North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 50 - PLUMBING, HEATING AND FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTORS › Section .0300 - EXAMINATIONS › Section 50 .0313 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TECHNICIAN LICENSEES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) A State and local government technician
				licensee shall be required to list their license with the Board in the name of
				the State and local government agency by whom the licensee is
				employed,
(b) The holder of license
				as a State and local government Heating Group 1 Technician, Heating Group 2
				Technician, Heating Group 3 Technician, or Plumbing Technician shall be a
				full-time employee of a State or local government agency.
(c) A State and local government technician
				licensee shall ensure that a permit is obtained from the State or local code
				enforcement official for the jurisdiction where the worksite is located before
				commencing any work for which a license is required by the Board. The licensee
				shall also ensure that a request for final inspection of the work for which a
				license is required is made within 10 days of the earlier of the system being
				made operational or placed in service, absent agreement with the appropriate
				State or local code enforcement official. Absent agreement with the local code
				enforcement official the licensee shall not be relieved of responsibility to
				the Board to arrange inspection until a certificate of compliance or the
				equivalent is obtained from the appropriate State or local code enforcement
				official or the licensee has documentary evidence of his effort to obtain the
				same.
(d) The failure of a licensee
				to comply with the permit and inspection obligations outlined in this Rule
				shall be considered by the Board as evidence of incompetence or misconduct in
				the use of license from the Board.
(e) A State and local government technician
				licensee shall be responsible for general supervision to the extent of his
				qualifications, compliance with the codes and standards contained in Rule .0505
				of this Chapter, and assurance that permits and inspections are
				obtained.
(f) The "general
				supervision" required by
				G.S.
				87-26 is the degree of supervision necessary
				and sufficient to ensure that the work is performed in a workmanlike manner and
				with the requisite skill and that the installation is made in accordance with
				the codes and standards contained in Rule .0505 of this Chapter, manufacturer
				installation instructions and industry practice. General supervision requires
				that review of the work done pursuant to the State and local government
				technician license be performed by the State and local government technician
				licensee while the work is in progress.
(g) In each State or local government agency
				location, branch, or facility of any kind from which work requiring a license
				pursuant to G.S. 87, Article 2 is carried out there shall be on duty all hours
				during which the activities described herein are carried out, at least one
				licensee who holds State and local government technician license in the
				classification required for the work being proposed or performed, whose license
				is listed in the name of the particular State or local government agency at
				that location, and who is engaged in the work of the State or local government
				at the agency location or at an agency job site and who has the responsibility
				to exercise general supervision over the work and who has been empowered to act
				for the State or local government agency, as defined in Rule .0505 of this
				Chapter, of all work falling within his or her license qualification. Evidence
				of compliance shall be required as a condition of renewal or retention of
				license and falsification shall constitute fraud in obtaining license. The
				standards set forth in Rule .0512 of this Chapter shall be applied.
(h) An unlicensed person employed by a State
				and local government agency licensed and supervised pursuant to G.S. 87,
				Article 2 shall not be required to have a license and shall not be subject to
				an action for injunctive relief brought by the Board if the unlicensed person
				is a bona-fide employee of the State and local government.
(i) The annual license fee for a State and
				local government Technician license is one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00),
				except as provided in Paragraph (j) of this Rule.
(j) The annual license fee for a State and
				local government Plumbing or Heating Technician license that is listed as the
				second or subsequent licensee at the same agency location is seventy-five
				dollars ($75.00).
Authority
				  G.S.
				  87-18;
				  87-21(b)(2)c;
				  87-22;
				  87-26;
Eff. April 1,
				  2017;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2020.