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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-01 - Application for journeyman or master plumber license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No applicant shall be entitled to take the examination for
				  either the master or journeyman plumber's certificate and license unless and
				  until the applicant furnishes to the board satisfactory evidence that the
				  applicant possesses sufficient practical experience to enable the applicant to
				  perform satisfactorily the duties of the classification for which the applicant
				  has made application. The application fee is fifty dollars.
1. Applicants for a journeyman plumber's
				examination and license shall have had four years' experience as an apprentice
				plumber under a licensed master plumber. Applicants who are working at the
				plumbing trade in localities where state licenses are not required, who have
				had five years of experience (one thousand nine hundred hours per year and a
				total of nine thousand five hundred hours) and who furnish four affidavits
				verifying years of experience, may make application for a journeyman
				examination screening test. The screening test is defined as an oral and
				written test given by the state plumbing board and a plumbing inspection
				report, signed by a state plumbing inspector, of an installation installed by
				the applicant to determine the applicant's qualifications for writing the
				journeyman examination. The journeyman license fee is one hundred
				dollars.
2. Applicants who are
				journeyman plumbers in other states who desire to work in this state in
				localities where a state journeyman license is required may make application
				for a journeyman examination and license. Proof of such journeyman license from
				another state shall be vouched for as provided on the application blank
				furnished by the North Dakota state plumbing board.
3. All applicants for a master plumber's
				license must be twenty-one years of age and must have had two years' (three
				thousand four hundred hours) experience as a journeyman plumber licensed by the
				state of North Dakota or any other state that has a state licensing law. Proof
				of such journeyman license from another state shall be vouched for as provided
				on the application blank furnished by the North Dakota state plumbing board.
				The master license fee is two hundred dollars.
4. Applicants who are master plumbers in
				other states who desire to work in this state in localities where a state
				master license is required may make application for a master examination and
				license. Proof of such master license from another state shall be vouched for
				as provided on the application blank furnished by the North Dakota state
				plumbing board.
5. All applications
				will expire and be canceled after a period of six months from date of approval
				if the applicant fails to appear for examination within the six-month
				period.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC 43-18-13,
					 43-18-13.1
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-01.1 - Application for apprentice plumber - Supervised practice

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An applicant for registration as an apprentice must have
				  reached the age of eighteen years. An apprentice shall serve a term of four
				  years, not less than one thousand nine hundred hours per year, with a total of
				  not less than seven thousand six hundred hours.
1. The board may grant hourly credit toward a
				term of apprenticeship when the applicant furnishes proof of previous practical
				experience in the trade, or is a graduate of a course in plumbing at an
				accredited school having at least a nine month, one thousand twenty hours
				course in plumbing. The number of hours credit for each hour of the course
				according to the graduating grade average shall be: A average - two hours, B
				average - one and three-quarter hours, C average - one and one-half hours, and
				a D average - one hour. Credit for trade-related experience shall be determined
				by criteria established by the board.
2. A master plumber employing a registered
				apprentice shall report to the board any changes made in relation to continued
				employment of such apprentice. It is the employer's duty and responsibility to
				not permit an apprentice to perform work unless under the direct supervision
				and in the immediate presence of either a master or journeyman plumber. There
				shall not be more than five plumber's apprentices under the immediate and
				personal supervision of either a master plumber or journeyman plumber employed
				on any installation, alteration, or repair project.
3. Apprentice plumbers who have had three
				years (five thousand seven hundred hours) experience in learning and assisting
				in the installation, alteration, and repair of plumbing, and working for a
				master plumber, may work during their fourth year of apprenticeship by
				themselves without being under the direct supervision of a master or journeyman
				plumber.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-21
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-02 - Examination fee for each examination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An applicant for examination shall be entitled to one
				  examination only for each examination fee paid. The examination fee is fifty
				  dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-18-13
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-03 - Examination subjects and passing grades

