Sec. 13. (a) A person wishing to be licensed as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber must file with the commission a written application, on a form provided by the commission, that contains information the commission considers necessary to determine the qualifications of the applicant.

     (b) All members of a firm, a copartnership, or an association who engage in the activities defined in this chapter as those of a plumbing contractor must be individually licensed as a plumbing contractor. In the case of a limited partnership, only the general partner must be licensed under this chapter.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-13

  • Commission: means the Indiana plumbing commission created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • 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.
  • Journeyman plumber: means a person who engages or offers to engage in, as an occupation or trade, the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, or removal and replacement of plumbing under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a licensed plumbing contractor. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • License: means a certificate issued by the commission established by this chapter which confers upon the holder the privilege to act as a plumbing contractor or a journeyman plumber as defined in this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • 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.
  • Person: means a natural person, except in the case of a plumbing contractor, in which case it may mean the partners or members of a partnership, limited partnership, or any form of unincorporated enterprise, owned by two (2) or more persons, and as applied to "corporation" in addition to the corporate entity means the officers or directors and employees thereof. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Plumbing: means the practice of and the materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following:

    Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2

  • Plumbing contractor: means any person who, for compensation, undertakes to, or submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by others, construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, subtract from, or improve plumbing and who is responsible for substantially all the plumbing within the entire project, or one who fabricates units or plumbing substantially completed and ready for installation. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
     (c) In the case of a corporation engaged in the business of a plumbing contractor, the corporation must be licensed as a plumbing contractor and must file with the commission an application as provided for in this chapter. A corporation may not be licensed as a plumbing contractor unless one (1) of the officers or employees of the corporation holds a valid license as a plumbing contractor issued by the commission. Where a license is issued to a corporation, at least one (1) officer or employee of the corporation must be:

(1) licensed as a plumbing contractor;

(2) designated in the application; and

(3) named in the license.

     (d) An officer or employee of a corporation desiring to act as a plumbing contractor in connection with the business of the corporation must take out a separate plumbing contractor’s license in the officer’s or employee’s own name.

     (e) An application must be signed by the applicant, or the applicant’s duly authorized officer or officers. The applicant must make a statement that the applicant has not been convicted of:

(1) an act that would constitute a ground for disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-11; or

(2) a felony that has a direct bearing on the applicant’s ability to practice competently.

     (f) A business that provides plumbing services and is required to file a certificate of assumed business name under IC 23-0.5-3-4 must register the name, address, and telephone number of the business with the commission.

Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.211; Acts 1982, P.L.113, SEC.69; P.L.241-1989, SEC.1; P.L.143-1990, SEC.4; P.L.214-1993, SEC.60; P.L.118-2017, SEC.120.

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