Michigan Compiled Laws Act 733 Of 2002 State Plumbing Act (338.3511 - 338.3569)

AN ACT to regulate the installation, alteration, maintenance, improvement, and inspection of plumbing; to provide certain powers and duties for certain state agencies and departments; to create a plumbing board; to define plumbing, plumbing contractors, and the classification of plumbers and to set standards for those classifications; to provide for the licensing and regulation of classes of plumbers and plumbing contractors; to prescribe fees and the disposition of money derived from those fees; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to prescribe remedies and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

History: 2002, Act 733, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003

Section 338.3511 Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “state plumbing act”. History: 2002, Act 733, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Section 338.3513 Definitions; A To C.
As used in this act: (a) “Apprentice plumber” means an individual registered under this act as an apprentice. (b) “Board” means the state plumbing...
Section 338.3515 Definitions; D To G.
As used in this act: (a) “Department” means the department of consumer and industry services. (b) “Director” means the director of the department of...
Section 338.3517 Definitions; J To M.
As used in this act: (a) “Journey plumber” means an individual, other than a plumbing contractor or master plumber, who is qualified to engage...
Section 338.3519 Definitions; P.
As used in this act: (a) “Person” means an individual, sole proprietor, partnership, association, corporation, governmental subdivision, public or private school, or public or...
Section 338.3521 Definitions; R To W.
As used in this act: (a) “Restitution” means the requirement that a person found to be in violation of this act, a rule promulgated...
Section 338.3523 State Plumbing Board; Creation; Membership; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms; Compensation; Meetings; Quorum; Election Of Officers; Public Meeting; Availability Of Writings; Access To Files; Maintenance; Rules; Licensure Examination.
(1) There is created a state plumbing board within the department. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint 5...
Section 338.3525 Plumbing; License Required; Exceptions.
(1) A person shall not engage in or work at the business of a plumbing contractor, master plumber, journey plumber, or apprentice plumber unless...
Section 338.3527 Plumbing Contractor, Master Plumber, And Journey Plumber's Examination.
(1) The board shall grant licenses or registrations to qualified applicants for examination or registration. The character, experience, and fitness of an applicant for...
Section 338.3529 Plumbing Contractor, Master, Or Journey Licensure; Conditions For Examination.
Applicants for plumbing contractor, master, or journey licensure under this act may sit for examination upon doing both of the following: (a) Filing an...
Section 338.3531 Plumbing Contractor's License; Issuance; Conditions; Requirements.
(1) To qualify for a plumbing contractor license, the applicant must either hold a master plumber license or employ the holder of a master...
Section 338.3533 Master Plumber's License; Issuance; Conditions; Requirements.
(1) The department shall issue a master plumber's license to a person not less than 18 years of age who does all of the...
Section 338.3535 Journey Plumber's License; Issuance; Conditions; Affidavit Stating Amount Of Experience; Renewal; "Armed Forces" Defined.
(1) The department shall issue a journey plumber's license to an individual who is at least 18 years of age and who does all...
Section 338.3537 Apprentice Plumber; Registration; Requirements.
(1) An individual employed as an apprentice plumber shall register with the department on a form provided by the department within 30 days after...
Section 338.3539 Master Plumber; Inactive License; Issuance As Active; Holding Active Master And Journey Plumber License.
(1) A person licensed as a master plumber may request that the master plumber license be retained by the department as an inactive license...
Section 338.3541 License Or Apprentice Registration; Renewal; Fees; Master Plumber Or Plumbing Contractor License; Receipt Of Completed Application; Time Period For Issuance; Report; Waiver Of Fee; “completed Application” Defined.
(1) A license or apprentice registration issued under this act must be renewed not more than 60 days after the renewal date. It is...
Section 338.3543 Licensure Without Examination; Reciprocity.
Upon payment of the required fee in section 31, the board may license without examination applicants licensed under the laws of other states having...
Section 338.3545 Lost Or Destroyed License Or Registration; Fee.
If a license or registration is lost or destroyed, the department shall issue a new license or registration, without examination, if a fee of...
Section 338.3547 Disposition Of License Fees And Income.
All fees and money received by the department from the licensing of plumbers and any other income the board may receive under this act...
Section 338.3549 Plumbing Inspector; Prohibited Conduct.
An individual licensed under this act employed or acting as a plumbing inspector shall not engage in, or be directly or indirectly connected with,...
Section 338.3551 Plumbing Permits; Issuance By State Or Governmental Subdivision.
(1) A governmental subdivision may not exempt itself from the licensing requirements of this act and may not engage in or require local licensing....
Section 338.3553 Investigations; Hearings; Board Action; Grounds; Prohibited Activity.
(1) The department may investigate the activities of a person licensed or registered under this act that are related to the person's licensure or...
Section 338.3555 Violation Of Asbestos Abatement Contractors Licensing Act.
The board shall review the license of a person upon notice by the department that the person has violated the asbestos abatement contractors licensing...
Section 338.3557 Sanctions.
(1) After finding the existence of a violation described in section 43 and after an opportunity for a hearing, the board, except as otherwise...
Section 338.3559 Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty.
A person licensed or registered under this act who commits a violation of this act, or a person not licensed or registered under this...
Section 338.3561 Enforcement Action.
The attorney general, a local prosecuting attorney, or an attorney representing a governmental subdivision may initiate an action to enforce this act or rules...
Section 338.3563 Provision In Conflict With Stille-derossett-hale Single State Construction Code Act.
Any provision of this act which is inconsistent or in conflict with the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act is superseded by that act...
Section 338.3565 References To Other Acts.
(1) Any proceedings pending before the plumbing board under the authority of former 1929 PA 266 shall be continued and be conducted and determined...
Section 338.3567 Liability.
This act shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person owning, operating, controlling, or installing plumbing...
Section 338.3569 Repeal Of Mcl 338.901 To 338.917 And 338.951 To 338.965.
The following acts are repealed: (a) 1929 PA 266, MCL 338.901 to 338.917. (b) 1901 PA 222, MCL 338.951 to 338.965. History: 2002, Act...

Last modified: October 10, 2016