105.11 - CHAPTER INAPPLICABILITY.
105.11 CHAPTER INAPPLICABILITY.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to do any of
the following:
1. Apply to a person licensed as an engineer pursuant to chapter
542B, licensed as a manufactured home retailer or certified as a
manufactured home installer pursuant to chapter 103A, registered as
an architect pursuant to chapter 544A, or licensed as a landscape
architect pursuant to chapter 544B who provides consultations or
develops plans or other work concerning plumbing, HVAC,
refrigeration, or hydronic work and who is exclusively engaged in the
practice of the person's profession.
2. Require employees of municipal utilities, electric membership
or cooperative associations, public utility corporations, rural water
associations or districts, railroads, or commercial retail or
industrial companies performing manufacturing, installation, service,
or repair work for such employer to hold licenses while acting within
the scope of their employment. This licensing exemption does not
apply to employees of a rate-regulated gas or electric public utility
which provides plumbing or mechanical services as part of a
systematic marketing effort, as defined pursuant to section 476.80.
3. Prohibit an owner of property from performing work on the
owner's principal residence, if such residence is an existing
dwelling rather than new construction and is not larger than a
single-family dwelling, or farm property, excluding commercial or
industrial installations or installations in public use buildings or
facilities, or require such owner to be licensed under this chapter.
In order to qualify for inapplicability pursuant to this subsection,
a residence shall qualify for the homestead tax exemption.
4. Require that any person be a member of a labor union in order
to be licensed.
5. Apply to a person who is qualified pursuant to administrative
rules relating to the storage and handling of liquefied petroleum
gases while engaged in installing, servicing, testing, replacing, or
maintaining propane gas utilization equipment, or gas piping systems
of which the equipment is a part, and related or connected accessory
systems or equipment necessary to the operation of the equipment.
6. Apply to a person who meets the requirements for a certified
well contractor pursuant to section 455B.190A while engaged in
installing, servicing, testing, replacing, or maintaining a water
system, water well, well pump, or well equipment, or piping systems
of which the equipment is a part, and related or connected accessory
systems or equipment necessary to the operation of the water well.
7. Require a helper engaged in general manual labor activities
while providing assistance to an apprentice, journeyperson, or master
to obtain a plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic license.
Experience as a helper shall not be considered as practical
experience for a journeyperson license.
8. Apply to a person who is performing work subject to chapter
100C.
9. Apply to an employee of any unit of state or local government,
including but not limited to cities, counties, or school
corporations, performing work on a mechanical system or plumbing
system, which serves a government-owned or government-leased facility
while acting within the scope of the government employee's
employment.
10. Apply to the employees of manufacturers, manufacturer
representatives, or wholesale suppliers who provide consultation or
develop plans concerning plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, or hydronic
work, or who assist a person licensed under this chapter in the
installation of mechanical or plumbing systems.
11. Prohibit an owner or operator of a health care facility
licensed pursuant to chapter 135C, assisted living center licensed
pursuant to chapter 231C, hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B,
adult day care center licensed pursuant to chapter 231D, or a
retirement facility certified pursuant to chapter 523D from
performing work on the facility or requiring such owner or operator
to be licensed under this chapter; except for projects that exceed
the dollar amount specified as the competitive bid threshold in
section 26.3.
12. Apply to a person who performs the laying of pipe that
originates or connects to pipe in the public right-of-way or property
that is intended to become public right-of-way, even if such pipe
extends under the property and up to the building. However, the
person shall not make any interior pipe connections within a building
under this exemption. This exemption does not restrict local
jurisdictions from requiring licensure under this chapter if required
by local ordinance, resolution, or by bidding specification.
13. Prohibit a rental property owner or employee of such an owner
from performing routine maintenance on the rental property. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 198, §11; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §104, 202; 2008 Acts,
ch 1089, §4, 5, 10, 12; 2009 Acts, ch 151, §11--13
Referred to in § 105.10