Sec. 1103.

As used in this article:

(a) "Master plumber" means an individual who possesses the necessary skills and qualifications to plan and supervise the installation of plumbing and who is licensed as a master plumber.

(b) "Minor repair" means a repair that involves only the clearance of stoppages, repair, or replacement of a faucet or valve or reinstallation of that same plumbing fixture and does not involve making any modifications to the plumbing system, or residential domestic water treatment and filtering equipment. Minor repair does not include any of the following:

(i) The repair or replacement of a backflow preventer and air admittance valves.

(ii) A repair or replacement that is only a part of a larger or major renovation or repair.

(c) "Plumbing" means the practice, materials, and fixtures, in or adjacent to a building, structure, or premises, used in the installation, maintenance, extension, or alteration of all piping, fixtures, plumbing appliances, or plumbing appurtenances, as defined in the state construction code, in connection with the sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, plumbing venting systems, medical gas systems, backflow preventers, and public or private water supply systems.

(d) "Plumbing contractor" means a licensed master plumber or a person who employs a licensed master plumber full-time to directly supervise the installation of plumbing as his or her representative engaged in the business of plumbing for a fixed sum, price, fee percentage, valuable consideration, or other compensation and who is licensed as a plumbing contractor.

(e) "Restitution" means the requirement that a person that is found to be in violation of this article, a rule promulgated under this article, or an order issued under this article has caused monetary damage to another and that the violator is required to compensate the injured party in an amount equal to the amount of the monetary damage caused.

(f) "Water service pipe" means the pipe from the water main or other source of potable water supply to the water distributing system of the building served.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017