Oklahoma § 59-1003 - Definitions

§ 59-1003. Definitions

As used in The Plumbing License Law of 1955:

1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board;

2. “Committee” means the State Committee of Plumbing Examiners

appointed by the Construction Industries Board;

3. “Plumbing Hearing Board” means the State Plumbing Hearing

Board which shall consist of a designee of the Construction

Industries Board, as chair, and the members of the State Committee

of Plumbing Examiners;

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4. “Apprentice” or “plumber’s apprentice” means any person

sixteen (16) years of age or older who, as the principal occupation

of the person, is engaged in learning and assisting in the

installation of plumbing under the direct supervision of a licensed

journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor;

5. “Journeyman plumber” means any person other than a master

plumber or plumbing contractor who engages in or works at the actual

installation, alteration, repair and/or renovation of plumbing;

6. “Temporary journeyman plumber” means any person other than a

person permanently licensed as a journeyman plumber, master plumber,

or plumbing contractor in this state who meets the temporary

licensure requirements of Section 1006.1 of this title;

7. “Master plumber” is a term used and defined under laws which

have been repealed. A person formerly known as a master plumber is

henceforth to be known as a “plumbing contractor” as defined in this

section;

8. “Plumbing contractor” means any person who is skilled in the

planning, superintending, and practical installation of plumbing and

who is familiar with the laws and rules governing the same. This

definition may be construed to mean any person who has qualified and

is licensed under The Plumbing License Law of 1955 as a plumbing

contractor, who may operate as an individual, a firm, partnership,

limited liability company, or corporation, or other legal entity to

engage in the business of plumbing, or the business of contracting

to do plumbing, or furnish labor or materials or both for the

installation, repair, maintenance, or renovation of plumbing

according to the requirements of The Plumbing License Law of 1955;

9. “Plumbing” means, and includes:

a.

all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances

for, and in connection with, a supply of water within

or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance,

on the premises and to the connection with a water

main or other source of supply,

b.

all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for

sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities,

including venting systems for such facilities, within

or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance,

on the premises and to the connection with a public

disposal system or other acceptable terminal,

c.

the installation, repair, maintenance and renovation

of all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances

for a supply of water, or for the disposal of waste

water, liquid waste, or sewage within or adjacent to

any building, structure, or conveyance, on the

premises and to the source of supply of water or point

of disposal of wastes, and

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d.

the installation, repair and maintenance of radiantfloor heating system piping in residential homes with

capacities no greater than one hundred thousand

(100,000) BTU’s using only piping approved by the most

current adopted edition of the International

Mechanical Code; and

10. “Variance and Appeals Board” means the Oklahoma State

Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 366, § 3. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 293, § 2,

eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1999, c. 405, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10,

1999; Laws 2001, c. 394, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 163,

§ 2, emerg. eff. April 26, 2004.