(a)  Any person who has agreed to work a minimum of eight thousand (8,000) hours over a period of time of not less than five (5) years under the direct supervision and instruction of a master plumber or journeyperson plumber as an apprentice to learn the plumbing business, and that agreement is approved by the division of professional regulation, shall be registered by the director of the department of labor and training and have issued to him or her a certificate showing that person to be a registered apprentice.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-25

  • 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
  • Plumbing: means :

    (i)  All fittings, fixtures, appliances, and connections that are located within a building or a structure, or within five feet (5?) of the outer walls of a building or structure and that connect said building or structure, 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, as well as any interconnecting piping between buildings or structures;

    (ii)  All piping, fittings, fixtures, and appliances for a sanitary drainage and related ventilation system, direct or indirect, within that building; and

    (iii)  Air piping, medical, and laboratory gas systems including, but not limited to, oxygen and nitrous oxide. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-2

(b)  Any person who has agreed to work a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours over a period of time of not less than one year under the direct supervision and instruction of a master irrigator or a journeyperson irrigator as an apprentice to learn the irrigation business, and that agreement is approved by the division of professional regulation, shall be registered by the director of the department of labor and training and have issued to him or her a certificate showing that person to be a registered apprentice.

(c)  Any person who has agreed to work a minimum of two thousand (2,000) hours over a period of time of not less than one year, under the direct supervision and instruction of a master water-filtration/treatment-system installer or a journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer, as an apprentice to learn the water-filtration/treatment business, and that agreement is approved by the division of professional regulation, shall be registered by the director of the department of labor and training and have issued to him or her a certificate showing that person to be a registered apprentice.

History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1661, § 32; G.L. 1956, § 5-20-25; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 116, § 7; 1960, ch. 76, § 9; P.L. 1978, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 54, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 227, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 26, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 31, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 2.