Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 222 - Plumbing Board
Chapter 4716 - PLUMBER LICENSING AND APPRENTICE REGISTRATION
Part 4716.0040 - EXPIRATION OF LICENSES

Subpart 1. Issuance and expiration.

Initial and renewal journeyman and master plumber's licenses, and renewal restricted journeyman and restricted master plumber's licenses, shall be issued for the calendar year for which application is made and shall expire on December 31 of such year. Any journeyman plumber, master plumber, restricted journeyman plumber, or restricted master plumber who submits a renewal application after December 31 shall not work as a plumber until the person has submitted an application, fee, and penalty fee. Any licensed journeyman or master plumber who does not renew the license within two years is no longer eligible for renewal. The person must retake and pass the examination before a new license will be issued. Any licensed restricted journeyman or restricted master plumber who does not renew the license within 12 months will permanently forfeit the restricted license.

Subp. 2. License renewals.

Applications for license renewal must be submitted to the commissioner on forms prepared by the commissioner no later than December 31 of the year preceding the year for which application is made. The application must be accompanied by the required fee. Journeyman and master plumbers who submit their license renewal applications after expiration of their license but within two years after expiration of the previously issued license must pay all past due renewal fees plus the required late fee. Restricted journeyman and restricted master plumbers who submit their license renewal applications after expiration of their license but within 12 months after expiration of the previously issued license must pay the past due renewal fee plus the required late fee.