Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 158:50-1-3 - License and registration requirement and exemptions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No person, on their own behalf or on
				behalf of a mechanical firm, shall engage or offer to engage in, by
				advertisement or otherwise, any mechanical work who does not possess a valid
				and appropriate license from the Construction Industries Board unless otherwise
				exempt by law or this Chapter. No State agency, a political subdivision of the
				State, business entity or trust shall act as a mechanical firm unless a
				licensed, active mechanical contractor is associated with and responsible for
				all mechanical work of such entity.
(b) The terms air conditioning, sheet metal,
				and heating do not include the design, installation, construction, maintenance,
				service, repair, alteration, or modification of a portable or self contained
				ductless air conditioning or heating unit that has a cooling capacity of less
				than two and one-half (2 1/2) tons or a heating capacity of 36,000 British
				Thermal Units per Hour (Btu/h) or less.
(c) No person shall install, replace or
				repair gas piping unless such person is licensed under the Mechanical Licensing
				Act or is licensed as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber pursuant to
				the laws of this State.
(d) No
				person shall install, replace or repair floor furnaces or wall heaters unless
				such person is licensed under the Mechanical Licensing Act or is licensed as a
				plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber pursuant to the laws of this
				State.
(e) No person shall install,
				replace or repair any radiant-floor heating systems unless such person is
				licensed under the Mechanical Licensing Act or is licensed as a plumbing
				contractor or journeyman plumber pursuant to the laws of this State.
(f) No person shall install, replace or
				repair any medical gas or medical-surgical vacuum systems unless such person is
				licensed under the Mechanical Licensing Act as a medical gas journeyman, an
				unlimited mechanical contractor, process piping mechanical contractor, plumbing
				contractor or journeyman plumber pursuant to the laws of this State and shall
				provide proof of being certified by examination in accordance with the most
				current National Fire Protection Act ("NFPA") 99 standard or certified in the
				proper installation of medical gas piping by an organization approved by the
				Committee.
(g) No person shall act
				as a foreman, supervisor or superintendent over any mechanical work on behalf
				of a mechanical contractor unless such person possesses a valid license as a
				mechanical contractor or journeyman from the Construction Industries
				Board.
(h) Any changes in address,
				business relationship, structure or affiliation shall be reported in writing to
				the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board within thirty (30) days of such
				change.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732, eff 1-22-02 (emergency) ; Added at
					 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 776, eff 10-30-12
					 (emergency) ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1543, eff
					 7-11-13