2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 59. Professions and Occupations › §59-1003. Definitions.

As used in The Plumbing License Law of 1955:
1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board;
2. “Committee” means the State Committee of Plumbing Examiners appointed by the Construction Industries Board;
3. “Plumbing Hearing Board” means the State Plumbing Hearing Board which shall consist of a designee of the Construction Industries Board, as chair, and the members of the State Committee of Plumbing Examiners;
4. “Apprentice” or “plumber’s apprentice” means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older who, as the principal occupation of the person, is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor;
5. “Journeyman plumber” means any person other than a master plumber or plumbing contractor who engages in or works at the actual installation, alteration, repair and/or renovation of plumbing;
6. “Temporary journeyman plumber” means any person other than a person permanently licensed as a journeyman plumber, master plumber, or plumbing contractor in this state who meets the temporary licensure requirements of Section 1006.1 of this title;
7. “Master plumber” is a term used and defined under laws which have been repealed. A person formerly known as a master plumber is henceforth to be known as a “plumbing contractor” as defined in this section;
8. “Plumbing contractor” means any person who is skilled in the planning, superintending, and practical installation of plumbing and who is familiar with the laws and rules governing the same. This definition may be construed to mean any person who has qualified and is licensed under The Plumbing License Law of 1955 as a plumbing contractor, who may operate as an individual, a firm, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, or other legal entity to engage in the business of plumbing, or the business of contracting to do plumbing, or furnish labor or materials or both for the installation, repair, maintenance, or renovation of plumbing according to the requirements of The Plumbing License Law of 1955;
9. “Plumbing” means, and includes:
a.
all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply of water within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the connection with a water main or other source of supply,
b.
all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, including venting systems for such facilities, within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the connection with a public disposal system or other acceptable terminal,
c.
the installation, repair, maintenance and renovation of all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water, or for the disposal of waste water, liquid waste, or sewage within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the source of supply of water or point of disposal of wastes, and
d.
the installation, repair and maintenance of radiant-floor heating system piping in residential homes with capacities no greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) BTU’s using only piping approved by the most current adopted edition of the International Mechanical Code; and
10. “Variance and Appeals Board” means the Oklahoma State Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.
Added by Laws 1955, p. 366, § 3. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 293, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1999, c. 405, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 163, § 2, emerg. eff. April 26, 2004.