Section 12-503 - Plumbing inspectors.
§ 12-503. Plumbing inspectors.
(a) Qualification.- Each individual whom the State, a county, or a local government appoints or employs as a plumbing inspector shall:
(1) each year attend a continuing education course that the Board or, with the approval of the Board, a county or local government conducts; and
(2) meet minimum standards that:
(i) adequately ensure that the plumbing inspector is qualified to inspect in accordance with the State Plumbing Code;
(ii) are established:
1. by the county or local government in consultation with the Board; or
2. if there is no standard established by the county or local government, by the Board; and
(iii) are administered:
1. for a county or local government inspector, by the county or local government that appoints or employs the inspector; and
2. for a State inspector, by the State.
(b) Conflict of interest.- An individual may not have any financial interest in any plumbing business while employed by the State, a county, or any local government as a plumbing inspector.
(c) Inactive status; identification card.-
(1) On appointment or employment, the individual shall place the master plumber license, journey plumber license, or limited license on inactive status.
(2) The Board may issue a plumbing inspector identification card to a plumbing inspector who has placed the appropriate license on inactive status.
(3) On termination of the appointment or employment of an individual as a plumbing inspector, the Board shall reactivate the master plumber license, journey plumber license, or limited license of an individual who is on inactive status, without examination, if the individual:
(i) makes a written request to the Board; and
(ii) pays to the Board a reactivation fee of:
1. $20, for a journey plumber or holder of a limited journey plumber license; or
2. $50, for a master plumber or holder of a limited master plumber license.
(d) Fees.- The Board may impose a reasonable fee to cover the costs of conducting the continuing education courses under subsection (a) of this section.
[An. Code 1957, art. 56A, § 3-503; 1989, ch. 3, § 1.]