2005 Minnesota Statutes - 326.61 — Definitions; rules.

     326.61 Definitions; rules. 


    Subdivision 1.    Water conditioning installation.  "Water 
 conditioning installation" as used 
 in sections 326.57 to 326.65 means the installation of 
 appliances, appurtenances, and fixtures designed to treat water 
 so as to alter, modify, add or remove mineral, chemical or 
 bacterial content, said installation to be made in a water 
 distribution system serving a single family residential unit, 
 which has been initially established by a licensed plumber, and 
 does not involve a direct connection without an air gap to a 
 soil or waste pipe. 


    Subd. 2.    Water conditioning servicing.  "Water conditioning 
 servicing" as used in 
 sections 326.57 to 326.65 means the servicing (including 
 servicing prior to installation) of a water conditioning 
 installation. 


    Subd. 3.    Rules.  In order to provide effective protection of 
 the 
 public health, the state commissioner of health may by rule 
 prescribe limitations on the nature of alteration to, extension 
 of, or connection with, the said water distribution system 
 initially established by a licensed plumber which may be 
 performed by a person licensed hereunder, and may by rule in 
 appropriate instances require filing of plans, blueprints and 
 specifications prior to commencement of installation.  Such 
 rules, upon approval of the attorney general and their legal 
 publication, shall have the force of law, and the violation of 
 any part thereof shall constitute a misdemeanor.  The 
 installation of water heaters shall not constitute water 
 conditioning installation and consequently such work shall be 
 accomplished in accordance with the provisions of sections 
 326.37 to 326.45. 


    Subd. 4.    Single family residential unit.  "Single family 
 residential unit" as used in 
 sections 326.57 to 326.65 means a building or portion thereof 
 which is arranged, designed, used or intended to be used for 
 residential occupancy by one family, but not including a motel, 
 hotel or rooming house. 


    HIST: 1969 c 898 s 5; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989 c 
 209 art 2 s 1