Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 172 - Department of Career Education › Rule 172.00.18-008 - Rules & Regs for Vocational Expenditures in Local School Districts and Secondary Vocational Centers

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION
  I.
AUTHORITY
The following regulations are duly adopted and promulgated by the
	 Arkansas State Board of Vocational Education pursuant to the authority
	 expressly conferred by the laws of the State of Arkansas in ACT 200 of 1951 as
	 amended, ACT 96 of 1913 as amended and ACT 412 of 1991 as amended. The Division
	 may exercise such powers as are reasonably necessary to carry out the
	 provisions of ACT 200 of 1951 as amended, ACT 96 of 1913 as amended ACT 768 of
	 1987 and ACT 412 of 1991 as amended.
SECTION II.
PURPOSE
The purpose of these rules and regulations is to transfer the authority
	 of the Apprentice Plumber Program from the Arkansas Department of Health to the
	 Arkansas Department of Education, Vocational and Technical Education Division.
	 The content of these rules and regulations are basically the same as those
	 rules and regulations pursuant to Act 768 of 1987.
SECTION III.
DEFINITIONS
(a) The Board means the Arkansas State Board
  of Vocational Education.
(b) The
  Department means the State Department of Education.
(c) The Division means Vocational and
  Technical Education Division.
(d)
  Committee of Examiners means people designated by the Board of Health to
  determine the eligibility of applications for various types of plumbing and gas
  licenses in accordance with ACT 200 of 1951 as amended.
(e) Employer means any Master Plumber
  representing himself or a company who signs an Apprenticeship agreement to
  abide by these regulations of Apprenticeship.
(f) Apprentice Plumber means a person other
  than a Master or Journeyman Plumber as provided in these regulations of
  Apprenticeship at least sixteen (16) years of age and covered by the required
  Apprenticeship agreements.
(g)
  Apprenticeship Agreement means a written agreement as provided by the Bureau of
  Apprenticeship and Training (BAT) and the Department of Health/Plumbing and
  Natural Gas Section signed by the Apprentice and (if the Apprentice is a minor)
  the parent or guardian, the Local Apprenticeship Committee and the
  participating company.
(h) BAT
  means the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and
  Training.
(i) State Apprenticeship
  Committee means people designated by the Board of Vocational Education to
  assist in carrying out the provisions of ACT 412 of 1991 as amended.
(j) Local Apprenticeship Committee means a
  group composed of Master and/or Journeyman Plumbers who are licensed as
  prescribed by law, plus one person who shall be appointed from the State
  Department of Education by the State Apprenticeship Committee chosen to carry
  out the provision of ACT 412 of 1991 as amended.
(k) Master Plumber means any person licensed
  as prescribed by law skilled in the planning, superintending and the practical
  installation of plumbing and familiar with the laws, rules and regulations
  governing the same.
(I) Journeyman
  Plumber means any person licensed as prescribed by law, other than a Master
  Plumber, who is engaged in the practical installation of plumbing.
(m) Local Plumbing Inspector means the
  individual authorized by the Department of Health to enforce the provisions of
  ACT 200 of 1951 as amended and ACT 412 of 1991 as amended.
(n) Laborer means any.person engaged in
  trenching, transporting supplies, demolition, etc., whose primary function is
  physical in nature.
(o) Credit time
  means previous work experience under the supervision of a Master Plumber in the
  plumbing trade equivalent to the educational requirements set forth by these
  regulations.