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318.040 Qualifications -- Examinations -- Reciprocity.
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An applicant for a master or journeyman plumber's license shall:
(a) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Be of good moral character;
(c) Be a citizen of the United States or be a resident alien who is authorized
to work in the United States; and
(d) Possess all the other qualifications that may be prescribed by
administrative regulations of the commissioner.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no master or journeyman
plumber's license shall be issued except upon a successful passage of an
examination as prescribed by the department.
Examinations for a license as a master plumber or journeyman plumber shall
be conducted at times and places fixed by the regulations of the commissioner.
Applicants for an examination shall furnish the information required by the
commissioner and shall receive from the department due notice of the time and
place of the examination.
The department shall prepare or cause to be prepared under its supervision
examinations consisting of written and practical tests with such questions and
tests by which the department will determine:
(a) With respect to master plumber's license applicants, that applicants are
qualified in view of the definitions, provisions, and purposes of this
chapter to carry on responsibly, reasonably, and competently, the
activities which a licensed master plumber is authorized to engage in by
this chapter; and
(b) With respect to journeyman plumber's license applicants, their knowledge
and competency to carry on the activities which a licensed journeyman
plumber is authorized to engage in by this chapter.
The examination papers shall be preserved by the department for a period of
one (1) year.
The department may issue a license to any person who holds a valid license in
another state if that state has a statewide plumbing code and, in the opinion of
the Plumbing Code Committee, the other state's examination is at least equal
to that of Kentucky and the other state agrees to reciprocate with Kentucky.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1673, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 117, sec. 50, effective July 1, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art.
VI, sec. 107(22). -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 5, effective June 16,
1960. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942,
from Ky. Stat. sec. 3909b-4.
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