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Examination for applicants desiring to become registered and
				  licensed plumbers shall consist of: answering questions pertaining to the basic
				  principles of plumbing and the plumbing code; preparing drawings on which the
				  applicant is to draw all stacks, wastes, and vents, and to insert the minimum
				  pipe sizes. The examinations for master and journeyman plumber need not be the
				  same. The passing grade for a master plumber shall be eighty percent, and the
				  journeyman plumber passing grade shall be seventy percent.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18-08,
				   43-18-13
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-04 - Reexamination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
If an applicant fails to pass an examination, the applicant
				  shall be denied the right to take another examination until at least six months
				  shall have passed from the date of the applicant's last examination.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18-13
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-05 - Reexamination of apprentice plumber

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An apprentice plumber who has written and failed the
				  journeyman examination must rewrite the examination at the end of the six-month
				  period or work under direct supervision of a licensed master or journeyman
				  plumber.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18-21
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-06 - Master plumber - Renewal of journeyman and master plumber certificate

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The holder of a master plumber's certificate and license may
				  renew the holder's journeyman certificate and license upon payment of the
				  journeyman renewal fee and during the same year may reinstate the holder's
				  master plumber's certificate and license upon payment of the difference between
				  the journeyman renewal fee of one hundred dollars and the master renewal fee of
				  two hundred dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-18-17
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-01 - Plumber Licensure › Section 62-02-01-07 - Renewal of expired license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No certificate and license need be renewed by the board later
				  than one year subsequent to its expiration. The board may, in its discretion,
				  require that a holder of a license which has been expired for one year or more
				  submit to a new examination. The late renewal fee is fifty dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-18-17
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-01 - Application for water conditioning installer or contractor license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No applicant shall be entitled to take the examination for
				  either the water conditioning contractor or water conditioning installer's
				  certificate and license unless and until the applicant furnishes to the board
				  satisfactory evidence that the applicant possesses sufficient practical
				  experience to enable the applicant to perform satisfactorily the duties of the
				  classification for which the applicant has made application.
1. Applicants for a water conditioning
				installer's examination and license shall have had one year's experience as an
				apprentice water conditioning installer under a licensed water conditioning
				contractor. A one-year term of apprenticeship is defined as not less than one
				thousand nine hundred hours.
2.
				Applicants who are water conditioning installers in other states who desire to
				work in this state in localities where a state water conditioning installer's
				license is required may make application for a water conditioning installer's
				examination and license. Proof of such water conditioning installer's license
				from another state shall be vouched for as provided on the application blank
				furnished by the plumbing board.
3. Graduates of the plumbing course of an
				accredited trade school having at least a nine-month (one thousand twenty
				hours) course in plumbing shall be eligible to make application for a water
				conditioning installer's examination and license.
4. All applicants for a water conditioning
				contractor's license must be twenty-one years of age and must have had one
				year's (one thousand nine hundred hours) experience as a water conditioning
				installer licensed by the state of North Dakota or any other state that has a
				state licensing law. Proof of such water conditioning installer's license from
				another state shall be vouched for as provided on the application blank
				furnished by the plumbing board.
5. Applicants who are water conditioning
				contractors in other states who desire to work in this state in localities
				where a state water conditioning contractor's license is required may make
				application for a water conditioning contractor's examination and license.
				Proof of such water conditioning contractor's license from another state shall
				be vouched for as provided on the application blank furnished by the plumbing
				board.
6. All applications will
				expire and be canceled after a period of six months from date of approval if
				the applicant fails to appear for examination within the six-month period.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-02 - Examination fee for each examination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An applicant for examination shall be entitled to one
				  examination only for each examination fee paid.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-03 - Examination subjects and passing grades

