# Title 62 — Plumbing, Board of

## Article 62-02 — Licensure

## Chapter 62-02-02 — Water Conditioning Contractor and Installer Licensure

### § 62-02-02-01. Application for water conditioning installer or contractor license.

No applicant shall be entitled to take the examination for either the water conditioning contractor or
water conditioning installer's certificate and license unless and until the applicant furnishes to the board
satisfactory evidence that the applicant possesses sufficient practical experience to enable the
applicant to perform satisfactorily the duties of the classification for which the applicant has made
application.
1. Applicants for a water conditioning installer's examination and license shall have had one
year's experience as an apprentice water conditioning installer under a licensed water
conditioning contractor. A one-year term of apprenticeship is defined as not less than one
thousand nine hundred hours.
2. Applicants who are water conditioning installers in other states who desire to work in this state
in localities where a state water conditioning installer's license is required may make
application for a water conditioning installer's examination and license. Proof of such water
conditioning installer's license from another state shall be vouched for as provided on the
application blank furnished by the plumbing board.
3. Graduates of the plumbing course of an accredited trade school having at least a nine-month
(one thousand twenty hours) course in plumbing shall be eligible to make application for a
water conditioning installer's examination and license.
4. All applicants for a water conditioning contractor's license must be twenty-one years of age
and must have had one year's (one thousand nine hundred hours) experience as a water
conditioning installer licensed by the state of North Dakota or any other state that has a state
licensing law. Proof of such water conditioning installer's license from another state shall be
vouched for as provided on the application blank furnished by the plumbing board.
5. Applicants who are water conditioning contractors in other states who desire to work in this
state in localities where a state water conditioning contractor's license is required may make
application for a water conditioning contractor's examination and license. Proof of such water
conditioning contractor's license from another state shall be vouched for as provided on the
application blank furnished by the plumbing board.
6. All applications will expire and be canceled after a period of six months from date of approval
if the applicant fails to appear for examination within the six-month period.
History: Amended effective October 1, 1989.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04

### § 62-02-02-02. Examination fee for each examination.

An applicant for examination shall be entitled to one examination only for each examination fee
paid.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
### § 62-02-02-03. Examination subjects and passing grades.

Examination for applicants desiring to become registered and licensed water conditioning
contractors or water conditioning installers shall consist of answering questions pertaining to the basic
principles of the code and questions which are based upon the code. The questions for water
conditioning contractors and water conditioning installers need not be the same. The passing grade for
a water conditioning contractor shall be eighty percent, and the water conditioning installer passing
grade shall be seventy percent.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
### § 62-02-02-04. Reexamination.

If an applicant failed to pass an examination, the applicant shall be denied the right to take another
examination until at least six months shall have passed from the date of the applicant's last
examination.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
### § 62-02-02-05. Reexamination of apprentice water conditioning installer.

An apprentice water conditioning installer who has written and failed the water conditioning
installer's examination must rewrite the examination at the end of the six-month period or work under
the direct supervision of a licensed water conditioning contractor or water conditioning installer.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
### § 62-02-02-06. Water conditioning contractor - Renewal of installer and contractor certificate.

The holder of a water conditioning contractor's certificate and license may renew the holder's water
conditioning installer's certificate and license upon payment of the twenty dollar fee and during the
same year may reinstate the holder's water conditioning contractor's certificate and license upon
payment of an additional twenty dollars.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-06
### § 62-02-02-07. Renewal of expired license.

No certificate and license need be renewed by the board later than one year subsequent to its
expiration. The board may, in its discretion, require that a holder of a license which has been expired for
one year or more submit to a new examination.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-06

### § 62-02-02-08. Issuance of water conditioning installer's certificate and license.

The board issues a person a water conditioning installer's certificate and license upon and with the
understanding that the holder thereof shall not engage in the business of installing water conditioners
unless at all times a registered and licensed water conditioning contractor, who is responsible for the
proper installation of the water conditioners, is in charge of such work.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-04
### § 62-02-02-09. Report of water conditioning equipment installation.

It shall be the duty of water conditioning contractors to report to the plumbing board office all
installations of water conditioning equipment in localities that do not enforce a permit and inspection
program for the installation of water conditioning equipment.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.1-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.1-03
