# Title 62 — Plumbing, Board of

## Article 62-02 — Licensure

## Chapter 62-02-03 — Sewer and Water Contractor and Installer Licensure

### § 62-02-03-01. Application for sewer and water installer or contractor license.

No applicant is entitled to take the examination for either the sewer and water contractor or sewer
and water installer's certificate and license unless and until the applicant furnishes to the board proof
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. If the
applicant fails to appear for examination, the application will expire after a period of six months from
date of verification of the application. The board will consider the following as sufficient practical
experience.
1. A one-year term of practical experience is defined as one thousand seven hundred hours.
2. Graduates of a plumbing course of an accredited trade school having at least a nine-month
(one thousand twenty hours) course in plumbing shall satisfy the apprentice requirements and
be eligible to make application for a sewer and water installer's examination and license.
3. Apprentice plumbers registered with this state and having two years' experience are eligible to
make application for a sewer and water installers examination and license. A one-year term of
apprenticeship is defined as not less than one thousand seven hundred hours.
History: Effective September 1, 1987.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02(2)
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-02(3)
### § 62-02-03-02. Examination fee for each examination.

An applicant for examination is entitled to one examination only for each examination fee paid.
History: Effective September 1, 1987.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-08
### § 62-02-03-03. Reexamination of apprentice sewer and water installer.

An apprentice sewer and water installer who has written and failed the sewer and water installer's
examination must rewrite the examination at the end of a three-month period. During the three-month
period the sewer and water installer apprentice may work under the direct supervision of a licensed
sewer and water installer.
History: Effective September 1, 1987.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-04

### § 62-02-03-04. Renewal of expired license.

Any person may renew his license without examination if renewal occurs within one year following
expiration. The board shall require that a holder of a license which has been expired for one year or
more submit to a new examination.
History: Effective September 1, 1987.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-09
### § 62-02-03-05. Renewal of sewer and water contractor and installer certificate and license.

The holder of a sewer and water contractor's certificate and license may renew the sewer and
water installer's certificate and license upon payment of the installer's renewal fee and during the same
year may reinstate the holder's contractor's certificate and license upon payment of the difference
between the installer and contractor renewal fee.
History: Effective January 1, 1992.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-09
### § 62-02-03-06. License renewal.

A certificate and license issued under the provisions of this chapter is valid for not more than one
year, beginning the first day of July and expiring on the thirtieth day of June of the following year.
History: Effective February 1, 1996.
General Authority: NDCC 43-18.2-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-18.2-09
