New Hampshire Revised Statutes 153:16-b – Certification of Heating Equipment Installers and Heating Equipment Service Personnel; Penalty
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I. The mechanical licensing board established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153:27-a shall establish a voluntary certification program for certifying the following:
(a) Individuals involved in the installation of residential and non-residential heating equipment systems, water heating systems, or appliances using heating oil.
(b) Individuals involved in the servicing and repair of heating equipment, water heating systems, or appliances using heating oil.
II. The mechanical licensing board with the approval of the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the establishment of minimum education and training standards for voluntarily certified heating equipment installers and heating equipment service personnel.
III. The mechanical licensing board with the approval of the executive director of the office of professional licensing and certification shall adopt rules, which shall not be subject to RSA 541-A, relative to the establishment of fees for voluntary certification under this section. After the first year of this program, such fees shall be sufficient to produce estimated revenues equal to 125 percent of the direct operating expenses of the previous fiscal year. Fees collected shall be deposited in the office of professional licensure and certification fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310:5.
IV. Whoever falsely claims to be certified under this section through advertising, signage, or verbal representation shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.
(a) Individuals involved in the installation of residential and non-residential heating equipment systems, water heating systems, or appliances using heating oil.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 153:16-b
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
(b) Individuals involved in the servicing and repair of heating equipment, water heating systems, or appliances using heating oil.
II. The mechanical licensing board with the approval of the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the establishment of minimum education and training standards for voluntarily certified heating equipment installers and heating equipment service personnel.
III. The mechanical licensing board with the approval of the executive director of the office of professional licensing and certification shall adopt rules, which shall not be subject to RSA 541-A, relative to the establishment of fees for voluntary certification under this section. After the first year of this program, such fees shall be sufficient to produce estimated revenues equal to 125 percent of the direct operating expenses of the previous fiscal year. Fees collected shall be deposited in the office of professional licensure and certification fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310:5.
IV. Whoever falsely claims to be certified under this section through advertising, signage, or verbal representation shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.