New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 32 - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MASTER PLUMBERS
Subchapter 4 - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13:32-4.1 - Requirement of pressure seal; penalties for misuse; return of pressure seal

(a) At the time of the issuance of the license to a licensed master plumber, the Board shall authorize the vendor that issues pressure seals to furnish a pressure seal to the licensed master plumber. After the Board has informed an applicant that he or she has passed the licensing examination, the applicant shall submit to the Board the initial pressure seal fee pursuant to 13:32-5.1. The pressure seal shall remain the property of the Board and shall be returned to the Board as provided in (e) below.

(b) The seal shall be used exclusively by the licensed master plumber in the conduct of the plumbing business practice. The licensed master plumber shall impress the seal upon all applications for plumbing permits.

(c) Use of a seal by any person other than the State licensed master plumber to whom it was issued or the securing of a plumbing permit for an unlicensed person shall be deemed to be the use or employment of dishonesty, fraud, deception, misrepresentation or false pretense. Such conduct may be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license of an unauthorized user if he or she is already licensed by the Board. With respect to an unlicensed user, such conduct shall be grounds for the refusal to issue a State license at any point in the future. Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude a bona fide representative from securing a plumbing permit for the plumbing contractor he or she represents.

(d) A licensed master plumber who willfully or negligently allows an unlicensed or unauthorized person to use his or her seal shall be subject to such penalties and sanctions as shall be imposed by the Board pursuant to authority granted by 45:14C-1 and 45:1-14 et seq.

(e) A licensed master plumber who has been suspended for failure to renew the license in accordance with 13:32-2.6 or who has had his or her license suspended or revoked for any reason shall return the pressure seal to the Board within 30 days of the suspension, revocation or lapse of license.

(f) A licensed master plumber who no longer possesses a pressure seal due to theft, loss or other cause, shall replace the seal by submitting to the Board a notarized letter detailing why the licensed master plumber no longer possesses the pressure seal. The licensed master plumber shall submit to the Board the replacement pressure seal fee pursuant to 13:32-5.1. The replacement pressure seal shall remain the property of the Board and shall be returned to the Board as provided in (e) above.