New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Saf - Department of Safety
Subtitle Saf-Mec - Mechanical Licensing Board, Department of Safety, Division of Fire Safety
Chapter Saf-Mec 300 - INITIAL FUEL GAS FITTING LICENSING, PLUMBING LICENSING, FUEL GAS TRAINEE LICENSES, PLUMBING APPRENTICE LICENSES, AND BUSINESS ENTITY LICENSING
- Part Saf-Mec 301 - DEFINITIONS
- Part Saf-Mec 302 - GENERAL LICENSING RULES
- Part Saf-Mec 303 - EXCEPTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS
- Part Saf-Mec 304 - LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- Part Saf-Mec 305 - ELIGIBILITY AND EXAMINATION FOR PLUMBING, FUEL GAS FITTING, DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, AND HEARTH LICENSURE
- Part Saf-Mec 306 - PLUMBING APPRENTICES AND FUEL GAS TRAINEES
- Part Saf-Mec 307 - MECHANICAL BUSINESS ENTITIES
- Part Saf-Mec 308 - APPROVAL OF TRAINING AND TESTING PROGRAMS FOR LICENSURE
- Appendix - APPENDIX
REVISION NOTE:
Chapter Saf-Mec 300 titled "Initial Fuel Gas Fitting Licensing, Plumbing Licensing, Fuel Gas Trainee Registration, Plumbing Apprentice Registration, and Business Entity Licensing" was originally adopted as an emergency rule by Document #10648, effective 7-25-14. Chapter Saf-Mec 300 was readopted as an interim rule by Document #10761, effective 1-21-15, and subsequently readopted with amendment as a regular rule by Document #10847, effective 7-1-15.
Pursuant to 2021, 91:82, effective 7-1-21, which amended RSA 153:27-a, the Mechanical Licensing Board was transferred from being a unit within the Division of Fire Safety of the Department of Safety to a unit within the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC). The Board still had its own rulemaking authority under RSA 153:28, RSA 153:29, and RSA 153:29-a to adopt rules, but with the approval of the Commissioner of the Department of Safety. Pursuant to 2022, 314:21-23 and 25, effective 7-1-22, the Board still has its own rulemaking authority under RSA 153:28, RSA 153:29, and RSA 153:29-a to adopt rules but with the approval of the Executive Director of the OPLC. The existing rules of the Board were numbered with the rule prefix subtitle "Saf-Mec", but all rules would eventually be renumbered with the rule prefix title "Mec" to indicate the transfer of the Board from the Department of Safety.
Document #13770, effective 12-10-23, adopted, readopted with amendment and renumbered, or repealed various existing rules in Chapter Saf-C 300, including changing the prefix from "Saf-Mec" to "Mec" and changing the chapter heading to "Initial Fuel Gas Fitting Licensing, Plumbing Licensing, Fuel Gas Trainee Licenses, Plumbing Apprentice Licenses, and Business Entity Licensing." The former prefix and, as applicable, the former numeral of the rules in Chapter Saf-Mec 300 are indicated in the source notes of the rules.
Document #13770 readopted with amendment and renumbered Part Saf-Mec 301 titled "Definitions" as Part Mec 301. Most of the definitions were deleted but were also located in Part Mec 102 titled "Definitions" in Chapter Mec 100 titled "Organizational Rules". The definition in Saf-Mec 301.21 of "apprentice plumber registration license and fuel gas fitting trainee registration license", which had been adopted in Document #10847, effective 7-1-15, was deleted entirely. The source notes of the definitions remaining in Part Mec 301 indicate the former prefix and the former numeral of the rule in Part Saf-Mec 301.
Document #13770 replaced all prior filings affecting definitions in the former Part Saf-Mec 301. The prior filings affecting the deleted rules include the following documents:
#10648, EMERGENCY RULE, eff 7-25-14
#10761, INTERIM, eff 1-21-15
#10847, eff 7-1-15
Document #13770 repealed the definition of "board' in Saf-Mec 303.02 in Part Saf-Mec 303 titled "Exceptions and Notifications", and deleted rule Saf-Mec 306.03 titled "Initial Apprentice Registration Licenses" and rule Saf-Mec 306.04 titled "Initial Trainee Registration Licenses" in Part Saf-Mec 306 titled "Plumbing Apprentices and Fuel Gas Trainees", which necessitated the renumbering of other rules now in Part Mec 303 and Part Mec 306 The prior filings affecting these deleted rules included the following documents:
#10648, EMERGENCY RULE, eff 7-25-14
#10761, INTERIM, eff 1-21-15
#10847, eff 7-1-15
Document #13770 also adopted Mec 303.10 titled "Gas Fitting Exception for Licensed Electricians."
The other existing rules in Chapter Saf-Mec 300 which were not in Document #13770 were subsequently renumbered with the rule prefix title "Mec" as editorial changes during the process pursuant to RSA 541-A:15, I of preparing the rules in Document #13770 for certification by the Board. The former rule numbers in Chapter Saf-Mec 300 are indicated in the source notes.