Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Division 04 - Environmental Health Services › Rule 007.04.22-002 - Rules Pertaining to Plumbers License Fee, Expiration, Renewal, Journeyman, and Master Plumber Qualifications

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION
			 I
AUTHORITY
The following Amendment to the Arkansas State Plumbing Code is
				duly adopted and promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Health pursuant to
				the authority expressly conferred by the laws of the State of Arkansas in Act
				200 of 1951, as amended by Act 372 of 1957, Act 555 of 1963, Act of 1973, Act
				902 of 1975, Act 816 of 1987, Acts 330 & 1293 of 1991, Acts 1217 of 2003,
				248 of 2017, Act 426 of 2019, Act 820, 2019 and Act 1011 of 1991.
SECTION II
PURPOSE
The Board, by rule and after public hearing, may set reasonable
				license or examination fee for all licenses called for under Act 200 of 1951 as
				amended including, but not limited to Master Plumber Licenses, Journeyman
				Plumber License, Apprentice Plumber License registration. It may, among other
				things, issue restricted licenses and provided that the Board has adopted rules
				defining restrictions in the type of work allowed, geographical area served,
				and term of that type of restricted license. Restricted Plumber Licenses are
				limited to gas fitter, and governmental maintenance, service line installation,
				solar mechanic and hospital maintenance licenses provided that the licensee has
				demonstrated competency for the particular phase of plumbing for which the
				person is licensed including plumbing and/ or gas inspector
				certification.
SECTION Ill.
DEFINITIONS
(a) The State Board
			 means the Arkansas Board of Health.
(b) The Department means the Plumbing and
			 Natural Gas Section of the Arkansas Department of Health.
(c) Administrative Authority means the
			 individual official, board, Department or agency established and authorized by
			 the state, county, city or other political subdivision to administer and
			 enforce the provisions of Act 200 of 1951 as adopted or amended.
(d) Journeyman Plumber means any person other
			 than a Master Plumber, who is engaged in the practical installation of
			 plumbing.
(e) Master Plumber means
			 any person skilled in the planning, superintending and the practical
			 installation of plumbing and who is familiar with the laws, and rules governing
			 the same.
(f) Restricted Plumber
			 means a person qualified to install building water or sewer lines or other
			 special phases of plumbing providing that such person has demonstrated
			 competency for that particular phase of plumbing.
(g) Gas Utility means a firm or corporation
			 engaged in the distribution of natural gas, manufactured gas and/or a mixture
			 of natural gas and manufacturing gas, delivered to the consumer through a
			 system of distribution piping.
(h)
			 Gas Utility Serviceperson means an employee of a gas utility specially trained
			 for gas service work with the utility.
(i) Apprentice Plumber means a person other
			 than a master, Journeyman, or Restricted license holder who is registered and
			 enrolled in the Apprentice Plumber training program outlined in Arkansas Code
			 Ann. 17-31-401 et seq.
(j) Backflow
			 testing and repair technicians means any person meeting all the applicable
			 certifications to test and/ or repair backflow devices.
(k) Substantially similar means an
			 occupational licensing entity of another state or political subdivision of that
			 state or territory, or district of the United States that has adopted a
			 national model plumbing and / or gas code and utilizes a comprehensive
			 examination created and proctored by a national examination agency or
			 equivalent.