(1) The department shall appoint and assign plumbing inspectors to each county subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Each plumbing inspector shall have at least eight (8) years experience as a journeyman or master plumber. At the time of his or her appointment he or she shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 318.090

  • Department: means Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. 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
  • 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

Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1682, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 126, sec. 5. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 5. –
– Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 13. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec.
1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3909b-9.

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