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USA Statutes : missouri
Title : OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
Chapter : Chapter 341 Plumbers and Plumbing
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That any person now or hereafter engaging or working at the
business of plumbing in cities or towns of fifteen thousand or more
inhabitants in this state, either as master plumber or journeyman
plumber, shall first receive a certificate thereof in accordance with the
provisions of sections 341.010 to 341.080. (RSMo 1939 § 7560)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7417; 1919 § 8825; 1909 § 9670
(1974) Held constitutional. State ex rel. Lipps v. City of Cape Girardeau
(Mo.), 507 S.W.2d 376.
Any person desiring to engage or work at the business of
plumbing, either as a master plumber, employing plumber, or as a
journeyman plumber, in cities having a population of fifteen thousand or
more, shall make application to a board of examiners herein provided for,
and shall at such times and places as said board may designate, be
compelled to pass such examination as to his qualifications as said board
may direct. Said examination may be made in whole or in part in writing
and shall be of practical and elementary character, but sufficiently
strict to test the qualifications of the applicant. (RSMo 1939 § 7561)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7418; 1919 § 8826
All persons who are required by sections 341.010 to 341.080 to
take examinations and procure a certificate shall apply to the board of
the city where they reside or to the board nearest their place of
residence. (RSMo 1939 § 7564)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7421; 1919 § 8829
That there shall be in every city of fifteen thousand
inhabitants or more, a board of examiners of plumbers, consisting of
three members, one of which shall be the chairman of the board of health
of said city, who shall be ex officio chairman of said board of
examiners; a second member, who shall be a master plumber; a third member
shall be a journeyman plumber. Said second and third members shall be
appointed by the mayor and approved by the council or city commissioners,
as the case may be, of said cities within three months after the passage
of sections 341.010 to 341.080, for a term of one year, and shall be paid
from the treasury of said city, the same as other officers, in such sums
as the authorities may designate; provided, that in no event shall such
sums paid second and third members exceed the amount paid for
certificates, as provided for in section 341.050; and further provided,
that the second and third members of said board shall have at least six
years' practical experience as plumbers and be actually engaged in or
working at the plumbing business at the time of such appointment. (RSMo
1939 § 7562)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7419; 1919 § 8827
(1977) Held, chapter 341, RSMo, is not applicable to a constitutional
charter city because of the provisions of Art. VI, Sec. 22, constitution
of Missouri. State ex rel. Sprague v. City of St. Joseph (Mo.), 549
S.W.2d 873.
Said board of examiners shall, within ten days after their
appointments, meet, and shall then designate the times and places for
examination of all applicants desiring to engage in or work at the
business of plumbing within their respective jurisdiction. Said board
shall examine said applicants as to their practical knowledge of
plumbing, house drainage and ventilation, and if satisfied of the
competency of such applicants, shall thereupon issue a certificate to
such applicant authorizing him to engage in or work at the business of
plumbing either as a master plumber or employing plumber or journeyman
plumber. The fee for a certificate for a master plumber or employing
plumber shall be five dollars; for a journeyman plumber it shall be one
dollar. Said certificate shall be valid and have force throughout the
state and shall be renewable annually, and all fees received for said
certificates shall be paid into the treasury of the city where such
certificates are issued. (RSMo 1939 § 7563)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7420; 1919 § 8828
Each city with a population of fifteen thousand or more in the
state shall, by ordinance, within three months after the passage of
sections 341.010 to 341.080, prescribe rules and regulations for the
material, construction and inspection of all plumbing and sewerage placed
in, or in connection with, any building in each city, and the board of
health or proper authorities shall further provide that no plumbing work
shall be done without a permit being issued therefor upon such terms and
conditions as said city shall prescribe. (RSMo 1939 § 7565)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7422; 1919 § 8830
Each city with a population of fifteen thousand or more in the
state, shall by ordinance, within three months after the passage of
sections 341.010 to 341.080, create an office of plumbing inspector,
whose duty it shall be to inspect all plumbing installed and furnish a
certificate of approval of the same. Said plumbing inspector shall not
have less than six years' practical experience at the plumbing business,
and shall not be interested, either directly or indirectly, with any firm
or corporation engaged in the plumbing business. The salary of said
plumbing inspector to be provided for by the respective cities. (RSMo
1939 § 7566)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7423; 1919 § 8831
Any person violating any provisions of sections 341.010 to
341.080 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (RSMo 1939 § 7567)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7424; 1919 § 8832
1. The word "person" as used herein shall be construed to mean a
natural person, firm, corporation, association, partnership or common law
trust and shall include the owner, lessee or keeper of any building or
premises or the agent thereof or building contractor engaged in the
construction of any building or structure.
