MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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(A)        IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO HOLD HIMSELF

OUT AS A "MASTER PLUMBER", "MASTER PLUMBER GASFITTER",
"REGISTERED PLUMBER", OR "REGISTERED PLUMBER GASFITTER",
UNLESS THE PERSON IS LICENSED AS A MASTER PLUMBER OR
MASTER PLUMBER-GASFITTER AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE.

(B) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY FIRM OR CORPORATION TO

HOLD ITSELF OUT AS A "MASTER PLUMBER", "RASTER
PLUMBER-GASFITTER", "REGISTERED PLUMBER", OR "REGISTERED
PLUMBER-GASFITTER" FIRM OR CORPORATION, UNLESS ALL OF THE
PLUMBING OR GASFITTING WORK PERFORMED IS PERFORMED BY A
PERSON WHO IS LICENSED AS A MASTER PLUMBER OR MASTER
PLUMBER-GASFITTER AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE. ANY SUCH
ADVERTISEMENT SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO IS
THE MASTER PLUMBER OR MASTER PLUMBER-GASFITTER.

335.

THE SECRETARY OF LICENSING AND REGULATION SHALL
PROMULGATE UP-TO-DATE PLUMBING REGULATIONS BASED ON THE
PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION AND SAFETY THROUGH
PROPERLY DESIGNED, ACCEPTABLY INSTALLED, AND ADEQUATELY
MAINTAINED PLUMBING SYSTEMS. THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
MAY ENACT AND ENFORCE PLUMBING REGULATIONS WHICH MEET OR
EXCEED THE MINIMUM STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE
SECRETARY.        IF THE SUBDIVISIONS DO NOT ENACT AND ENFORCE

THESE REGULATIONS, THE STATE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
PRACTICAL PLUMBING SHALL ENFORCE THE STATE REGULATIONS.
THE BOARD MAY AMEND THE REGULATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS
THE NEED ARISES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY.

336.

(A)         ANY PERSON LICENSED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 1976
BY ANY COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR OTHER LOCAL SUBDIVISION
AS A MASTER PLUMBER, MASTER GASFITTER,        JOURNEYMAN
PLUMBER, JOURNEYMAN GASFITTER, OR APPRENTICE SHALL BE
ISSUED AN EQUIVALENT LICENSE BY THE BOARD WITHOUT
EXAMINATION, IF APPLICATION IS MADE AND THE APPROPRIATE
FEE PAID WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER JULY 1, 1976.         ANY
PERSON LICENSED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 1976 BY THE BOARD AS
A MASTER OR JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
LICENSED AS A MASTER OR JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER-GASFITTER,
RESPECTIVELY, UNTIL MAY 1, 1977, AND THEREAFTER THE
PERSON MAY REVIEW HIS LICENSE AS A MASTER OR JOURNEYMAN
PLUMBER, RESPECTIVELY.

(B)         ANY PERSON WHO RESIDES AND PRACTICES PLUMBING
OR GASFITTING IN A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR OTHER LOCAL
SUBDIVISION WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A LICENSE TO PRACTICE
PLUMBING OR GASFITTING SHALL BE ISSUED A MASTER
PLUMBER-GASFITTER'S OR MASTER GASFITTER'S LICENSE WITHOUT
EXAMINATION, PROVIDED HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING AS SUCH FOR
SIX YEARS OR MORE AND APPLICATION IS MADE AND THE
APPROPRIATE FEE PAID WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER JULY 1,
1976. ANY PERSON WHO RESIDES AND PRACTICES PLUMBING OR
GASFITTING IN A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR OTHER LOCAL
SUBDIVISION WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A LICENSE TO PRACTICE