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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

sanitary district or on premises connected to the
commission's system].

(2)  TO QUALIFY FOR A SEWER CLEANER'S LICENSE, A
PERSON NEED NOT BE A MASTER PLUMBER, BUT THE LICENSE FOR
SEWER CLEANING DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE LICENSEE TO ENGAGE IN
THE PLUMBING BUSINESS UNLESS THE LICENSEE IS OTHERWISE
QUALIFIED AND HAS THE LICENSE REQUIRED OF PLUMBERS.

(3)  The [commission] WSSC:

(I)   [shall] SHALL require that PERSONS
OTHER THAN A LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER [any person, firm or
corporation] engaged in or [holding himself or itself]
REPRESENTING THEMSELVES out to the public as engaged in
sewer cleaning [within the sanitary district or on premises
connected to the commission's sanitary sewerage system,] IN
SANITARY SEWER LINES, PIPES, AND FIXTURES be licensed by the
[commission] WSSC[, and];

(II)   [may] MAY require a bond of the
licensee to insure compliance with and adherence to the
rules and regulations adopted by the [commission] WSSC[.];

(III)   [The commission may] MAY prescribe
qualifications and examine applicants concerning their
competency and qualifications for a license [hereunder]
UNDER THIS SECTION[,]; and

(IV)   [may] MAY require a reasonable     fee
for the [license] ISSUANCE and renewals [thereof] OF
LICENSES in an amount not more than one-half of the     fee
charged for a master plumber's license.

[In order to qualify for a sewer cleaner's license, a
person need not be a master plumber, but the license for
sewer cleaning shall not permit or authorize any
installation, maintenance, extension, removal, or alteration
of any pipe, sanitary fixture, or other sewer apparatus, nor
shall a license for sewer cleaning authorize the licensee to
engage in the plumbing business unless he be otherwise
qualified and possess the license required of plumbers. No
further license shall be required of a master plumber,
however, to engage in sewer cleaning activities. No person,
firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of sewer
cleaning of sewer pipes or appurtenances thereof connected
to the commission's sanitary sewerage system unless he or it
first obtains a license from the commission, but this
provision shall not apply to nor prohibit the cleaning by
any person, firm or corporation of a sewer or sanitary
fixture of any dwelling, commercial or industrial
establishment, or premise owned or operated by it or him;
provided, however, that no test or other demonstration of
qualification shall be required of any person who is engaged
in the sewer cleaning business on June 1, 1961, and who has