§ 5-20-8 Practices for which master's
license required. –
No person shall engage in this state in the business of plumbing as a master
plumber, or irrigation as a master irrigator, or as an employer of a
journeyperson plumber or journeyperson irrigator, or plumber's apprentice, or
apprentice irrigator, or enter into contracts or agreements for the
installation, maintenance, or repair of plumbing or irrigation systems or
perform any of the acts specified in this chapter for performance by a master
plumber, or master irrigator, or advertise or represent in any form or manner
that they are a master plumber or master irrigator, or that they will install
plumbing, or irrigation systems, unless that person possesses a certificate of
license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training
specifying that person as a master plumber or master irrigator. That person
shall carry the certificate on their person at all times while so engaged, and
shall affix their plumber's license number or master irrigator's license number
to any contract they execute or bid filed with any person for their
professional services and to any applicable permit required for the performance
of those services.
(P.L. 1945, ch. 1661, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 5-20-8; R.P.L. 1957, ch. 116,
§ 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 172, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 149, § 2; P.L.
1999, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 214, § 2.)