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Examination for applicants desiring to become registered and
				  licensed water conditioning contractors or water conditioning installers shall
				  consist of answering questions pertaining to the basic principles of the code
				  and questions which are based upon the code. The questions for water
				  conditioning contractors and water conditioning installers need not be the
				  same. The passing grade for a water conditioning contractor shall be eighty
				  percent, and the water conditioning installer passing grade shall be seventy
				  percent.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-04 - Reexamination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
If an applicant failed to pass an examination, the applicant
				  shall be denied the right to take another examination until at least six months
				  shall have passed from the date of the applicant's last examination.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-05 - Reexamination of apprentice water conditioning installer

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An apprentice water conditioning installer who has written
				  and failed the water conditioning installer's examination must rewrite the
				  examination at the end of the six-month period or work under the direct
				  supervision of a licensed water conditioning contractor or water conditioning
				  installer.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-06 - Water conditioning contractor - Renewal of installer and contractor certificate

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The holder of a water conditioning contractor's certificate
				  and license may renew the holder's water conditioning installer's certificate
				  and license upon payment of the twenty dollar fee and during the same year may
				  reinstate the holder's water conditioning contractor's certificate and license
				  upon payment of an additional twenty dollars.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-06
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-07 - Renewal of expired license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No certificate and license need be renewed by the board
				  later than one year subsequent to its expiration. The board may, in its
				  discretion, require that a holder of a license which has been expired for one
				  year or more submit to a new examination.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-06
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-08 - Issuance of water conditioning installer's certificate and license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The board issues a person a water conditioning installer's
				  certificate and license upon and with the understanding that the holder thereof
				  shall not engage in the business of installing water conditioners unless at all
				  times a registered and licensed water conditioning contractor, who is
				  responsible for the proper installation of the water conditioners, is in charge
				  of such work.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-02 - Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-02-09 - Report of water conditioning equipment installation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
It shall be the duty of water conditioning contractors to
				  report to the plumbing board office all installations of water conditioning
				  equipment in localities that do not enforce a permit and inspection program for
				  the installation of water conditioning equipment.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-03 - Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-03-01 - Application for sewer and water installer or contractor license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
No applicant is entitled to take the examination for either
				  the sewer and water contractor or sewer and water installer's certificate and
				  license unless and until the applicant furnishes to the board proof that the
				  applicant possesses sufficient practical experience to enable the applicant to
				  perform satisfactorily the duties of the classification for which the applicant
				  has made application. If the applicant fails to appear for examination, the
				  application will expire after a period of six months from date of verification
				  of the application. The board will consider the following as sufficient
				  practical experience.
1. A one-year
				term of practical experience is defined as one thousand seven hundred hours.
2. Graduates of a plumbing course
				of an accredited trade school having at least a nine-month (one thousand twenty
				hours) course in plumbing shall satisfy the apprentice requirements and be
				eligible to make application for a sewer and water installer's examination and
				license.
3. Apprentice plumbers
				registered with this state and having two years' experience are eligible to
				make application for a sewer and water installers examination and license. A
				one-year term of apprenticeship is defined as not less than one thousand seven
				hundred hours.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02(2)
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-02(3)
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-03 - Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-03-02 - Examination fee for each examination

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An applicant for examination is entitled to one examination
				  only for each examination fee paid.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-03 - Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-03-03 - Reexamination of apprentice sewer and water installer

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
An apprentice sewer and water installer who has written and
				  failed the sewer and water installer's examination must rewrite the examination
				  at the end of a three-month period. During the three-month period the sewer and
				  water installer apprentice may work under the direct supervision of a licensed
				  sewer and water installer.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-03 - Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-03-04 - Renewal of expired license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any person may renew his license without examination if
				  renewal occurs within one year following expiration. The board shall require
				  that a holder of a license which has been expired for one year or more submit
				  to a new examination.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-03 - Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-03-05 - Renewal of sewer and water contractor and installer certificate and license

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The holder of a sewer and water contractor's certificate and
				  license may renew the sewer and water installer's certificate and license upon
				  payment of the installer's renewal fee and during the same year may reinstate
				  the holder's contractor's certificate and license upon payment of the
				  difference between the installer and contractor renewal fee.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-02 - Licensure › Chapter 62-02-03 - Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure › Section 62-02-03-06 - License renewal

