Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 301-319 - General, Part I › Chapter SPS 305 - Licenses, Certifications And Registrations › Subchapter I - General Requirements › Section SPS 305.125 - Administrative forfeitures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PLUMBING
					 FORFEITURES.
(a) Pursuant to s.
					 145.12 (5),
					 Stats., the department may assess a forfeiture in the amount listed in pars.
					 (b) to (i) to a violator of the licensing requirements under s.
					 145.06, Stats.
Note:
A violation of each paragraph is
						considered separately when assessing a first, second or third violation. For
						example: violating paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) creates a first violation for
						each paragraph, not a first, second and third violation.
(b) The amount of forfeiture assessed against
					 an individual who does not hold the appropriate type of plumbing license under
					 subch. IX and who installs plumbing when a master plumber is not in charge of
					 the plumbing installation shall be one of the following:
1. First offense - $1,000.
2. Second offense - $1,500.
3. Third and subsequent offense -
					 $2,000.
(c) The amount
					 of forfeiture assessed against an individual who does not hold the appropriate
					 type of plumbing license under subch. IX and who installs plumbing where a
					 master plumber is in charge of the plumbing installation shall be one of the
					 following:
1. First offense - $100.
2. Second offense - $500.
3. Third and subsequent offense -
					 $1,000.
(d) The amount
					 of forfeiture assessed against a master plumber who allows the use of his or
					 her master plumber license for the purpose of obtaining a plumbing permit
					 without that master plumber assuming responsibility for the plumbing
					 installation shall be one of the following:
1.
					 First offense - $1,000.
2. Second
					 offense - $1,500.
3. Third and
					 subsequent offense - $2,000.
(e) The amount of forfeiture assessed against
					 a master plumber who allows another licensed plumber to install plumbing in the
					 master plumber's name when that master plumber is not in charge of the plumbing
					 installation shall be one of the following:
1.
					 First violation offense - $500.
2.
					 Second violation offense - $1,000.
3. Third and subsequent violation offense -
					 $2,000.
(f) The amount
					 of forfeiture assessed against a master plumber who allows an individual who
					 does not hold the appropriate license under subch. IX to install plumbing when
					 that master plumber is in charge of the plumbing installation shall be one of
					 the following:
1. First violation offense -
					 $1,500.
2. Second violation offense
					 - $1,750.
3. Third and subsequent
					 violation offense - $2,000.
(g) The amount of forfeiture assessed against
					 an individual who does not hold an appropriate master plumber license under s.
					 SPS
					 305.91 and who engages in the business or offers to
					 engage in the business of superintending plumbing installations shall be one of
					 the following:
1. First violation offense -
					 $1,000.
2. Second violation offense
					 - $1,500.
3. Third and subsequent
					 violation offense - $2,000.
(h) The amount of forfeiture assessed against
					 an individual who does not hold a registration as a cross connection control
					 assembly tester under s.
					 SPS
					 305.99 and who tests cross connection control
					 assemblies to meet the requirements in s.
					 SPS
					 382.22 (8) shall be one of the
					 following:
1. First violation offense -
					 $500.
2. Second violation offense -
					 $1,000.
3. Third and subsequent
					 violation offense - $2,000.
Note:
See section
						145.06, Stats., for exemptions
						to the licensing requirements.
(i) When a violator creates an imminent
					 health risk the forfeiture amounts under pars. (b) to (h) shall be doubled
					 within the maximum statutory limit of $2,000.