Title 17, Professions, Occupations, and Businesses

(a) The State Plant Board is authorized to apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for, and the court, upon hearing and for cause shown, may grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provisions of this chapter or of the rules made u…

(a) (1) The State Plant Board is vested with the authority to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including the employment of necessary personnel.(2) (A) The board shall have the authority to adopt rules which shall have the full force and effect of law for the purpose of c…

(a) In its rules made pursuant to this chapter and after a public hearing, the State Plant Board shall establish license, registration, inspection, reinspection, reporting, and examination fees sufficient to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) All fees collected under t…

(a) No person shall for compensation engage in pest control service work in any manner as defined in this chapter without first having qualified, including the passing of the State Plant Board's written examination, and having in force a valid license issued by the board for that…

(a) (1) This chapter shall not apply either to persons doing pest control to their own property or to their employees hired as laborers only who do not hold themselves out as being engaged for compensation in pest control service work.(2) (A) However, no noncommercial applicator …

No occupational license, authorization, or similar license taxes shall be issued by municipalities, counties, or other state or federal agencies, or subdivisions thereof, to any person to engage in pest control service work for compensation, unless the person holds a valid licens…

Nothing in this chapter shall require the Department of Agriculture to issue a license or registration to an applicant who has been convicted in a court for a violation of this chapter or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.

(a) Any person desiring to obtain a license for pest control service work shall make an application to the Department of Agriculture on forms provided by the department, giving complete information requested. (b) The applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the department that…

(a) The license shall specify the classification of work in which the license holder is authorized to engage and shall show the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation to which it is issued and the name of the licensed or qualified operator, if he or she is someone o…

(a) In promulgating rules under this chapter, the State Plant Board shall prescribe standards for the licensing of applicators of pesticides. (b) The standards shall relate to the use and handling of the pesticides or to the use and handling of the pesticide or class of pesticide…

Any applicant who fails to pass the written examination in any classification must wait at least fourteen (14) days before being eligible to take another examination in the same classification.

(a) bond. (1) Before a license is issued or renewed, the Department of Agriculture shall be furnished an acceptable surety bond by each applicant for a license in either of the following classifications:(A) Termite and other structural pests; or(B) Household pests and rodent cont…

The fee for the issuance of a license in each classification shall be paid annually. The license shall expire June 30 following the date issued.

(a) No license or registration shall be transferable. (b) When there is a change in the status of a licensee, such as change of address, operator in charge, agents, or solicitors, the licensee shall immediately notify the Department of Agriculture of the changes.

(a) Each licensed operator shall register with the Department of Agriculture the name and address of each agent or solicitor and shall pay to the department a registration fee annually for each solicitor and agent at the time of registration. (b) All registrations shall expire wh…

Every nonresident licensee shall designate a resident agent upon whom service of notice or process may be made to enforce the provisions of this chapter or any liabilities arising from operation under this chapter.

(a) No licensed operator or qualified operator shall operate under more than one (1) company name in any one (1) category. (b) No person shall issue a solicitor's or agent's license to any other person for the purpose of operating under any other name except that of the licensed …

The State Plant Board shall have the authority to refuse the issuance of a license even though a passing grade is made on the written examination if the board in its judgment, after reviewing the evidence of reference checks, deems the applicant is not morally and financially res…

(1) Acts which shall be grounds for invalidation or nonrenewal of a license shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) Misrepresentations for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding;(2) Making of a false statement with knowledge of its falsity for the purpose of…

(a) Invalidation or nonrenewal proceedings may be initiated against a license holder in the same manner and for the same reasons as against a licensed operator or qualified operator. (b) The proceedings may be jointly and severally against any or all licensed operators or qualifi…

A license shall automatically become invalid should the licensed operator whose name appears on the license cease to personally supervise and be in direct charge of the pest control operation. The license shall remain invalid until some other person, having been examined in accor…

(a) When any person is refused a license or his or her license is not renewed, or when the State Plant Board contemplates invalidation of his or her license, he or she shall have the right of a hearing before the board or an authorized committee of the board by filing a written r…

(a) Every licensed operator shall enter into a written contract with the property owner when employed to control or eradicate termites or other structural pests, or in such other classifications as the State Plant Board may specify in its rules made under authority of this chapte…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Apprentice plumber” means any person other than a journeyman or master plumber who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and drainage and enrolled in a state-approved apprentice program;(2) “Approved backflow prevent…