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A certificate and license issued under the provisions of
				  this chapter is valid for not more than one year, beginning the first day of
				  July and expiring on the thirtieth day of June of the following year.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-01 - Administration › Section 62-03.1-01-01 - Conformance with the North Dakota Plumbing Code

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				State plumbing code defined. The board adopts, as the state plumbing code, the
				2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code published by the international
				association of plumbing and mechanical officials (IAPMO), to be known as the
				2018 North Dakota Plumbing Code, including chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
				11, and 17; appendices A, B, C, D, E, I, and M; and chapter
				62-03.1-03.
2. All plumbing as
				defined in North Dakota Century Code section 43-18-01, including materials,
				must meet or exceed the minimum provisions of this article and the North Dakota
				Plumbing Code.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-01 - Administration › Section 62-03.1-01-02 - General statement of policy

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The scope of this code excludes the development of specific
				  standards related to any, all, or any combination of the composition,
				  dimensions, or mechanical and physical properties of materials, fixtures,
				  devices, and equipment used or installed in plumbing systems. The inclusion of
				  a material, even though indicated as approved for purposes of the code, does
				  not infer unqualified endorsement as to its selection of serviceability in any
				  or every installation. The establishment of trade jurisdictional areas is not
				  within the scope of this code.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-01 - Administration › Section 62-03.1-01-04 - Administrative powers and duties

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The executive director and inspectors of the North Dakota
				  state plumbing board, under the direction of the board, shall administer laws,
				  rules, plumbing installation standards of this state, and the North Dakota
				  Plumbing Code. In all cases when any action is taken by the executive director
				  or inspectors of the board to enforce the provisions of any sections contained
				  in this article or the North Dakota Plumbing Code, such acts must be done in
				  the name of and on behalf of the state.
General Authority:
NDCC 28-32-02, 43-18-08,
					 43-18-09
Law Implemented:
NDCC 43-18-06, 43-18-08,
					 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-01 - Administration › Section 62-03.1-01-05 - Application for plumbing installation certificate

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any plumbing installation requiring inspection must have a
				  plumbing installation certificate properly executed by the master or journeyman
				  plumber in charge of the installation. The board shall have paper or electronic
				  certificates for the person in charge of the installation.
1. Inspection fees for each certificate
				issued must be according to the schedule of fees shown on the plumbing
				installation certificate. If work has commenced prior to submittal of the
				certificate and proper fees, the fee will be double or actual cost incurred to
				investigate, whichever is less. Requested inspection, reinspection, or
				inspection for which no fee is specifically indicated must be charged at fifty
				dollars per hour, plus travel expense.
2. Paper certificates must be signed by the
				applicant and the original returned to the board along with the proper fees
				prior to commencement of work. The duplicate copy must be retained by the
				plumbing contractor and the triplicate copy must be submitted to the building
				owner. Electronic certificates are processed online. The issuing certificate
				fee must be charged for each certificate that must be reissued.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-18-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC 43-18-17.2,
					 43-18-17.3
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-02 - General Regulations › Section 62-03.1-02-01 - Conformance with other regulations

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Nothing in this article may be construed to prevent the
				  application of local ordinances or other legal requirements.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-02 - General Regulations › Section 62-03.1-02-02

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
General Authority:
NDCC
					  43-18-09
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					  43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-02 - Installation - Excavator and installer requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Individuals or business contractors may be required by the administrative
				authority to have or obtain a license or permit to install individual onsite
				sewage treatment systems as described in this chapter.
2. Where required by administrative
				authority, installers of septic systems must obtain at least eight contact
				hours of suitable continuing education every two years which pertains to onsite
				septic system installation. Reciprocity for training in other states can be
				made on an individual basis by the administrative authority.
3. The installer of a treatment system shall
				submit an "as built" drawing of the system to the administrative authority
				within thirty days after the system has been completed.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-04 - Location of sewage system

