Any registered Master Plumber who shall retire
from or discontinue doing plumbing and/or drainage business in the
city shall surrender to the Examining Board of Plumbers his certificate
of registration and metal sign and he shall not thereafter engage
in such trade or business unless he shall again register in accordance
herewith.
All certificates and registration of Master
Plumbers at present in force are hereby continued and shall be renewable
under the provisions of this code.
No Master Plumber shall allow his name to be
used by any person, directly or indirectly, either to obtain a permit
or to do any work under his certificate of competency and registration.
The Plumbing Inspector shall investigate the
registration and license of every Master Plumber and shall promptly
report to the Examining Board of Plumbers any violation of the provisions
of law relating to the loaning, renting, selling or transferring of
certificates or license plates, and the Plumbing Inspector shall immediately
apply to the Examining Board of Plumbers for the forfeiture of the
license and certificate of registration of any Master Plumber who
shall have loaned, rented, sold or transferred such certificate, plate
or sign in violation of law, and the Plumbing Inspector shall summon
and have prosecuted such offender for a misdemeanor as provided by
law.
A registration may be canceled by the Examining
Board of Plumbers for violation of any of the plumbing rules and regulations
upon conviction thereof before the Examining Board of Plumbers. The
alleged violator shall be given at least 10 days' notice in writing
of such hearing, which notice shall also state the time, place and
grounds of the complaint in sufficient detail to inform the alleged
violator of the charge or charges he may be called upon to meet at
such hearing.
When a Master Plumber has been refused the current
year license, he may appeal to the Ulster County Department of Health
and the Board of Examining Plumbers, who shall jointly hear and determine
such appeal.
No renewal license shall be issued by the Examining
Board of Plumbers to any Master Plumber who has been convicted of
willfully violating any of the provisions of this code.
[Amended 12-22-2020, approved 1-5-2021]
Every Master Plumber, before entering upon such
business or calling, shall execute and file a bond in the office of
the City Clerk in the sum of $10,000 with one or more sureties, and
which bond shall cover the provisions of the preceding section, and
shall be approved by the Mayor as to the sufficiency of the sureties
and by the Corporation Counsel as to its form. The bond in the amount
specified shall be submitted to the City Clerk no later than December
20 each year. Bonds not filed with the City Clerk by December 31 will
render the Master Plumbing license inactive for one year after the
applicant pays the renewal fee of $300.
Effective January 1, 1968, the Examining Board
of Plumbers will hold meetings on the third Wednesday of January,
March, June and October. Special meetings can be called at any time
the President deems necessary.