Ch. 546

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     "Provide plumbing services" includes installing, repairing, servicing, and
replacing gas piping, gas utilization equipment, and associated accessories.

(3) Except for the first connection to a potable water supply that is
downstream of a backflow preventer and the final connection that discharges indirectly
into a public or private disposal system, sanitary drainage facility, or storm drainage
facility, "providing plumbing services" does not include using piping, equipment, or
material only for:

(i) environmental control;

(ii) the incorporation of a liquid or gas into a product or into a process,
including product development, in the manufacture or storage of a product;

(iii) the installation, alteration, repair, or removal of an automatic
sprinkler system, related apparatus, or standpipe that is used only for fire protection; of

(iv) an overhead or underground fire-line beginning from where water
is used only for fire protection,

(4)     "PROVIDE PLUMBING SERVICES" DOES NOT INCLUDE PROVIDING
BACKFLOW PREVENTION SERVICES.

12-301.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed
by the Board to provide plumbing services before the individual may provide plumbing
services in the State.                                                                       

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed
by the Board to provide or to assist in providing plumbing services before the individual
may assist in providing plumbing services in the State.

(3) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, AN INDIVIDUAL
SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD TO PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
SERVICES BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL MAY PROVIDE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
SERVICES IN THIS STATE.

(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section does not apply to
an individual who personally provides plumbing services in the residence of the
individual.

            (2) An individual may not provide plumbing services that make a final

connection between the residence of the individual and a public or private disposal
system or water supply system.

(c) This section does not apply to an employee of a gas company regulated by the
Public Service Commission while making a connection to a gas appliance for domestic
purposes

(d) This section does not apply to an individual performing work that is only
incidental to the licensed providing of assisting in providing plumbing services.

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