§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Application of supervision of plumbing statutes
§ 3 Master plumbers or gas fitters, journeymen and apprentices; licensing; advertising; display of license or certificate
§ 3A Apprentices; licensing; application; employment; on-the-job training, rules and regulations
§ 3B Certificates of plumbing or gas fitting corporations or partnerships
§ 4 Rules of examiners; qualifications of applicants; applications; examinations; issuance of license; probationary license; credit for veterans
§ 4A Plumbers employed by cities, institutions or corporations; installations and repairs
§ 5 Fees for licenses and examinations
§ 6 Territorial coverage, transfer, term, renewal, fee, suspension and revocation of licenses; names of licensees forwarded to towns; registration
§ 6A Licensed plumber or gas fitter continuing education course
§ 7 Notice to examiners of violation of statute, ordinance or regulation
§ 10 Inspection districts; expense
§ 11 Inspectors appointed from civil service list; approval of plumbing or gas fitting; exemption
§ 11A Plumbing and gasfitting inspectors; cities over seventy-five thousand; appointment
§ 11B Plumbing and gas fitting inspectors; continuing education
§ 12 Additional inspectors; inspector engaging in plumbing or gas fitting work
§ 13 Regulations
§ 14 Persons learning plumbing and gas fitting businesses
§ 15 Reports by inspectors of buildings and boards of health
§ 16 Work or employment of workers without required registration or license; violation of statute, ordinance or regulation by persons, cities or towns
§ 17 Statements by manufacturer on range boilers and water heaters; certificates relative to cast iron water fronts, heater elements and hot water tanks
§ 18 Construction, installing, relocating and repairing requirements; capacity; strength; solder; pressure
§ 19 Safety devices for hot water tanks; statements by manufacturer; approval; pipes and fittings
§ 20 Installed or junked range boilers
§ 21 Buildings owned, used and constructed by commonwealth
§ 21A Permits for plumbing and gas fitting work; proof of liability insurance or bond
§ 22 Enforcement and violation of statutes

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.