate broker in which the clients or other persons with whom the broker is dealing have an interest. Trust and escrow accounts shall be maintained separate and apart from a broker's individual or office account. The broker shall maintain at the broker's usual place of business, books, records, contracts, and other documents pertinent to or relating to the trust or escrow account and monies therein, which shall be open for inspection by the Commission and its duly authorized agents at the broker's usual place of business during regular business hours. The broker shall notify the Commission, within 10 days after opening any trust or escrow account, of the bank or other financial institution in which the account is located.(b) If a deposit is reasonably expected to earn a substantial amount of interest, the broker shall, at the request of the person or persons making the deposit, place the deposit in an individual interest-bearing trust or escrow account for the benefit of the beneficial owner. In regard to individual interest-bearing trust and escrow accounts:  (1) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by all parties, the interest earned shall be applied to the purchase price due from the buyer if the sale is consummated, shall be returned to the buyer if the deposit is returned to the buyer, and shall be payable to the seller if the buyer defaults. Contracts shall carry this language conspicuously above the signature lines. (2) No checks shall be drawn against uncollected deposits in the account. (3) None of the contract deposits shall be withdrawn until the contract has been terminated by performance, or by operation of its own terms, or by agreement in writing between all parties involved in the contract, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.   (c) If a deposit is not reasonably expected to earn a substantial amount of interest, the broker shall place the deposit in a pooled interest-bearing trust or escrow account and direct that the interest be remitted to the Vermont Housing Finance Agency in accordance with the provisions of 8 V.S.A. § 14210.(d) The broker shall inform the depositor whether funds are deposited into an individual account pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or in a pooled account pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The broker shall retain a written statement of this disclosure signed by the beneficial owner of the account. (Added 1969, No. 283 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; amended 1985, No. 6, § 1; 1991, No. 86, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; 1999, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; 2013, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)