Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 15 - Professional Regulation › Part 9 - Licensing of Plumbers, Irrigators and Water System Installers (260-RICR-30-15-9) › Section 260-RICR-30-15-9.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Wherever used in these rules and
				 regulations, the terms listed below shall be construed in the following manner:
1. "Accredited program" means a training
				 program approved by the Office of Higher Education, or the Division of
				 Vocational and Adult Education of the Department of Elementary and Secondary
				 Education, and the State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
2. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-20 et
				 seq., as amended, entitled "Plumbers, Irrigators and Water System
				 Installers."
3. "Apprentice
				 irrigator" means any person hired to perform all phases of an irrigation
				 project under the supervision of a Master Irrigator or a licensed journeyperson
				 for a period of not less than one calendar year.
4. "Apprentice plumber" means any employee
				 whose principal occupation is service with a master plumber with a view to
				 learning the art or trade of maintenance, installation, or repair of
				 plumbing.
5. "Apprentice
				 water-filtration/treatment-system installer" means a person hired to perform
				 all phases of a water-filtration/treatment-system project under the supervision
				 of a master water-filtration/treatment-system installer licensee or a licensed
				 journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer for a period of one
				 year.
6. "Board" refers to the
				 State Board of Plumbing Examiners established pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-6.
7. "Commercial
				 water-filtration/treatment-system work" means any alteration, installation or
				 repair of water-filtration/treatment systems in which the piping exceeds one
				 and one-half inches (1.5") or the flow rate exceeds eighty (80) gallons per
				 minute. The water-filtration/treatment-system installer shall only install the
				 water-filtration/treatment system within the valves, inlet, outlet and by-pass
				 system provided by a duly licensed plumbing contractor. A duly licensed
				 plumbing contractor shall install proper means of disposal for all Commercial
				 water-filtration/treatment systems.
8. "Continuously engaged in the supervision",
				 means supervision that is provided by a master or journeyperson plumber,
				 irrigator that involves monitoring at the job site throughout the duration of
				 the plumbing, irrigation work being performed.
9. "Department" refers to the Rhode Island
				 Department of Labor & Training.
10. "Director" refers to the Director of the
				 Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training.
11. "Division" refers to the Division of
				 Professional Regulation of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and
				 Training.
12. "Irrigation" means an
				 assembly of component parts permanently installed with and for the distribution
				 and conservation of water for the purpose of irrigating any type of landscape
				 vegetation in any location or for the purpose of dust reduction or erosion
				 control. This includes parts used in the application and installation of drip
				 systems.
13. "Irrigation work" means
				 the connection to the backflow prevention devices.
14. "Journeyperson irrigator" means, as
				 defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-5.1,
				 any person who has performed all phases of an irrigation project under the
				 supervision of a master irrigator for a period of not less than one calendar
				 year. A journeyperson shall not be permitted to own or operate a business or
				 apply for any permits.
15.
				 "Journeyperson plumber" means, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-4,
				 any employee except an apprentice plumber or a master plumber, as herein
				 defined, whose principal occupation is the installation, maintenance or repair
				 of plumbing.
16. "Journeyperson
				 water-filtration/treatment-system installer" means, as defined in R.I. Gen.
				 Laws §
											5-20-3.3,
				 a person who has performed all phases of a project under the supervision of a
				 master water filtration/treatment-system installer licensee for a period of not
				 less than one year. Journeypersons shall not be permitted to apply for a
				 water-filtration-system installation permit.
17. "Master irrigator" means, as defined in
				 R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-3.1,
				 a person who has performed in the capacity of a journeyperson irrigator for not
				 less than two (2) years.
18.
				 "Master plumber" means, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-3;
a. Any person who as an independent
				 contractor engages in this state in the business of installation, maintenance
				 or repair of plumbing in the building or upon premises that plumbing is or is
				 to be located, either by contract or agreement with the owner, lessee, tenant
				 or agent of those premises or building;
b. Any person who employs one or more
				 journeymen plumbers, one or more plumber's apprentices or other persons to
				 assist in that installation, maintenance, or repair work; or
c. Any person who performs any acts specified
				 herein for performance by a master plumber.
d. A person holding a valid master plumbers
				 license under this chapter shall not be required to obtain an additional
				 license under this chapter to perform master irrigation work or
				 water-filtration/treatment-system work.
19. "Master
				 water-filtration/treatment-systems installer" means, as defined in R.I. Gen.
				 Laws §
											5-20-3.2,
				 a person who has performed in the capacity of a journeyperson
				 water-filtration/treatment system installer for not less than one
				 year.
20. "Plumbing" means, as
				 defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-2:
a. All fittings, fixtures, appliances and
				 connections, connecting buildings or premises where a person or persons, live,
				 work or assemble, with the source of public or private water supply used or
				 intended for domestic or personal use.
b. All piping, fittings, fixtures, and
				 appliances for a sanitary drainage and related, ventilation system, direct or
				 indirect, within that building.
c.
				 Air piping, medical and laboratory gas systems, including but not limited to,
				 oxygen and nitrous oxide.
21. "Source of private water supply" means,
				 as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-2(2),
				 the water connection located at the mean water level.
22. "Source of public water supply" means, as
				 defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											5-20-2(3),
				 any water connection located within five (5) feet of the outer walls of or
				 within a building, or structure, including any interconnecting piping between
				 buildings or structures.