SECTION 158:30-1-2. Definitions

  The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Plumbing License Law of 1955 as found at 59 O.S. § 1001, et seq., as amended.

"Administrator" means the Administrator of the Board as described in the Construction Industries Board Act found at 59 O.S. § 1000.1, et seq.

"Applicant" means any person applying for an examination, for a license or registration, for continuing education approval, for review of plans and specifications or for a plumbing code variance from the standard of installation as described in OAC 158:30-1-4 by the Construction Industries Board under the Act.

"Apprentice" or "Plumber's Apprentice" means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older who, as the principle occupation of the person, is registered pursuant to OAC 158:30-5-1(a) and engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor.

"Board" means the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board.

"Bonds and Insurance Unit" means the consolidated unit that processes bonds and insurance under the direction of the Construction Industries Board.

"Cheating" means any unapproved deviation from any official instruction given before, during or after a license examination, for the purpose of affecting or influencing the examination results or otherwise providing an undue advantage to any examinee.

"Committee" means the Committee of Plumbing Examiners.

"Contracting" means engaging or offering to engage in, on behalf of oneself or on behalf of another, any plumbing work which requires a valid and appropriate license from the Construction Industries Board as required by the Plumbing License Law of 1955, regardless if said work is in exchange for monetary payment or otherwise.

"Credit Hour" or "Hour" means at least fifty (50) minutes of classroom instruction with a ten (10) minute break.

"Direct supervision" means the on-the-job physical presence by the supervisor who must be in the work area where the plumbing work is being performed and who also must be a licensed plumbing contractor or plumbing journeyman in the appropriate category for any plumbing work supervised.

"Farm Operations"

(A)   For purposes of the Plumbing License Law, "farm" means land devoted primarily to production for sale of livestock or agricultural commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support.

(B)   For purposes of the Plumbing License Law, "farm building" means all homes (i.e., domiciles, residences), or buildings therewith designed and used primarily for and in conjunction with conducting farming operations, provided that said buildings are not connected to a public water and/or sewage system. A "farm building" shall not include other structures such as stores, service stations, schools, motels, or any other building having public access, whether connected to private or public water or sewer systems.

"Hearing Board" means the Plumbing Hearing Board.

"Maintenance of state owned or operated facilities" means maintenance of state institutions and school districts and will be construed as all repair and/or upkeep of existing plumbing or plumbing fixtures within existing state owned buildings or local school district owned buildings. This term shall not include the installation of plumbing in a new building or new additions to existing structures or replacement of plumbing systems in existing buildings.

"Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" or "OUBCC" means the state agency created under 59 O.S. § 1000.20, et seq., and authorized to adopt all building codes and standards for residential and commercial construction to be used as minimum standards by all entities within this State.

"Plumbing" means and includes:

(A)   all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply of water within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the connection with a water main or other source of supply;

(B)   all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, including venting systems for such facilities, within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the connection with a public disposal system or other acceptable terminal;

(C)   the installation, repair, maintenance and renovation of all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water, or for the disposal of waste water, liquid waste, or sewage within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the source of supply of water or point of disposal of wastes;

(D)   the original installation of a water softener but not the exchanging of the units whereby only unions are disturbed in the replacement;

(E)   the installation of water services and building sewers; and

(F)   sewer cleaning-house sewer maintenance.

"Plumbing License Unit" means the staff and administrative support unit to the Committee of Plumbing Examiners and the Plumbing Hearing Board.

"Property of Residence" means permanently constructed residential property that is an existing single-family dwelling occupied by the individual owner as a primary dwelling where the individual owner's habitation is fixed.

"Reciprocity agreement" means an agreement whereby a person holding a plumber's license or registration who is licensed in another state with substantially similar or greater licensure requirements may be licensed in this State after payment of a fee for licensing by reciprocity.

"Variance" means the use of an alternative material or method of construction from that prescribed in the standard of installation as described in OAC 158:30-1-4 for use at a particular location or project specified in the variance application; and

"Variance and Appeals Board" means the Oklahoma State Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.

"Verifiable Experience" means plumbing experience, for which one (1) year of verifiable experience equals two thousand (2000) hours, may be obtained while employed by a licensed plumbing contractor, or by other means approved by the Committee of Plumbing Examiners including equivalent experience earned while serving in the military.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 721, eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1264, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2652, eff 7-26-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1213, eff 5-25-06; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1533, eff 7-11-13; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 899, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1616, eff 9-11-15; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 873, eff 10-1-17; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1406, eff 10-1-19; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1048, eff 10-1-20]