Vermont § 2181 - Plumber’s Examining Board; membership; powers

§ 2181. Plumber’s Examining Board; membership; powers

• (a) Creation. The Plumber’s Examining Board, within the Department of Public Safety, shall consist
  of five members, one of whom shall be the Commissioner of Public Safety or designee
  and one of whom shall represent the Commissioner of Health or designee. The remaining
  three members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
  Senate. One of the appointive members shall be a master plumber, one shall be a journey
  plumber, and one shall be a public member not associated with the plumbing or heating
  trades. (b) General authority. The Board shall have authority to examine and license master plumbers and journeyman
  plumbers and specialists and shall have the right to make reasonable rules. (c) Disciplinary actions. Upon notice to the affected person and after a hearing, the Board may refuse to issue
  a license or may suspend or revoke a license or may take other disciplinary action
  against a licensee for any of the following reasons: (1) fraud or deceit in obtaining a license; (2) gross negligence, incompetency, misrepresentation, or misconduct by a licensee; (3) violation by a licensee of the rules of the Department of Health, the Department of
  Public Safety, or the Board; (4) failure to comply with a written notice issued under section 2173, 2174, or 2175 of this title. (d) Military credentials. The Board may evaluate specific military credentials to determine equivalency to credentials
  within its jurisdiction. The determinations shall be adopted through written policy
  that shall be posted on the Board’s website. (e) Foreign credential verification. (1) The Commissioner shall adopt rules in consultation with the Board that prescribe a
  process for the Commissioner to assess the equivalence of an applicant’s professional
  credentials earned outside the United States as compared to State licensing requirements
  for plumbers. (2) Any determination of equivalence by the Commissioner under this subsection shall be
  in consultation with the Board, recorded in the applicant’s licensing file, and binding
  upon the Board. (3) In administering this subsection, the Board may rely upon third-party credential verification
  services. The cost of such services shall be paid by the applicant. (f) Continuing education; sunset review. (1) Not less than once every five years, the Board shall review plumbers’ continuing education
  or other continuing competency requirements. The review results shall be in writing
  and address the following: (A) the renewal requirements of the profession; (B) the renewal requirements in other jurisdictions, particularly in the Northeast region; (C) the cost of the renewal requirements for the profession’s licensees; (D) an analysis of the utility and effectiveness of the renewal requirements with respect
  to public protection; and (E) recommendations to the Commissioner on whether the continuing education or other continuing
  competency requirements should be modified. (2) The Commissioner shall respond to the Board within 45 days of its submitted review
  results. The Commissioner may require the Board to reduce, modify, or otherwise change
  the renewal requirements, including by proposing any necessary amendments to statute
  or rule. (Added 1959, No. 215, § 7, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1969, No. 84, § 2, eff. April 18, 1969; 1973, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1979, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2005, No. 8, § 14, eff. April 25, 2005; 2019, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. April 1, 2021; 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 37, eff. July 1, 2021.)