Section 153:27 Definitions.
In this subdivision:
I. ""Commissioner'' means the commissioner of the department of safety.
II. ""Fuel gas fitter'' means a hearth system installation and service technician, a liquefied propane installation technician, a liquefied propane service technician, a natural gas installation technician, a natural gas service technician, or a piping installer regulated by this subdivision.
III. ""Fuel gas fitting'' means the installation, repair, alteration, service, demolition or removal of pipes, fixtures, fittings, appliances, or apparatus necessary for supplying natural gas or propane for residential or non-residential use from the point of delivery and all gas piping before connection to the combustion zone and including the applicable venting of flue gases to the outside atmosphere and the provisions for air for combustion and ventilation.
IV. ""Hearth system installation and service technician'' means any person engaged in the installation, servicing, and repair of liquefied propane or natural gas hearth appliances and venting systems.
V. ""Liquefied propane installation technician'' means any person engaged in the installation of inside and outside piping from the outlet of the gas meter or second stage regulator or residential and non-residential heating equipment systems or water heating systems using liquefied propane gas.
VI. ""Liquefied propane service technician'' means any person engaged in the servicing and repair of inside and outside piping from the outlet of the gas meter or second stage regulator or residential and non- residential heating equipment systems or water heating systems using liquefied propane gas.
VII. ""License'' means any license issued pursuant to this subdivision, including any specialty license.
VIII. ""Natural gas installation technician'' means any person engaged in the installation of inside and outside piping from the outlet of the gas meter or second stage regulator or residential and non-residential heating equipment systems or water heating systems using natural gas.
IX. ""Natural gas service technician'' means any person engaged in the service and repair of inside and outside piping from the outlet of the gas meter or second stage regulator or residential and non-residential heating equipment systems or water heating systems using natural gas.
X. ""Person'' means an individual, natural person.
XI. ""Piping installer'' means any person engaged in the installation of liquefied propane gas or natural gas piping or who is a New Hampshire licensed plumber, approved by the commissioner through affidavit, experience, education or training in the use of NFPA 54, national fuel gas code as adopted pursuant to RSA 153:5 in the state fire code.
Source. 2006, 206:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2008, 170:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.