2. The term "minor repairs" shall be construed to mean repairs within the
interior of any building to leaks in drains, pipes, traps and cocks,
opening waste or supply pipes, traps or drains, and repairing broken
fixtures or frozen pipes. It shall not be construed to include any work
involving connections to soil pipes, supply pipes, waste pipes, vent
pipes or inside rain leader pipes, or the replacing or setting of any
fixture, or any other installation, repair or alteration which in the
judgment of the supervisor is of such a nature which if improperly
installed, repaired or altered would endanger the public health.
3. The word "apprentice" as used herein shall be construed to mean a
person learning the principles and art of installing plumbing and
drainage facilities, under the personal direction and supervision of a
licensed master plumber or a licensed journeyman plumber. (L. 1943 p. 831
§ 15)
Sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall be known as the "Uniform
Plumbing Code", and shall apply to counties of the first class only.
Sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall become effective in any county of the
first class only upon a finding by the county commission of such county
that it is necessary for the promotion of the public health and safety of
such county. From and after the making of such finding and the entry of
same upon the records of the county commission sections 341.090 to
341.220 shall be in full force and effect in such county and not
otherwise. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 2, A.L. 1945 p. 1385, A. 1949 H.B. 2077)
There is hereby created a "Department of Plumbing and Sewer
Inspection" which department shall be under the direction and supervision
of a plumbing supervisor who shall be appointed by the county commission
and who is charged with the duty of carrying into effect the provisions
of sections 341.090 to 341.220. Such supervisor shall be at least
thirty-five years of age, a resident of the county and shall have had at
least ten years' experience as a licensed plumber immediately preceding
his appointment and shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission.
(L. 1943 p. 831 § 3)
The county commission shall in the establishment of the
department of plumbing and sewer inspection provide the necessary
personnel and employees and shall provide suitable quarters for such
department and shall make adequate appropriation for the necessary
equipment, facilities and operating expenses of such department. The
compensation of the supervisor of the department of plumbing and sewer
inspection shall be fixed by the county commission and shall be payable
pro rata monthly by the county commission out of the county treasury and
he shall appoint with the approval of the county commission the necessary
assistant inspectors who shall receive such salaries as may be determined
by the county commission payable in the manner aforesaid, and who shall
not engage or work in the business of plumbing or drainlaying during the
period of their employment. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 12)
For the purpose of promoting health, safety and the general
welfare and to carry into effect the purposes and provisions of sections
341.090 to 341.220, the county commission is hereby empowered to adopt by
order rules and regulations for the installations and inspections of all
public or private water or plumbing facilities and appurtenances and all
installations relating thereto, sewers, sewer systems, water or sewer
connections, septic tank or sewage settling tank or device, and all
installations related thereto. The regulations shall contain a schedule
of fees to be charged for inspections which are required to be made under
the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220. It shall be the duty of
the board of plumbing and sewer inspection to prepare a code of
regulations approved by the department of health which shall be submitted
to the county commission for adoption. Before the adoption of such code
of regulations, the board shall hold at least one public hearing thereon,
fifteen days' notice of the time and place of which shall be published in
at least one newspaper having general circulation within the county and
notice of such hearing shall also be posted at least fifteen days in
advance thereof in four conspicuous places in the county. (L. 1943 p. 831
§ 11)
No person shall cause, authorize or permit the installation,
construction, alteration or repair of any sewer or sewage treatment
device, plumbing or drainlaying or installation relating thereto, except
minor repairs, upon or about any building or premises owned, operated or
controlled by any such person except by a licensed plumber or drainlayer
and shall before such work is commenced procure a permit from the
department of plumbing and sewer inspection authorizing such work to be
done nor shall any licensed plumber or licensed drainlayer commence any
such installation or construction until a permit shall have been obtained
from said department authorizing such work to be done and until all
inspection fees shall have been paid pursuant to the regulations adopted
under the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220. The above provision
requiring permits shall apply with equal force to plumbing, sewer or
sewage treatment or drainlaying or installations or constructions
relating thereto done in any private or public building, street,
easement, lot or premises. All work shall be done by or under the
direction or supervision of the plumber or drainlayer in whose name the
permit has been issued. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 9)
It shall be the duty of the plumbing supervisor to examine or
cause to be examined all applications and proposed plans for the
installation of plumbing and drainlaying, including all combined storm
water and sanitary sewer or sanitary sewers and all connections thereto,
and he shall examine and inspect all sewage treatment devices or
equipment of whatever character and if found to be in conformity with the
provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 and regulations adopted
pursuant thereto, he shall approve such proposed installation and
equipment and shall issue permits for the installation thereof. He shall
be required to investigate any report of the installation of defective
work or materials not in conformity with the provisions of sections
341.090 to 341.220, and derogatory to established principles of public
health and shall require the correction of such defective installation.
