2015 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 21. LABOR
ARTICLE 16. REGULATION OF HEATING, VENTILATING AND COOLING WORK.
§21-16-3. License required; exemptions.

(a) On and after January 1, 2016, a person performing or offering to perform work on a heating, ventilating and cooling system in this state shall have a license issued by the Commissioner of Labor, in accordance with the provisions of this article and the legislative rules promulgated pursuant hereto.

(b) A person licensed under this article shall carry a copy of the license on any job in which heating, ventilating and cooling work is being performed.

(c) This article does not apply to:

(1) A person who personally performs work on a heating, ventilating and cooling system in a single family dwelling owned by that person or by a member of that person's immediate family;

(2) A person who performs work on a heating, ventilating and cooling system at a manufacturing plant or other industrial establishment as an employee of the person, firm or corporation operating the plant or establishment;

(3) A person who performs only electrical or plumbing work on a heating, ventilating and cooling system, so long as the work is within the scope of practice which the person is otherwise licensed or authorized to perform; or

(4) A person who performs routine maintenance as a direct employee of the person, firm or corporation that owns or operates the facility where the heating, ventilating or cooling system equipment is located.