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The minimum lot
				size in which a private treatment system may be installed is forty thousand
				square feet [3716.00 square meters]. Smaller lot sizes may be approved by the
				administrative authority if a centralized sewage treatment system is provided
				or the soil conditions present throughout the lot are such that a second
				treatment area is able to be installed in the lot.
2. The following table provides for the
				minimum distances that shall be observed in locating the various components of
				the treatment system:
Well 100'
Well 100'
Distribution Device
Treatment Area
Property Lines
Building
Bldg Sewer
100
50
-
-
-
-
Septic Tank
100
50
5
10
10
10
Distribution Device
100
50
-
-
10
20
Treatment Area
100
50
5
-
10
10
Well 100'
-
-
100
100
n/a
n/a
Well 100'
-
-
50
50
n/a
n/a
Water line (pressure) (suction)
-
-
10 50
10 50
n/a n/a
n/a n/a
Surface Water bodies
n/a
n/a
100
100
n/a
n/a
3.
				All proposed sites for individual sewage treatment systems must be evaluated as
				to:
a. Depth to the highest known or
				calculated ground water table or bedrock;
b. Soil conditions, properties, and
				permeability;
c. Slope;
d. The existence of lowlands, local surface
				depressions, and rock outcrops;
e.
				All legal setback requirements from existing and proposed buildings,
				propertylines, sewage tanks, soil treatment systems, water supply wells, buried
				water pipes and utility lines, the ordinary high water mark of lakes, rivers,
				streams, flowages, and the location of all soil treatment systems and water
				supply wells on adjoining lots to the proposed soil treatment system, sewage
				tank, and water supply well; and
f. Surface water flooding probability.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-06 - Soil borings

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
When soil borings are required, they must be made as
				  follows:
1. Each boring or excavation
				must be made to a depth at least three feet [0.91 meters] deeper than the
				bottom of the proposed system or until bedrock or a water table is encountered,
				whichever is less.
2. A soil
				texture description must be recorded by depth and notations made where texture
				changes occur.
3. Particular
				effort must be made to determine the highest known water table by recording the
				first occurrence of mottling observed in the hole, or if mottling is not
				encountered, the open holes in clay or loam soils must be observed after
				standing undisturbed a minimum of sixteen hours, and depth to standing water,
				if present, must be measured.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-08 - Distribution box

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Use.
A distribution box may
				be used when more than one line of absorption field or more than one seepagebed
				is used.
2.
Connection.
Each lateral line shall be connected separately tothe distribution box
				and shall not be subdivided.
3.
Invert level.
The inlet invert shall be at least one inch [2.54
				centimeters] above the invert of the outlets. The size of the distribution box
				shall be sufficient to accommodate the number of lateral lines.
4.
Watertight.
The distribution
				box shall be of watertight construction arranged to receive the septic tank
				effluent sewer and with an outlet or connecting line serving each trench or
				seepage bed.
5.
Inspection.
The sides of the box should extend to within a short distance of the
				ground surface to permit inspection and shall have a concrete marker at grade.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-10 - Piping material

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All piping from building drain to sewage treatment system
				  shall be four inches [10.16 centimeters] or larger service schedule 40
				  acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene or polyvinyl chloride plastic pipe, type PSP
				  PVC sewer pipe SDR 3540 , and fittings A.S.T.M. D3033 or D3034, exclusive of
				  the absorption lines, which shall be as insubsection 5 of section 62-03.1-03-09.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-11 - Pumps and pump systems

