Immediately upon the adoption of this chapter, the Board of Trustees shall appoint an Examining Board, consisting of three persons, for terms of three years, two years and one year, respectively, and thereafter one member of such Board shall be appointed annually for the full term of three years. They shall serve without compensation and shall have had at least 10 years' experience in the plumbing trade.
Said Examining Board shall have authority to adopt such rules and regulations governing the examination of master plumbers applying for licenses for the purpose of enforcing the requirements of this code.
[Amended 12-2-1987 by L.L. No. 11-1987]
No person shall hereafter engage in the business of plumbing, heating or ventilating within the Village of Saddle Rock until he shall obtain a certificate of competency from the Examining Board mentioned in § 118-6 of this Article or an appropriate plumbing license from the Town of North Hempstead.
A.
Persons applying for examination for certificates to engage in the business of master or employing plumber shall, before being examined, file with the Board an application on such forms as may be prescribed by the Board and shall furnish to the Board such information as it may require concerning the applicant's fitness and qualifications to receive a certificate as aforesaid. All applications must be under oath.
B.
The Board shall refuse to receive an application from any person who, at the time of making application, may be unlawfully engaged in business as a master or employing plumber.
C.
All applications shall expire and be canceled after a period of one year if the applicant does not appear for examination within that period.
A.
The examination of the Board may be in two parts; namely, a practical test to determine the applicant's skill as a journeyman and a written examination. The written examination shall consist of questions and the preparation of plans to determine the applicant's fitness and qualification to engage in the business of master or employing plumber.
B.
The time and place of holding examinations shall be in the discretion of the Board. Ample notice shall be given to the applicant.
C.
Persons who pass the tests as prescribed by the Board shall be eligible to receive a certificate of competency as master or employing plumber. Each applicant must pass an average of 75% in order to receive a certificate of competency.
D.
An applicant who fails in the practical test shall not be eligible for another test until the expiration of three months; should he fail in the second test, he will not be eligible for a third test until the expiration of six months; and, failing in the third test, he shall not be eligible for a fourth test until the expiration of one year. An applicant who fails in the written examination shall not be eligible for reexamination until the expiration of one month; should he fail in the second examination, he shall not be eligible for another examination until the end of three months; should he fail in the third examination, he shall not be eligible for another examination until the expiration of six months; and should he fail in the fourth examination, he shall not be eligible for another examination until the expiration of one year.
E.
Where an applicant is, at the time of making application, a duly licensed master or employing plumber in any other municipality in the State of New York, the Examining Board, upon receipt of evidence of said fact, may, in its discretion, authorize the issuance of a license to said applicant without examination, or, where written reciprocal agreements are made with other municipalities, the Board shall waive examination, provided that such applicant shall not already have been denied a license by this Board. The fee, however, in such cases shall be the same as those requiring examination by the examing Board of Plumbers.
Before issuing a certificate to engage in the business of master or employing plumber, the Board shall inquire into the applicant's fitness and qualifications for conducting such business and may require the applicant to submit under oath such evidence, in addition to the examination and tests hereinbefore provided, as will satisfy the Board that he is a person of good repute, character and responsibility and otherwise qualified to engage in business as a master or employing plumber. The term "master plumber," as used in this section, means a person, firm or corporation engaged, by contract or otherwise, in any other capacity than as employee to a duly licensed master plumber in the work of installing, setting up or putting together any plumbing fixtures, pipes or appurtenances of any kind which are connected or are to be connected with the sewage system of a building or in the work of connecting such plumbing fixtures, pipes or appurtenances with a sewage system.
A.
Each applicant for examination shall pay the sum of $5, and the further sum of $50 upon the issuance of a certificate to engage in the business of master or employing plumber. Where an applicant has paid the first $5 for examination and failed, for each subsequent examination he shall pay an amount, to be fixed by the Board, not to exceed $5.
B.
Registration.
(1)
All licensed or registered plumbers shall register in the month of July of each year, as all registration cards will expire on the 30th day of June in the year in which they have been issued. Such renewals shall be for one year. The fee for such registration shall be $5.
(2)
Failure of a licensed plumber to register in the month of July of each year shall be cause for revocation of his license and shall require a new application, and he shall be reexamined and pay the sum of $25 for such examination and registration.
In case a certificate of competency is lost by the holder thereof, the Board may issue a duplicate where such original certificate was issued during the term of office of all members of the Board in office when such duplicate certificate is requested. The charge for such duplicate certificate shall be $5. In other cases, the Board shall issue a certificate of record stating that the records of the office show that a certificate was issued to a specific person. The charges for such certificate of record shall be $2.
A license granted under the provisions of this section shall be in force until revoked by the Plumber's Examining Board after notice to the licensee that it proposes to revoke the license and a hearing in the matter, at which the licensee shall have an opportunity to appear and be heard in relation to such revocation.
A.
Violation of the requirements of this chapter or qualifications described in § 118-12 of this chapter shall be deemed grounds for revocation of a license.
B.
License restricted to individual. No master plumber shall directly or indirectly allow his license to be used in connection with work not acutally done by him under his supervision. Any violation of this provision shall be sufficient reason or cause for the revocation of any license given hereunder.
A.
Every master plumber shall file with the Board of Trustees, before beginning operations under his license, a surety company bond approved by said Board in the penal sum of $2,000, indemnifying and saving harmless the Village of Saddle Rock of and from all damages or claims for damage to a public sewer, to a highway or the surface thereof, to public property or private property or to any person arising from unlawful or negligent acts or omissions of said master plumber, his agents or employees or anyone operating under authority of his license.
B.
Said bond shall remain in full force and effect for the period of one year from its date unless sooner canceled by the Examining Board of Plumbers and shall be and remain as security for indemnity for damages as aforesaid during the time it is in force.
C.
All renewals of bonds shall be made for the period of July 1 to June 30 of each year, irrespective of issue.