Kentucky Statutes 318.030 – License and general liability insurance required
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(1) No person shall engage in plumbing or engage in or work at the trade of plumbing: (a) Unless he or she is the holder of a valid and effective active master plumber‘s
license duly issued by the department in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter; or
(b) Unless he or she is the holder of a valid and effective journeyman plumber‘s license duly issued by the department in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in plumbing or engage in or work at the trade of plumbing unless the person, firm, or corporation maintains general liability insurance in an amount not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) and submits proof of compliance with workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance laws of the Commonwealth.
(b) Proof of insurance required in this subsection shall be submitted to the department prior to issuance or renewal of the active master plumber license required under this chapter.
(c) No license shall be valid without insurance as required in this subsection, and insurance carriers shall notify the department upon cancellation of the insurance of any licensee required to maintain insurance.
(d) The insurance required in this subsection shall not apply to an employee of a person, firm, or corporation engaged in plumbing as defined in this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1672, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. — Amended 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 3. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 3. — Amended
1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 4. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3909b.
license duly issued by the department in accordance with the provisions of this
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 318.030
- 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.
- Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Department: means Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
- Journeyman plumber: means a person who engages or offers to engage, either as an occupation or otherwise, in the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, remodeling or removal, and replacement of plumbing under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a master plumber. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
- Master plumber: means a person who assumes responsible charge, supervision, or direction of journeyman plumbers, plumbers' apprentices, and other persons in the construction, installation, or alteration of plumbing or who engages in, offers to engage in, or advertises or otherwise represents that he is permitted or qualified to engage in the design, planning, superintending, contracting for, or responsible charge of plumbing. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
- Person: means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision,
government agency, municipality, copartnership, association, firm, trust, estate, or
other entity whatsoever. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010 - Plumbing: means the art of installing in buildings the pipes for distributing the water supply, the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for removing waste water and sewage, together with fittings, appurtenances, and appliances of various kinds, all within or adjacent to the building. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
chapter; or
(b) Unless he or she is the holder of a valid and effective journeyman plumber‘s license duly issued by the department in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in plumbing or engage in or work at the trade of plumbing unless the person, firm, or corporation maintains general liability insurance in an amount not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) and submits proof of compliance with workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance laws of the Commonwealth.
(b) Proof of insurance required in this subsection shall be submitted to the department prior to issuance or renewal of the active master plumber license required under this chapter.
(c) No license shall be valid without insurance as required in this subsection, and insurance carriers shall notify the department upon cancellation of the insurance of any licensee required to maintain insurance.
(d) The insurance required in this subsection shall not apply to an employee of a person, firm, or corporation engaged in plumbing as defined in this chapter.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1672, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. — Amended 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 3. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 3. — Amended
1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 4. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3909b.