[Added 12-20-1995 by Ord. No. 379]
The purpose of the Council is to standardize the technical qualifications of persons to be certified as master and journey person plumbers by establishing and administering a required regional examination. This will provide uniformity in the licensing process and will result in reciprocal recognition of licensees between participating municipalities. The Council also provides an appeals process for all questions relating to the examinations and to resolve any and all disputes arising out of claims that the municipality has failed to abide by their agreement with the Council.
A. 
A master plumber applicant who has successfully met the training, experience and proficiency requirements established by the Council will be issued a certificate stating such. This certificate will be valid for a period of not more than five years from its issue date. Upon presenting this certificate to the Parkside Borough Plumbing Inspector, and as long as all other provisions of the Plumbing Code and Contractor Registration Code have been met, the Plumbing Inspector will issue a Borough plumbing license.
B. 
The examinations for master plumber and journey person plumber certification will be administered by the Regional Examination Board. The Borough of Parkside shall have no other examining board. Applications for the examinations shall be available from the Parkside Borough Plumbing Inspector.
C. 
The Borough of Parkside will accept and abide by the decisions of the Regional Examination Board and the Regional Board of Appeals.
D. 
The experience requirements for examination eligibility shall be as follows:
(1) 
Master plumber. No person shall be qualified to take the master plumber's certification examination without having been a registered Apprentice Plumber for at least 48 months and a licensed journey person plumber for at least 12 months or has been a licensed journey person plumber for at least 60 months.
(2) 
Journey person plumber. No person shall be qualified to take the journey person plumber's certification examination without having been a registered apprentice plumber for at least 48 months.
The Borough of Parkside may withdraw from participation in the agreement by giving notice to the Plumbing Council and to all of the other participating municipalities of its intention to do so. Upon transmission of such notice and its receipt by the Plumbing Council and the other participating municipalities, the other municipalities are relieved of any duty or obligation under the Code of the Borough of Parkside. The action of withdraw shall in no way act to revoke any master or journey person license issued by the Borough of Parkside or licenses reciprocally issued in any other participating municipality prior to the time of withdrawal. Further, until such time as notice of withdrawal is given, the Borough of Parkside shall not refuse to issue a license to any person who has otherwise been certified for a license under the terms set forth by the Plumbing Council.
The Council of the Borough of Parkside shall appoint one representative and one alternate to represent them on the Regional Examination Board, all of whom shall be duly qualified master plumbers. The Borough of Parkside shall be represented by the principal member only, and the alternate may act only in the absence of said principle representative. These appointments shall be made by resolution and shall be for a term of four years.
The Council of the Borough of Parkside shall appoint one representative to the Regional Board of Appeals who shall be that person who is designated by the Plumbing Code to administer said Code. This appointment shall be made by resolution and shall be for a term of two years.
A separate fee shall be paid for the master plumber and journey person plumber examinations. These fees shall be set and collected by the Plumbing Council. All fees shall be placed in a fund to be held by the Plumbing Council to cover properly payable expenses required in carrying out the terms of the agreement. The applicants for examination are required to pay all fees imposed by the Plumbing Council.