Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:14C-11. Application; fees On and after the effective date of this act, any person desiring to obtain a State master plumber's license shall make application to the State board to be licensed as described herein and shall pay all the fees required in connection therewith, and b…

45:14C-12.1. Examination waiver The State board shall, upon application to it and payment of the prescribed fee, issue a State master plumber's license without examination to any person who held a plumber's license issued by a municipality, local board of health or other agency f…

45:14C-12.2. Ban on new municipal licenses On or after the effective date of this 1987 amendatory and supplementary act, a municipality, local board of health or any other agency shall not issue any plumber's license. L. 1987, c. 442, s. 7.

45:14C-12.3 Exclusive licensing procedure. 8. a. On or after the effective date of P.L.1987, c.442 (C.45:14C-12.1 et seq.), a person shall not work as a master plumber or use the title or designation of master plumber unless licensed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1987, c.442 …

45:14C-12.4. Exemption The provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act shall not apply to a single family home owner who performs plumbing work on his own dwelling. L. 1987, c. 442, s. 9.

45:14C-14. Municipal inspection power This act shall not deny to any municipality the power to inspect plumbing work or plumbing equipment or the power to regulate the standards and manner in which plumbing work shall be done, but no municipality, local board of health or other a…

45:14C-15. Qualifications 15. Not less than 30 days and no more than 60 days prior to the date set for the examination for a master plumber's State license, every person, except as herein provided, desiring to apply for a State license, who shall meet the qualifications as set fo…

45:14C-16. Examinations; fees (a) Every State master plumber's license examination shall be substantially uniform and shall be designed so as to establish the competence and qualifications of the applicant to perform the type of work and business as described by this act. The exa…

45:14C-17. Issuance of license without examination The State board shall, upon application to it and the payment of the prescribed fee, issue a State master plumber's license without examination to any person who, within 6 months following the effective date of this act, submits …

45:14C-18 Expiration of license; renewal; exceptions. 18. Every State license issued hereunder shall automatically expire on June 30 following the date of its issuance. Licenses may be renewed annually by the State board upon written application of the holder and payment of the p…

45:14C-18.1. Continuing education required for master plumber 1. The State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers shall require each master plumber, as a condition for biennial license renewal pursuant to section 18 of P.L.1968, c.362 (C.45:14C-18), to complete any continuing educ…

45:14C-18.2. Standards for continuing plumbing education 2. a. The board shall: (1) Establish standards for continuing plumbing education, including the subject matter and content of courses of study, the selection of instructors, and the number and type of continuing education c…

45:14C-18.3. Waiving of requirements 3. The board may, in its discretion, waive requirements for continuing plumbing education on an individual basis for reasons of hardship such as illness or disability, retirement of the license or other good cause. L.1996,c.158,s.3.

45:14C-18.4. Completion not required for initial renewal of license 4. The board shall not require completion of continuing plumbing education credits for an initial renewal of license. L.1996,c.158,s.4.

45:14C-18.5. Carrying over of credits permitted 5. In the event a master plumber completes a number of continuing education credit hours in excess of the number required by the board pursuant to section 2 of this act, the board may allow that those credits be carried over to sati…

45:14C-19. Reciprocity with other States The State board may in its discretion grant State licenses without examination to applicants so licensed by other States; provided that equal reciprocity is provided for New Jersey master plumbers by law of such applicant's domiciliary Sta…

45:14C-2. Definitions When used in this act, (a) "Master plumber" means a person licensed pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act who has the qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge necessary to properly plan, lay out, install and repair plumbing ap…

45:14C-20. Firm, corporation or other legal entity operating without representative No firm, corporation or other legal entity operating under and by virtue of this act shall be denied the privilege of conducting and continuing the business of plumbing, by reason of the death, il…

45:14C-21. Nontransferability and nonassignability of licenses All State licenses issued hereunder shall be nontransferable and nonassignable; and at a hearing held before the State board, any license which shall have been found to have been so transferred or assigned shall be su…

45:14C-26. Bonds In addition to such other bonds as may be required pursuant to contract, no master plumber who is the holder of a license under the provisions of this act shall undertake to do any plumbing work in the State of New Jersey or any political subdivision thereof unle…

45:14C-27. Severability The provisions of this act are severable and if any provision of this act, or any part thereof, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional, the remaining provisions, and parts thereof, and application of such provisi…

45:14C-28 Certification required for installation, maintenance of medical gas piping in certain facilities. 1. a. No person shall install, improve, repair or maintain medical gas piping unless certified by the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers in accordance with the pro…

45:14C-29 Eligibility for certification. 2. a. Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, to be eligible to be certified to install, improve, repair or maintain medical gas piping, an applicant shall be of good moral character and submit to the State board satisfactory …

45:14C-3 State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers. 3. There is created hereunder a State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers in the Department of Law and Public Safety, consisting of 7 citizens to be appointed by the Governor, without regard to political affiliation, and exc…

45:14C-30 Requirements for certification. 3. To be eligible for certification to provide instruction regarding the installation, improvement, repair or maintenance of medical gas piping, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: a. Be licensed as a master plumber or …

45:14C-31 Issuance of certificates. 4. a. The State board shall issue a certificate of certification to any applicant who, in the opinion of the State board, has satisfactorily met the requirements of this act. b. The State board shall by rule or regulation establish, prescribe o…

45:14C-32 Certification for persons currently engaged in practice. 5. a. Any person who engaged in the installation, improvement, repair or maintenance of medical gas piping for not less than three consecutive years preceding the enactment date of this act may acquire certificati…

45:14C-33 Inapplicability of act. 6. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any electrical contractor licensed by the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors pursuant to P.L.1962, c.162 (C.45:5A-1 et seq.), and any person in his employ while performing the duties of h…

45:14C-4. Compensation Each member of the State board shall receive $25.00 for each day of actual service in attending meetings of the board at which business is transacted and in addition shall be entitled to be reimbursed for his necessary traveling expenses; provided such comp…

45:14C-6. Organization of board; officers; executive secretary; clerical assistants; expenses and expenditures The State board shall organize annually by the selection from among its members of a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary, subject to the approval of the Attorney G…

45:14C-7. Rules and regulations The State board may adopt, amend and promulgate such rules and regulations which may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; provided, however, that the board's jurisdiction shall not include the regulation or determination of matters…

45:14C-8. Witnesses; oaths and affirmations The State board, under the hand of its chairman and the seal of the State board, may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance before it and may require the production of such papers or documents in any matter involving proceedings…

45:14C-9. Records of proceedings The State board shall keep a record of all proceedings conducted before it. L.1968, c. 362, s. 9, eff. Dec. 26, 1968.