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§ 12-503. Plumbing inspector qualifications

West's Annotated Code of MarylandBusiness Occupations and ProfessionsEffective: July 1, 2018

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Business Occupations and Professions
Title 12. Plumbers (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Miscellaneous Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2018
MD Code, Business Occupations & Professions, § 12-503
§ 12-503. Plumbing inspector qualifications
Currentness
Minimum standards, community education courses
(a) 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.
Master plumber license required
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a county or local government may employ an individual as a plumbing inspector only if the individual holds a master plumber license issued by the Board, the Baltimore County Plumbing Board, or the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to a county or local government that uses combination building code inspectors to conduct concurrent trade-specific inspections on residential or commercial buildings to determine compliance with adopted plumbing codes and building codes if the combination building code inspector, as part of the inspector's training, has passed:
(i) a master plumber examination given by the Board, the Baltimore County Plumbing Board, or the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission; or
(ii) the plumbing inspector's test administered by the Board.
Financial interest in plumbing business prohibited
(c) 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.
Inactive status of license
(d)(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 set by the Board.
Fees for conducting continuing education courses
(e) The Board may impose a reasonable fee to cover the costs of conducting the continuing education courses under subsection (a) of this section.

Credits

Added by Acts 1989, c. 3, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2013, c. 237, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2017, c. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.
Formerly Art. 56A, § 3-503.
MD Code, Business Occupations & Professions, § 12-503, MD BUS OCCUP & PROF § 12-503
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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