He shall inspect or cause inspection to be made of all water and sewer
connections, and all repairs to water and sewer pipes where an excavation
is required, all rough and finished plumbing installations, materials and
fixtures, and all drainlaying, sanitary sewers and all connections
thereto, and any and all sewage treatment, equipment or facilities, and
require their installation in compliance with the provisions of sections
341.090 to 341.220 and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. He shall
report to the prosecuting attorney any and all violations of sections
341.090 to 341.220 or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. He shall
supervise the department of plumbing and sewer inspection and shall keep
a proper book record of all transactions and shall make annual report
thereof to the county commission and shall collect all fees required to
be paid under the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 and shall pay
the same promptly into the county treasury. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 10)
A "Board of Plumbing and Sewer Inspection" is hereby created
which shall consist of one licensed master plumber who shall also be a
licensed master drainlayer and one licensed journeyman plumber to be
appointed by the county commission. The term of office of said two
members of said board shall be two years. The county health commissioner
and the supervisor of the department of plumbing and sewer inspection
shall be ex officio members of the board. The master plumber shall act as
chairman of the board and the supervisor of the department of plumbing
and sewer inspection shall act as secretary of the board and shall keep a
full and complete record of the acts and proceedings of said board and
shall provide all applicants for a license under sections 341.090 to
341.220 with blank application forms. The board of plumbing and sewer
inspection shall examine all applicants for a license to act as a plumber
or drainlayer or to engage in the business of plumbing or drainlaying and
shall adopt rules governing its organization and proceedings and shall
have the power to revoke any license heretofore granted or granted by it.
All persons heretofore licensed under the provisions of art. 2, chap.
143, RSMo 1939, shall be deemed to have been licensed under the
provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 and no person may engage or
work at the business of plumbing either as a master plumber or a
journeyman plumber or a drainlayer without a license issued by the board
of plumbing and sewer inspection. The members of the board shall meet at
least once a month and shall each receive ten dollars for each meeting,
to be paid by the county commission, except the health commissioner and
the supervisor of the department of plumbing and sewer inspection who
shall serve without compensation. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 4)
1. Applicants for a master plumber's license shall be at least
twenty-five years of age and shall have had three years or more
experience as a licensed journeyman plumber theretofore licensed by any
county or city operating under plumbing laws or regulations equal to the
requirements of sections 341.090 to 341.220. The applicant shall possess
the ability to direct other persons in the installation of plumbing and
drainage and shall be skilled in planning, designing and installing
plumbing and drainage facilities and shall have a thorough knowledge of
the accepted standards, principles and art of plumbing for the protection
of the public health.
2. An applicant for a license as a journeyman plumber shall be at least
twenty-one years of age and shall have had at least five years'
experience as an apprentice under the direction and supervision of a
master plumber licensed under the provisions of sections 341.090 to
341.220 or a master plumber licensed under the plumbing laws and
regulations of any county or city operating under laws or regulations
equal to the requirements of sections 341.090 to 341.220. He shall have a
practical knowledge of plumbing and shall be skilled in the art of
installing plumbing and drainage facilities and shall have knowledge of
the accepted standards and principles of plumbing and sewer or drainage
facilities for the protection of the public health.
