WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 3

(3)  A MASTER PLUMBER LICENSE ISSUED BY THE WASHINGTON
SUBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION; OR

(4)  A MASTER PLUMBER LICENSE ISSUED BY ANOTHER STATE,
IF THE INDIVIDUAL BECAME LICENSED IN THAT STATE AFTER PASSING AN
EXAMINATION THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE EXAMINATION FOR A MASTER
PLUMBER LICENSE GIVEN IN THIS STATE.

(B)   IN GENERAL.

TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE, AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

(C)  JOURNEY PLUMBER LICENSE.

(1)  AN APPLICANT FOR A JOURNEY PLUMBER LICENSE:

(I)  SHALL HAVE HELD, FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 4
YEARS, AN APPRENTICE PLUMBER LICENSE OR A LICENSE OF EQUAL
STATURE, AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, THAT IS ISSUED BY ANOTHER
STATE; AND

(II)  DURING THAT PERIOD, SHALL HAVE COMPLETED
AT LEAST 7,500 HOURS OF TRAINING IN PROVIDING PLUMBING SERVICES
UNDER THE DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF A LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER.

(2)  THE BOARD MAY ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO APPLY UP TO
1,500 HOURS OF ACCREDITED, APPROVED SCHOOL STUDY TOWARD THE
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH (1)(II) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(D)  MASTER PLUMBER LICENSE.

AN APPLICANT FOR A MASTER PLUMBER LICENSE:

(1)  SHALL HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST 3,750 HOURS OF
TRAINING IN PROVIDING PLUMBING SERVICES AS A JOURNEY PLUMBER
LICENSED IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE AND UNDER THE DIRECTION
AND CONTROL OF A LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER; AND

(2)  (I) IF AN APPLICANT RESIDES IN THIS STATE, SHALL
HAVE A JOURNEY PLUMBER LICENSE FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS; OR

(II) SHALL HAVE BEEN LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE
AS A JOURNEY PLUMBER AFTER:

1.  COMPLETING AT LEAST 7,500 HOURS OF
TRAINING IN PROVIDING PLUMBING SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION AND
CONTROL OF A LICENSED MASTER PLUMBER; AND

2.  PASSING A WRITTEN EXAMINATION THAT IS
EQUIVALENT TO THE EXAMINATION FOR A JOURNEY PLUMBER LICENSE GIVEN
IN THIS STATE.

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