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
This section pertains to pumps installed after the septic
				  tank. Sumps and ejectors installed before the septic tank must meet the
				  requirements set forth in section 710.0 of the Uniform Plumbing Code.
1.
Pumping chambers.
a. The pumping chambers must be watertight
				and constructed of corrosion-resistant material.
b. The working capacity of the pumping
				chamber must equal one-fourth of the daily sewage flow. Total capacity of the
				pumping chamber must equal or exceed daily sewage flow.
c. A secure cover must be provided that is
				either bolted on or heavy enough to prevent unauthorized entry.
d. An external electrical outlet must be
				provided for connection to the pump and control switches. Openings for wiring
				into the pump chamber must be sealed.
e. No electrical splices or connections shall
				be located in the pump chamber or riser.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-13 - Chemical toilets

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. All requests for
				permission to erect and use chemical toilets shall be approved by the
				administrative authority.
2. Where
				approved by the administrative authority, chemical toilets shall be as follows:
A chemical toilet consists of a toilet seat connected by a
				  metal hopper to a metal tank containing chemicals, usually sodium hydroxide.
				  All connections to the toilet seat and the tank shall be watertight. A rod
				  shall extend above the floor of the room to operate the agitator in the
				  chemical tank.
3. A supply
				of the chemical shall be available in a closed container for periodic additions
				to the toilet.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-14 - Privies

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. All requests for permission to erect and
				use privies shall be approved by the administrative authority.
2. General specifications for the design and
				construction of a privy. A privy pit must be constructed by providing a
				watertight structure in the pit. The watertight structure shall provide a
				minimum capacity of sixty cubic feet [1.70 cubic meters]. A privybuilding shall
				be placed over the structure. The floor of this building shall be of wood or
				concrete with the privy seat of suitable material which is easily cleaned and
				serviceable. A vent located adjacent to the seat shall extend from the vault to
				a point above the roof of the building. The seat shall be provided with a cover
				which shall be self-closing.
All openings in the building shall be screened to prevent
				  the entrance of flies. The building shall be so constructed so as to prevent
				  the entrance of rats to the vault. The privy door shall be self-closing.
3. Removable cans. When
				removable cans are used in a privy, they shall be placed in watertight vaults
				and provision made for removing the seat so the cans can be moved for disposal
				of the contents in a manner acceptable to the administrative authority. The
				privy building shall comply with the above specifications for a pit privy
				building.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-03.1 - Plumbing Installation Standards › Chapter 62-03.1-03 - Private Sewage Disposal Systems › Section 62-03.1-03-15 - Septic tank pumpers

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Every person
				engaged in the business of removing and disposing of the solid and liquid
				contents of private sewage treatment systems shall obtain an annual license
				from the state department of health.
2. All solid and liquid contents of chemical
				toilets, septic tanks, pump chambers, and watertight pits for septic tank
				effluent shall be removed, when necessary, and disposed of in conformance with
				subsections 3 through 9.
3. Every
				pumper shall obtain a license to engage in such operations as specified in the
				appropriate rules of the state department of health,  chapter 33-21-01.
4. A metal license tag with the
				number of the license issued shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the left
				side of the servicing unit.
5.
				Every vehicle used for pumping purposes shall be equipped with a watertight
				tank so that there will be no spillage on private premises or on highways or
				roads.
6. All portable receptacles
				used for transporting liquid or solid waste shall be watertight, equipped with
				tight-fitting lids, and cleaned daily.
7. All pumps and hose lines shall be
				maintained so as to prevent leakage.
8. All waste material shall be disposed of in
				such a place and in such a manner as will not constitute a nuisance or a menace
				to public health.
9. Waste
				material collected by a pumper shall not be discharged into ditches,
				watercourses, lakes, ponds, tidewater, or at any point where it can pollute any
				water supply, bathing area, or shellfish growing area. It shall not be
				deposited on the surface of the ground within one thousand feet [304.8 meters]
				of any residence or public road.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18-09
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-01 - Conformance with code

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All plumbing materials and water conditioning systems or
				  parts thereof installed hereafter shall meet or exceed the minimum provisions
				  of this article and conform to national sanitation foundation, underwriters
				  laboratories, or water quality association listed standards.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-02 - Fittings and connections