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation that engages in or follows the business or occupation of, or advertises or holds himself or herself or itself out as, or acts temporarily or otherwise as a plumber without first having secured the required license or permit, or that otherwise …

(a) After adoption according to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., the provisions of the state plumbing code or amendments to the code as adopted by the State Board of Health defining plumbing work and prescribing minimum requirements for design, mate…

(a) (1) The Department of Health inspectors may go into any city that has a city code enforcement officer and assist the city code enforcement officer for the purpose of ensuring that the minimum standards of the state plumbing code and plumber licensing rules are being met.(2) A…

(1) This chapter shall not apply to:(1) The installation, maintenance, repair, or renovation of fire protection sprinkler systems and related mechanical appurtenances beginning at a point where the pipe or piping system provides water used exclusively for these automatic sprinkle…

(a) Inaccessible water distribution piping under concrete slabs may be cross-linked polyethylene PEX (SDR9) pipe. (b) Cross-linked polyethylene PEX (SDR9) pipe shall meet ASTM F-876/F-877 and NSP standards 14 and 61.

(a) (1) As used in this section, “commercial building” means a building for the transaction of business, professional services, other services involving merchandise, office buildings, banks, light industrial and similar uses.(2) “Commercial building” does not include a food servi…

(a) The State Board of Health shall have the following powers:(1) To ensure that the construction, installation, and maintenance of plumbing in connection with all buildings in this state, including buildings owned by the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be safe …

(a) (1) The State Board of Health shall appoint a Committee of Plumbing Examiners consisting of seven (7) voting members, prescribe their qualifications, and assign their duties.(2) Qualifications of the members of the committee shall be as follows:(A) Two (2) of the members shal…

(a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe rules governing plumbing apprentice training committees and, in cooperation with educational authorities, assist in related training programs for plumbers. (b) Any university, college, or school offering a full-time recognized course …

(a) A city, town, or county having a system of either water, sewerage, or gas utility, or a combination of utilities, by ordinance, rules, regulations, or customer contract shall prescribe rules and regulations governing plumbing not in conflict and equal to or exceeding the mini…

(a) All fees or payments of any type collected by the State Board of Health under this chapter shall be deposited into the State Treasury on or before the fifth day of the month next following the month of collection thereof, and the Treasurer of State shall credit the fees or de…

(a) (1) No person shall engage in work as a master plumber, journeyman plumber, apprentice plumber, or restricted license holder called for under this chapter or adopted rules unless first licensed or registered to do so by the Department of Health.(2) No person other than a lice…

(1) The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:(1) Plumbing work done by a property owner in a building owned and occupied by him or her as his or her home except when the license is required by local ordinance;(2) Work done on buildings whose primary use is agri…

The Committee of Plumbing Examiners of the State Board of Health may issue temporary revocable permits to master plumber and journeyman plumber license applicants pending examination. The State Board of Health shall make rules and prescribe procedures governing the issuance of th…

(a) Application for a master plumber or journeyman plumber examination, temporary permit, or license shall be made to the Department of Health with fees. (b) No license or permit shall be transferable. (c) Unless the applicant is entitled to a renewal of license, a license shall …

By rule and after public hearings, the State Board of Health may set reasonable license or examination fees for all licenses called for under this chapter, including, but not limited to, master plumber licenses, journeyman plumber licenses, apprentice plumber registration, gas ut…

Regular examinations shall be held at least two (2) times a year, and special examinations may be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Department of Health.

Every holder of a license shall promptly notify the State Board of Health of any change of his or her business address.

(a) All licenses shall be renewed annually within thirty (30) days after the expiration date of the license. The Department of Health may renew a license after the thirty-day period if there is sufficient reason for not renewing the license in the time specified and after payment…

(1) The Committee of Plumbing Examiners, on its own motion, may make investigations and conduct hearings and, on its own motion or upon complaint in writing signed and verified by the complainant and upon not less than ten (10) days' notice to the licensee, may suspend any plumbe…

(a) Suspensions, revocations, civil penalties, and all other such actions regarding licensure, registration, permitting, certification, or apprenticeship, and all appeals to the State Board of Health taken from such actions shall be conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Admin…

(a) Upon reaching sixty-five (65) years of age or any time thereafter, any person who has been a licensed master plumber licensed by the Department of Health for not less than twelve (12) years may apply for a restricted lifetime master plumber license. This license shall be issu…