[HISTORY: Art. I adopted as indicated in
text; Art. II adopted by the County Commissioners of Caroline County 9-30-1980. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-30-1980]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 147-2, Rules and regulations
established, was repealed 9-11-2012 by Bill No. 2012-6.
A.
All plumbing work, including all installations of
septic tanks, dry wells and the fields, shall be done only in conformity
with the standards, requirements and rules and regulations, as set
forth and hereinafter amended, of the State Board of Commissioners
of Practical Plumbing, the Maryland State Department of Licensing
and Regulation, the standards known as the "Maryland State Plumbing
Code," as well as those applicable laws and standards as set forth
by Article 56, § 444 et seq., of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
B.
The term "plumbing work" shall include all work, for
pay or otherwise, relating to the facilities or piping affecting or
which may affect water supply or sewage disposal installations, public
or private, except the establishment, maintenance and repair of public
water supply and sewage disposal installations.
[Amended 2-8-2005 by Bill No. 2005-2]
A.
Certificate or license requirments.
(1)
Appropriate certificates from the Maryland State Board
of Commissioners of Practical Plumbing and from the Caroline County
Plumbing Board shall be required in order to work at or advertise
the plumbing business or otherwise perform plumbing work in Caroline
County, and such certificates shall be exhibited and displayed upon
the demand of the Caroline County Plumbing Board or its assigned agent.
(2)
All such Caroline County certificates or licenses
shall expire on the last day of June not less than 13 months and no
more than 25 months next following the date of issuance.
(3)
The County Commissioners shall establish a schedule
of fees and a collection procedure for licenses, late renewals and
reinstatements. The schedule of fees may be amended from time to time
by resolution of the County Commissioners.
(4)
Prior to the issuance or renewal of any license, the
applicant shall deliver to the Board proof of general liability insurance
in the amount of $300,000 and property damage insurance in the amount
of $100,000. Notice of cancellation of the insurance shall be forwarded
to the Board within 10 days of cancellation.
An Inspector of Plumbing shall be appointed
by the Caroline County Commissioners, and the duties of such Inspector
shall be to inspect all plumbing work done in Caroline County when
the same is in progress and again upon completion. The Plumbing Inspector
shall prosecute all violations of any applicable plumbing standards,
rules and regulations or laws relating to health and safety, and he
shall require that all such work be done in accordance with the provisions
of the State Plumbing Code as aforesaid. The Inspector shall be permitted
to enter upon and into any and all premises where plumbing work is
in progress or where repair has been in progress or completed and
make such examinations and give such orders as may be requisite relating
to the same, but any such order shall be appealable to the Caroline
County Plumbing Board for review even though prosecution for violation
will proceed concurrently. The order of the Inspector shall be obeyed
and effective until and unless modified by the Board on appeal.
No plumber, journeyman plumber or other licensee
shall work as such in Caroline County until he shall have received
and shall have recorded with the Plumbing Inspector a currently valid
license certificate as master plumber or journeyman plumber, issued
and recorded as aforesaid. Any person that holds a state certificate
and plans to work in Caroline County shall make application to the
County Plumbing Inspector for a Caroline County license.
A.
No plumbing work shall proceed in Caroline County
until and unless a permit therefor shall have been issued by the Caroline
County Plumbing Board specifying the work permitted, upon application
to and approval by said Plumbing Board or its agent on a form which
shall be furnished by said Board.
B.
All permits, upon approval by the Board and payment
of the requisite fees, shall be issued by the Inspector of Plumbing
or the Office of Permits and Inspections.
A.
Notification requirements; inspections generally.
The Inspector of Plumbing shall make inspections upon such notice,
cooperation and conditions as shall be set forth by the Plumbing Board
from time to time or as agreed to by the owner with the Caroline County
Plumbing Inspector. It shall be the obligation of the permit holder
to notify the Plumbing Inspector when work is ready for preliminary
and final inspections.
B.
Building sewer inspections. The Plumbing Inspector
shall inspect the building sewer to the point of discharge.
[Amended 9-11-2012 by Bill No. 2012-6]
Failure to comply with an applicable law, rule or regulation of Caroline County shall constitute a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, the violator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of not more than $50, and each day the violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter shall, upon citation issued pursuant to Chapter 92 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Caroline County be deemed to have Committed a Class A civil infraction and shall pay to the County the amount prescribed. In addition to fines as provided for herein, the County may seek an abatement order from an appropriate court and may immediately remedy any situation or condition at any time which threatens the immediate safety of persons or other structures.
These rules and regulations may be modified,
revised or repealed from time to time by the Caroline County Plumbing
Board, with final adoption by the Caroline County Commissioners after
holding the required public hearings.
A.
Requirements for homeowners and rental or business
properties. Homeowners installing their own plumbing system in their
own home shall install it in accordance with the Maryland State Plumbing
Code, obtain the proper permit and have the same inspected. A release
agreement must also be signed by the owner. Plumbing installations
in rental or business property not occupied by the owner is not permitted
under these rules and regulations. The connections of such a system
to a public water or public sewer system must be made by a master
plumber.
B.
Requirements for modular and mobile homes. Modular
and mobile homes or trailer interior plumbing will be governed by
the Maryland Industrialized Building and Mobile Home regulations.[1] Exterior plumbing work shall be governed by the Maryland
State Plumbing Code and these rules and regulations.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article 41, § 11-501
et seq., of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
A.
Any person employed as a maintenance man in a cannery,
chicken plant, milk plant or similar operation may do all maintenance
work on the machinery of the company and may maintain the existing
plumbing system of the plant without being licensed.
B.
Should said maintenance work require any new plumbing,
plumbing fixtures, sewers or additions to existing sewers handling
human waste, the work must be done by a master plumber holding a Caroline
County plumbing license and shall be governed by the same rules and
regulations as other plumbing installations.
