Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 30 - Plumbing Industry Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 158:30-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act"
means the Plumbing License Law of 1955 as
				  found at 59 O.S. § 1001,
et seq., as amended
.
"Administrator"
means the Administrator of the
				  Board as described in the Construction Industries Board Act found at 59 O.S.
				  § 1000.1,
et seq.
"Applicant"
means any person applying for an
				  examination, for a license or registration, for continuing education approval,
				  for review of plans and specifications or for a plumbing code variance from the
				  standard of installation as described in OAC
				  158:30-1-4
				  by the Construction Industries Board under the Act.
"Apprentice"
or
"Plumber's
				  Apprentice"
means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older who, as
				  the principle occupation of the person, is registered pursuant to OAC
				  158:30-5-1(a)
				  and engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing under the
				  direct supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor.
"Board"
means the Oklahoma Construction
				  Industries Board.
"Bonds and Insurance Unit"
means the
				  consolidated unit that processes bonds and insurance under the direction of the
				  Construction Industries Board.
"Cheating"
means any unapproved deviation from
				  any official instruction given before, during or after a license examination,
				  for the purpose of affecting or influencing the examination results or
				  otherwise providing an undue advantage to any examinee.
"Committee"
means the Committee of Plumbing
				  Examiners.
"Contracting"
means engaging or offering to
				  engage in, on behalf of oneself or on behalf of another, any plumbing work
				  which requires a valid and appropriate license from the Construction Industries
				  Board as required by the Plumbing License Law of 1955, regardless if said work
				  is in exchange for monetary payment or otherwise.
"Credit Hour"
or
"Hour"
means at
				  least fifty (50) minutes of classroom instruction with a ten (10) minute break.
"Direct supervision"
means the on-the-job
				  physical presence by the supervisor who must be in the work area where the
				  plumbing work is being performed and who also must be a licensed plumbing
				  contractor or plumbing journeyman in the appropriate category for any plumbing
				  work supervised.
"Farm Operations"
(A) For purposes of the Plumbing License Law, "farm" means
				  land devoted primarily to production for sale of livestock or agricultural
				  commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to
				  the operator's support.
(B) For purposes of the Plumbing License Law, "farm building"
				  means all homes (i.e., domiciles, residences), or buildings therewith designed
				  and used primarily for and in conjunction with conducting farming operations,
				  provided that said buildings are not connected to a public water and/or sewage
				  system. A "farm building" shall not include other structures such as stores,
				  service stations, schools, motels, or any other building having public access,
				  whether connected to private or public water or sewer systems.
"Hearing Board"
means the Plumbing Hearing
				  Board.
"Maintenance of state owned or operated
				  facilities"
means maintenance of state institutions and school districts
				  and will be construed as all repair and/or upkeep of existing plumbing or
				  plumbing fixtures within existing state owned buildings or local school
				  district owned buildings. This term shall not include the installation of
				  plumbing in a new building or new additions to existing structures or
				  replacement of plumbing systems in existing buildings.
"Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission"
or
"OUBCC"
means the state agency created under 59 O.S. §
				  1000.20,
et seq
., and authorized to adopt all building codes
				  and standards for residential and commercial construction to be used as minimum
				  standards by all entities within this State.
"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;
(D) the original installation of a water softener but not the
				  exchanging of the units whereby only unions are disturbed in the replacement;
(E) the installation of water services and building sewers;
				  and
(F) sewer cleaning-house sewer maintenance.
"Plumbing License Unit"
means the staff and
				  administrative support unit to the Committee of Plumbing Examiners and the
				  Plumbing Hearing Board.
"Property of Residence"
means permanently
				  constructed residential property that is an existing single-family dwelling
				  occupied by the individual owner as a primary dwelling where the individual
				  owner's habitation is fixed.
"Reciprocity agreement"
means an agreement
				  whereby a person holding a plumber's license or registration who is licensed in
				  another state with substantially similar or greater licensure requirements may
				  be licensed in this State after payment of a fee for licensing by reciprocity.
"Variance"
means the use of an alternative
				  material or method of construction from that prescribed in the standard of
				  installation as described in OAC
				  158:30-1-4
				  for use at a particular location or project specified in the variance
				  application; and
"Variance and Appeals Board"
means the Oklahoma
				  State Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.
"Verifiable Experience"
means plumbing
				  experience, for which one (1) year of verifiable experience equals two thousand
				  (2000) hours, may be obtained while employed by a licensed plumbing contractor,
				  or by other means approved by the Committee of Plumbing Examiners including
				  equivalent experience earned while serving in the military.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 721, eff 1-22-02 (emergency) ; Added at
					 19 Ok Reg 1264, eff 5-28-02 ; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2652, eff 7-26-03 ; Amended
					 at 23 Ok Reg 1213, eff 5-25-06 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1533, eff
					 7-11-13