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Prohibited
				fittings.
No running threads, bands, or saddles shall be used in the
				drainage system. No drainage or vent piping shall be drilled, tapped, burned,
				or welded. The provisions of this subsection may be waived by the
				administrative authority.
2.
Obstruction to flow.
No fitting, connection, device, or method of
				installation which obstructs or retards the flow of water in the water
				conditioning system in an amount greater than the normal frictional resistance
				to flow, shall be used unless it is indicated as acceptable in this article or
				is approved by the administrative authority as having a desirable and
				acceptable function and as of ultimate benefit to the proper and continuing
				functioning of the water conditioning system.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-03 - Health and safety

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Where a health or safety hazard exists on a premise by
				  reason of an existing installation, the owner or the owner's agent shall make
				  such corrections as may be necessary to abate such nuisance and bring the water
				  conditioning installation within the provisions of this article.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-04 - Safety

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any part of a building or premise which is changed, altered,
				  or required to be replaced as a result of the installation, alteration,
				  renovation, or replacement of a water conditioning system, or any part thereof,
				  shall be left in a safe, nonhazardous condition.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-05 - Electrical grounding

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Whenever the cold water distribution piping is used for
				  grounding the electrical system it shall not be interrupted by a nonmetallic
				  bushing, union, or valve unless an electrician licensed by the North Dakota
				  electrical board installs a properly sized bonding jumper with approved clamps
				  and connections. (Refer to article 250 of the National Electrical Code.)
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-06 - Workmanship

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Water conditioning systems shall be installed in workmanlike
				  manner conforming to generally accepted good practice.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-07 - Protection of pipes

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Breakage.
Pipes passing under or through walls shall be protected from breakage.
				Any plumbing pipe passing under a footing or through a foundation wall shall be
				provided with a relieving arch; or there shall be built into the masonry wall
				an iron-pipe sleeve two pipe sizes greater than the pipe passing through; or
				equivalent protection shall be provided as may be approved in writing by the
				administrative authority.
2.
Corrosion.
Pipe subject to corrosion by passing through or under
				corrosive fill, such as, but not limited to, cinders, concrete, or other
				corrosive material, shall be protected against external corrosion by protective
				coating, wrapping, or other means which will resist such corrosion.
3.
Cutting or notching.
Any
				structural member weakened or impaired by cutting, notching, or otherwise,
				shall be reinforced, repaired, or replaced, so as to be left in a safe
				structural condition in accordance with the requirements of the building code
				or as required by the proper administrative authority.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-08 - Sleeves

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In exterior walls annular space between sleeves and pipes
				  shall be filled or rightly caulked with coal tar, asphaltum compound, lead, or
				  other material found equally effective and approved as such by the
				  administrative authority.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-09 - Openings for pipes

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
In or on buildings where openings have been made in walls,
				  floors, or ceilings for the passage of pipes, they shall be closed and
				  protected by the installation of approved metal collars securely fastened to
				  the adjoining structure.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-10 - Used material or equipment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, purchase, or
				  install any used water conditioning material or equipment, unless it conforms
				  to the standards and regulations set forth in this article.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-11 - Condemned equipment

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Any water conditioning equipment condemned by the
				  administrative authority because of wear, damage, defects, or sanitary hazards
				  shall not be used for water conditioning purposes.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-12 - Connections to plumbing systems required

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Every water conditioning unit, appliance, or appurtenance
				  thereto which is to receive or discharge any liquid waste shall discharge to
				  the sanitary drainage system of the building in accordance with the
				  requirements of this article.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 62 - State Board of Plumbing › Article 62-04 - State Water Conditioning Code › Chapter 62-04-02 - General Provisions › Section 62-04-02-13 - Piping measurements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Except where otherwise specified in this article, all
				  measurements shall be made to the center lines of the pipes.
General Authority:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-03
Law Implemented:
NDCC
				   43-18.1-04