Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 222 - Plumbing Board
Chapter 4716 - PLUMBER LICENSING AND APPRENTICE REGISTRATION
Part 4716.0020 - EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF PLUMBERS
Universal Citation: MN Rules 4716.0020
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. Examinations.
An applicant for a plumber's license, other than a restricted journeyman or restricted master plumber license, must satisfactorily pass an examination given by the commissioner. Examinations for journeyman and master plumber licenses shall be held in March and September of each year. Applications for the March examination must be filed not later than February 15 and for the September examination not later than August 15.
A. An applicant for the master plumber
examination must have:
(1) a current Minnesota
journeyman plumber license and five years of practical plumbing
experience;
(2) a current master
plumber license from another state where the requirements of the licensing
jurisdiction are equivalent to those of Minnesota, as determined by the
commissioner; or
(3) a current
Minnesota restricted master plumber license and five years of verifiable
experience in business as a plumbing contractor in Minnesota.
B. An applicant for the journeyman
examination:
(1) must be registered as a
plumber's apprentice in Minnesota and must have at least four years of
practical plumbing experience, as specified in subpart
2, item F;
(2) must have a current Minnesota restricted
journeyman plumber license or restricted master plumber license and at least
two years of practical plumbing experience gained while holding the restricted
plumber license, as specified in subpart
2, item E; or
(3) must hold a current plumber's license
from another state where the licensing jurisdiction requires at least four
years of practical plumbing experience and an examination to qualify for
licensure.
Subp. 2. Experience.
This subpart applies to all practical plumbing experience described in subpart 1.
A. One year of practical plumbing experience
consists of at least 1,750 hours.
B. The 1,750 hours necessary to gain one year
of practical plumbing experience may be worked in more than one 12-month
period; however, not more than 1,750 hours shall be credited for one calendar
year.
C. Not more than two years of
the practical plumbing experience from a state other than Minnesota shall be
credited unless the applicant first obtains a plumber's license in the other
state.
D. The applicant is
responsible for verifying practical plumbing experience. The commissioner may
require work records, time cards, pay records, or other documentation necessary
to evaluate practical plumbing experience. The commissioner shall make the
final determination about the adequacy and acceptability of an applicant's
practical plumbing experience.
E.
If the applicant is a licensed restricted journeyman plumber or a licensed
restricted master plumber subitems (1) to (3) apply.
(1) The practical plumbing experience must
include at least the following number of hours in the plumbing aspects
specified in units (a) to (c). The remaining required hours of practical
plumbing experience may be in any aspect of plumbing work included in the
definition of plumbing in part
4715.0100; however, the applicant
must include in the application the type of work and corresponding number of
hours:
(a) water distribution system
installation, 1,000 hours;
(b)
drain, waste, and vent system installation, 1,000 hours; and
(c) fixture installation, 500
hours.
(2) The applicant
must have been a licensed restricted journeyman or a licensed restricted master
plumber at all times while obtaining the practical plumbing
experience.
(3) The applicant must
have completed the entire two years of practical plumbing experience within the
four years before the applicant takes the examination.
F. If the applicant is a registered plumber's
apprentice subitems (1) to (3) apply.
(1) The
practical plumbing experience must include at least the following number of
hours in the plumbing aspects specified in units (a) to (c). The remaining
required hours of practical plumbing experience may be in any aspect of
plumbing work included in the definition of plumbing in part
4715.0100; however, the applicant
must include in the application the type of work and corresponding number of
hours:
(a) water distribution system
installation, 2,000 hours;
(b)
drain, waste, and vent system installation, 2,000 hours; and
(c) fixture installation, 1,000
hours.
(2) Except for
experience qualifying under subitem (3), the applicant must have been a
registered plumber's apprentice at all times while obtaining the practical
plumbing experience.
(3) Up to 24
months of practical plumbing experience gained before the effective date of the
applicant's initial registration as a plumber's apprentice will be credited if
the applicant gained some of the experience during the 12-month period
immediately prior to the effective date of the applicant's initial registration
and if:
(a) the applicant gained the plumbing
experience during military service, and the applicant's military officer
certifies the experience;
(b) the
applicant gained the plumbing experience as part of a plumbing education class
approved by the commissioner, and an authorized representative of the
educational institution certifies the experience; or
(c) the applicant gained the plumbing
experience as a plumber's apprentice in another state where the experience is
verified by a state agency in that state or by a federal agency.
G. Except as provided
in item F, subitem (3), all practical plumbing experience must be certified by
the licensed plumber or plumbing contractor who is responsible for the work
performed. A restricted master plumber cannot certify the restricted master
plumber's own experience. The employer of a journeyman plumber, restricted
master plumber, restricted journeyman plumber, or plumber's apprentice is
responsible for:
(1) recording the practical
plumbing experience worked by each such employee; and
(2) maintaining these records of practical
plumbing experience for at least six years after the employee's last recorded
experience.
Statutory Authority:MS s 326B.435
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