Terms Used In Michigan Laws 339.6121

  • Apprentice plumber: means an individual who is registered under this article as an apprentice. See Michigan Laws 339.6101
  • Board: means the state plumbing board described in section 1105. See Michigan Laws 339.6101
  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 339.5103
  • 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
  • Licensee: means a person that is issued a license under 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
  (1) A license or apprentice registration issued under this article must be renewed not more than 60 days after the renewal date. It is the responsibility of a licensee or registrant to renew a license or registration. The department shall send a renewal application to the last known address of a licensee or registrant on file with the department. Every holder of a license or registration issued under this article shall promptly notify the department of a change in his or her business or residence address. The failure of a licensee or registrant to notify the department of a change of address does not extend the expiration date of a license or registration. The department may issue licenses for up to 3 years in duration.
  (2) The annual fees for initial licensure, apprentice plumber registration, or renewal of a license and registration issued under this article are as follows:

(a) Journey plumber……………………………. $ 40.00.
(b) Apprentice plumber…………………………. $ 15.00.

(3) The holder of a license or apprentice registration that is not renewed within 60 days of expiration may be relicensed only by applying to the board for relicensure and paying the annual renewal fee and the following relicensure fee:

(a) Journey plumber……………………………. $ 50.00.
(b) Apprentice plumber…………………………. $ 20.00.

(4) An individual who is requesting renewal of a license under subsection (3) within 3 years after the license is expired is not subject to reexamination for the license but is required to pay the relicensure fee and the annual renewal fee for each year the license was not renewed. An individual who fails to renew a license for more than 3 consecutive years is required to meet the experience and other requirements and take an examination for the class of license requested.

  (5) Examination fees under this article are as follows:

(a) Plumbing contractor………………………… $ 100.00.
(b) Master plumber…………………………….. $ 100.00.
(c) Journey plumber……………………………. $ 100.00.

(6) The department shall issue an initial master plumber or plumbing contractor license for a period of up to 3 years. A master plumber or plumbing contractor license is renewable for periods of 3 years. If an individual is applying for an initial license or relicensure at a time other than between April 30 and June 30 of the year in which the department issues renewal licenses, the department shall compute and charge the license fee on a yearly prorated basis beginning the year of application until the last year of the 3-year license period.

  (7) Subject to section 1113(4), the initial and renewal fees for a master plumber or plumbing contractor license issued under this article are as follows:

(a) Plumbing contractor………………………… $ 300.00.
(b) Master plumber…………………………….. $ 300.00.

(8) The holder of a plumbing contractor or master plumber license that is not renewed within 60 days of expiration may be relicensed only by applying to the board and paying the renewal fee and a $100.00 relicensure fee.

  

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