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 IX - Plumbing › Section SPS 305.90 - Plumbing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
(a)
					 Except as provided under s.
					 145.06 (4),
					 Stats., and pursuant to s.
					 145.06, Stats., no person may
					 install plumbing unless the person holds a license or registration issued by
					 the department as a master plumber, master plumber-restricted, journeyman
					 plumber, journeyman plumber-restricted, plumbing apprentice, plumbing
					 learner-restricted, utility contractor, or pipelayer.
(b)
1.
					 Pursuant to s. 145.14, Stats., the plumbing
					 activities that may be undertaken by a person who holds a license or
					 registration as a master plumber-restricted service, journeyman
					 plumber-restricted service, or a plumbing learner-restricted service shall be
					 limited to the installation or modification of the following:
a. Privately owned wastewater treatment
					 systems and components as defined in ch. SPS 381.
b. Building sewers, sanitary; building
					 sewers, storm; and private interceptor main sewers, as defined in ch. SPS 381,
					 from the street main to the immediate inside or proposed inside foundation wall
					 of a building.
c. Water services,
					 private water mains, manufactured home community water supply systems, and
					 campground or recreational vehicle park water supply systems as defined in ch.
					 SPS 381.
d. That portion of the
					 drain system or water supply system that connects a building sewer or water
					 service to the connection provided by the manufactured/mobile home
					 manufacturer.
e. Manufactured home
					 community drain systems, sanitary; manufactured home community drain systems,
					 storm; campground or recreational vehicle park drain systems, sanitary; and
					 campground or recreational vehicle park drain systems, storm, as defined in ch.
					 SPS 381.
f. Wastewater treatment
					 devices, as defined in ch. SPS 381, not located within a building's foundation
					 perimeter.
g. Stormwater use
					 systems, not located within a building's foundation perimeter.
h. Reclaimed water systems, not located
					 within a building's foundation perimeter.
2.
a. The
					 plumbing activities that may be undertaken by a person who holds a license as a
					 master plumber-restricted service type 2 or journeyman plumber-restricted
					 service type 2 shall be limited to the installation or modification of
					 underground drain and vent piping and plumbing delineated under subd.
					 1.
b. The plumbing activities that
					 may be undertaken by a person who holds a license as a master
					 plumber-restricted service type 3 or journeyman plumber-restricted service type
					 3 shall be limited to the modification of existing water distribution systems
					 and plumbing delineated under subd. 1.
c. The plumbing activities that may be
					 undertaken by a person who holds a license as a master plumber-restricted
					 service type 4 or journeyman plumber-restricted service type 4 shall be limited
					 to the installation or modification of drain and vent piping to existing drain
					 stacks and vent stacks for the conversion from a private sewage system to
					 municipal sewers and plumbing delineated under subd. 1.
Note:
Prior to November 1, 1996,
						plumber-restricted service licenses were referred to as plumber-restricted
						sewer licenses and those licenses formerly referred to as plumber-restricted
						sewer type 1 are now titled plumber-restricted service. Restricted service
						plumbing licenses types 2 to 4 are no longer available to new applicants.
						Individuals who currently hold these types of licenses are permitted to renew
						the licenses and continue to perform the activities under subd. 2. Individuals
						who hold a journeyman plumber-restricted service type 2 to 4 may seek to obtain
						the appropriate type of master plumber-restricted service license in accordance
						with s.
						SPS
						305.92.
3. Pursuant to s.
					 145.14, Stats., the plumbing
					 activities that may be undertaken by a person who holds a license or
					 registration as a master plumber-restricted appliance, journeyman
					 plumber-restricted appliance, or plumbing learner-restricted appliance shall be
					 limited to connections with an existing water distribution system which do not
					 require a direct connection to the drain system for the installation and
					 modification of the following:
a. Items
					 requiring connection with a water distribution system.
b. Stormwater use or reclaimed water supply
					 systems.
c. The minimum required
					 piping to connect allowed installations to the system.
4. The plumbing activities that may be
					 undertaken by a person who holds a license or registration as a utility
					 contractor or pipelayer shall be limited to the installation or modification of
					 the following:
a. Water services and private
					 water mains, as defined in ch. SPS 381, from the street main to the immediate
					 inside building perimeter.
b.
					 Building sanitary sewers, building storm sewers, and private interceptor main
					 sewers, as defined in ch. SPS 381, from the street main to the immediate inside
					 building perimeter.