Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-8. Practices for which master’s license required
No person shall engage in this state in the business of plumbing as a master plumber, or irrigation as a master irrigator, or commercial water-filtration/treatment work as a master water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or as an employer of a journeyperson plumber, journeyperson irrigator, journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer or plumber’s apprentice, or apprentice irrigator, or apprentice water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or enter into contracts or agreements for the installation, maintenance, or repair of plumbing or irrigation systems or water-filtration/treatment systems; or perform any of the acts specified in this chapter for performance by a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or advertise or represent in any form or manner that they are a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer; or that they will install plumbing, irrigation systems, or commercial water-filtration/treatment systems, unless that person possesses a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying that person as a master plumber, master irrigator, or master water-filtration/treatment-system installer. That person shall carry the certificate on their person at all times while so engaged, and shall affix their plumber’s license number or master irrigator’s license number to any contract they execute or bid filed with any person for their professional services and to any applicable permit required for the performance of those services.
History of Section.
P.L. 1945, ch. 1661, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 5-20-8; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 116, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 149, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 2; P.L. 2016, ch. 26, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 31, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-8
- Apprentice irrigator: as used in this chapter , means a person hired to perform all phases of an irrigation project under the supervision of a master irrigation licensee or a licensed journeyperson irrigator for a period of one year. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-20-4.1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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