Michigan Laws 339.6113 – Master plumber’s license; issuance; requirements; condition of renewal; responsibility for payment of fee; notice that master plumber ceasing representation of contractor
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.6113
- Board: means the state plumbing board described in section 1105. See Michigan Laws 339.6101
- Completed application: means an application that is complete on its face and submitted with any applicable licensing or permit fees and any other information, records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a private entity but not from another department or agency of this state. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
- Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- Journey plumber: means an individual, other than a plumbing contractor or master plumber, who is qualified to engage in the practical installation of plumbing and who is licensed as a journey plumber. See Michigan Laws 339.6101
- License: includes the whole or part of a governmental permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required under a specific article of this act. See Michigan Laws 339.5105
- Master plumber: means an individual who possesses the necessary skills and qualifications to plan and supervise the installation of plumbing and who is licensed as a master plumber. See Michigan Laws 339.6103
- Plumbing: means the practice, materials, and fixtures, in or adjacent to a building, structure, or premises, used in the installation, maintenance, extension, or alteration of all piping, fixtures, plumbing appliances, or plumbing appurtenances, as defined in the state construction code, in connection with the sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, plumbing venting systems, medical gas systems, backflow preventers, and public or private water supply systems. See Michigan Laws 339.6103
- Plumbing contractor: means a licensed master plumber or a person who employs a licensed master plumber full-time to directly supervise the installation of plumbing as his or her representative engaged in the business of plumbing for a fixed sum, price, fee percentage, valuable consideration, or other compensation and who is licensed as a plumbing contractor. See Michigan Laws 339.6103
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- State construction code: means the rules promulgated by the state construction code commission under section 4 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125. See Michigan Laws 339.5107
(1) The department shall issue a master plumber‘s license to an individual who is at least 18 years old and who does all of the following:
(a) Files a completed application on a form provided by the department.
(b) Pays the applicable examination fee established under section 207 and passes an examination provided for by the board and the department.
(c) Pays the initial or renewal license fee required under section 1121.
(d) Holds a journey plumber license issued under this article or former 2002 PA 733 and has gained 4,000 hours of experience in work as a journey plumber over a period of not less than 2 years immediately preceding the date of his or her application.
(2) As a condition of renewal of a master plumber’s license, the master plumber must demonstrate the successful completion of a course, approved by the board, concerning any update or change in the state construction code within 12 months after the update or change in that code. This requirement applies only during or after those years that the state construction code is updated or changed.
(3) A licensed master plumber shall represent only 1 plumbing contractor at any given time.
(4) A master plumber who is also a plumbing contractor is only responsible for payment of the plumbing contractor initial or renewal license fee and is not responsible for also paying the master plumber initial or renewal license fee under section 1121(7).
(5) If a master plumber who represents a plumbing contractor ceases to represent the plumbing contractor, the master plumber shall notify the department in writing within 30 days after the date his or her representation of the contractor ceases.