(1) The board or its authorized agent may issue a temporary permit to engage in the work of a journeyman plumber or a residential plumber to any applicant who has furnished satisfactory evidence to the board that he has the required experience to qualify for the examination, as provided in the rules and regulations promulgated by the board, and who has applied for an examination to entitle him to such license.
(2) Such permits shall be issued only upon payment of a fee established by the board and may be revoked by the board at any time.
(3) Any permit issued pursuant to this section shall expire no later than thirty days after the date of the examination for which the applicant has applied or upon written notice by the board of the results of the examination, whichever date is earlier. No permit shall be issued pursuant to this section to any person who has twice previously failed an examination or who has received two temporary permits.
(4) Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in section 12-58-107 (1), a temporary master permit may be issued to an existing plumbing contractor who has lost the services of his master plumber for completion of a current project underway as long as he has a journeyman plumber in his full-time employ. This shall only be valid until the next regularly scheduled examination.