(a)  No application for a license of a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer shall be filed by the department of labor and training, nor is any applicant permitted to take the examination for a license as a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer unless:

(1)  The application is accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00), payable to the department;

(2)  The applicant is a citizen or legal resident of the United States; and

(3)  The applicant possesses a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying that person as a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, or journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer licensed as a journeyperson plumber or journeyperson irrigator, for a minimum of one year. An affidavit must accompany this application certifying that the applicant was employed by a licensed master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer during that period in which the journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, or journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer was so licensed. Completed applications must be filed with the department at least thirty (30) days prior to the examination date.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-16

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Journeyperson irrigator: as used in this chapter , means a person who has performed all phases of a project under the supervision of a master irrigation licensee for a period of not less than one year. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-5.1
  • Journeyperson plumber: as used in this chapter , means any employee, except an apprentice plumber as subsequently defined, whose principal occupation is the installation, maintenance, or repair of plumbing, as defined in § 5-20-2. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-4
  • Master irrigator: as used in this chapter , means a person who has performed in the capacity of a journeyperson irrigator as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-3.1
  • Master plumber: as used in this chapter , means 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 the premises where that plumbing, as defined in § 5-20-2, is or is to be located, either by contract or agreement with the owner, lessee, tenant, or agent of those premises or building, or who employs one or more journeyperson plumbers, one or more plumber's apprentices or other persons to assist in that installation, maintenance, or repair work or who performs any acts specified in this chapter for performance by a "master plumber. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-3
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8

(b)  Notwithstanding anything set forth in this section to the contrary, the prerequisites set forth in subsection (a) of this section may be waived, and the requirements of this section met, if the applicant submits evidence, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the department of labor and training, that the applicant possesses the requisite skill, expertise, education, experience, training, and other qualities or qualifications to take the examination for a license as a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer.

History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1661, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 5-20-16; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 116, § 3; P.L. 1960, ch. 76, § 9; P.L. 1966, ch. 160, § 2; P.L. 1974, ch. 155, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 1981, ch. 132, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 389, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 433, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 13, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 26, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 31, § 1.