2005 Idaho Code - 54-5003 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 50
      INSTALLATION OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
    54-5003.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
    (1)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)" means and includes
the business, trade, practice or work, materials and fixtures used in the
design, construction, installation, improvement, extension and alteration of
all piping, venting, ductwork, appliances  and appurtenances in connection
with any heating, ventilation or air conditioning system or subsystems of
such.
    (2)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning apprentice" means any
person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting
in installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems.
An apprentice shall perform HVAC work under the supervision of an HVAC
journeyman or HVAC contractor.
    (3)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractor" means any
person who fabricates, installs, maintains, services and repairs warm air
heating and water heating systems, heat pumps, complete with warm air
appliances including, but not limited to, boilers, pool heaters, space
heaters, decorative gas and solid-fuel burning furnaces, and gas, propane,
electric or oil-fired water heaters; ventilating systems complete with blowers
and plenum chambers; air conditioning systems complete with air conditioning
unit and the ducts, registers, flues, humidity and thermostatic controls of
air, liquid or gas temperatures below fifty (50) degrees fahrenheit or ten
(10) degrees celsius, and air filters in connection with any of these systems.
    (4)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning journeyman" means any
person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in the installation,
improvement, extension, alteration or repair of HVAC systems and who is
familiar with the provisions of this chapter and who works in the employ and
under direction of an HVAC contractor.
    (5)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty apprentice"
means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and
assisting in a specific aspect of installation, improvement, extension,
alteration or repair of HVAC systems that includes, but is not limited to,
such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and installation, or decorative
gas-fired appliances. A specialty apprentice shall perform HVAC work under the
supervision of an HVAC journeyman, HVAC specialty journeyman, HVAC contractor
or an HVAC specialty contractor.
    (6)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty contractor"
means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific
aspect of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning trade that includes,
but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping, gas appliances and
installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances.
    (7)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning specialty journeyman"
means any person who, as his principal occupation, is engaged in a specific
aspect of installation, improvement, extension, alteration or repairing of
HVAC systems that includes, but is not limited to, such aspects as gas piping,
gas appliances and installation, or decorative gas-fired appliances. A
specialty journeyman is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and works
in the employ and under direction of an HVAC contractor or an HVAC specialty
contractor.
    (8)  "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system" means any heating,
ventilation or air conditioning system in a residential, private, public or
semipublic building or structure including, but not limited to, any mechanical
means of heating or air conditioning and to gas piping, venting, ductwork and
controls.
    (9)  "Local government" means any incorporated city or any county in the
state.