(a) The licensing requirements of this chapter shall not apply to owners of property for the purpose of installing, cleaning, servicing, or maintaining an onsite sewage system on their own property with a one-family or two-family residence used as their primary residence so long as the owners of the property with an onsite sewage system complete all installation, cleaning, servicing, or maintenance themselves, without help, at their primary residence.
property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The board shall not license or regulate any of the following:
(1) An individual or entity that distributes septic tanks or conventional or engineered onsite sewage systems or onsite wastewater systems.(2) An owner of multiple wastewater systems, or a system that is part of a group of wastewater systems under common ownership, with one or more of those systems having a design flow of 15,000 GPD or greater.(3) A general contractor licensed by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors, with a municipal and utility endorsement, while installing or maintaining wastewater systems as described in subdivision (2).