3. An applicant for a master drainlayer's license shall be at least
twenty-five years of age and shall have had three years' or more
experience as a licensed journeyman drainlayer theretofore licensed by
any county or city operating under plumbing laws or regulations equal to
the requirements of sections 341.090 to 341.220. The applicant shall
possess the ability to direct other persons in the installation of drains
and sewers and shall be skilled in planning, designing and installing
sewer and drain facilities and shall have a thorough practical knowledge
of the accepted standards, principles and art of drainlaying for the
protection of the public health.
4. An applicant for a journeyman drainlayer's license shall have worked
at drainlaying under the supervision of a licensed master plumber or
master drainlayer for a period of at least one year and shall possess a
knowledge of drainlaying and the ability to lay drains and shall have a
thorough understanding of sewer and drain installation and shall have the
ability to install all types of sewers and drains conformable with
standard engineering principles and specifications.
5. Any licensed master plumber or journeyman plumber desirous of engaging
in the business of drainlaying shall secure a drainlayer's license and no
master plumber or journeyman plumber shall engage in the business of
drainlaying without first securing a drainlayer's license. (L. 1943 p.
831 § 5)
An applicant for a master plumber's license or a master
drainlayer's license shall deposit with the application a fee in the sum
of ten dollars; and an applicant for a journeyman plumber's license or a
journeyman drainlayer's license shall deposit with the application a fee
in the sum of two dollars. The term of all licenses shall be one year and
such license may be renewed by application therefor to the board of
plumbing and sewer inspection upon the payment of the license fee herein
provided. The failure to secure a renewal license on or before the
expiration of the original license shall require the applicant for such
license to submit to reexamination upon the same terms and conditions
imposed upon new applicants. The license fee deposited with the
applicant's application shall be forthwith paid into the county treasury.
Any applicant failing to pass a satisfactory examination for a license
may submit a new application for examination, ninety days after the date
of the original application, accompanied by the examination fee provided
herein. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 6)
The board of plumbing and sewer inspection shall have the power
to revoke or suspend any license issued by the board upon satisfactory
proof that the holder of such license shall have obtained the same by
fraud or misrepresentation or failed to or refused to comply with the
provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 or regulations adopted pursuant
thereto after notice given by the supervisor or has been convicted of the
violation of any of the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 and the
regulations adopted thereunder. A revoked or suspended license shall be
subject to reinstatement after a period of three months from the date of
its revocation or suspension upon application in the same manner as
provided herein for the original application for license. The finding of
the board in revoking any such license may be reviewed by the circuit
court of the county by certiorari. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 7)
1. Before a license shall be issued to any master plumber, he
shall be required to file with the supervisor of the department of
plumbing and sewer inspection a surety bond in the amount of two thousand
dollars with one licensed corporate surety; and before a license shall be
issued to any master drainlayer, he shall be required to file with the
supervisor a surety bond in the amount of two thousand dollars with one
licensed corporate surety. Said bond shall be subject to the approval of
the county counselor and shall be given for the faithful observance of
all orders and regulations adopted under the provisions of sections
341.090 to 341.220 for the protection of the public health and safety and
shall indemnify the county or any person for any damage or injury
sustained through the negligence of such plumber or drainlayer in
performing plumbing or drainlaying work and shall indemnify any person
for any damage or injury sustained resulting from the failure to perform
plumbing and drainlaying work in a careful and workmanlike manner, in
conformity with the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 and the
regulations adopted pursuant thereto and shall be conditioned that the
principal in said bond will employ licensed journeyman plumbers or
licensed journeyman drainlayers in the performance of plumbing and
drainlaying work.
2. It shall be the duty of every licensed master plumber or journeyman
plumber or drainlayer to show on demand his license to engage in such
work to any inspector of the department of plumbing and sewer inspection.
A person securing a drainlayer's license shall not be permitted to do
plumbing work or to install any plumbing equipment or facilities within
the interior of any building and it shall be unlawful for any person to
hold himself out or to represent himself to be a licensed plumber or
licensed drainlayer without first having secured a license as provided by
sections 341.090 to 341.220. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 8)
Sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall not be construed as limiting
or otherwise restricting the existing authority of any city, town or
village in such counties, and the provisions hereof shall not be
applicable within the limits of any such municipality which has provided
or which may hereafter provide by ordinance for the regulation of
plumbing, sewer, and water installations therein; provided that such
ordinances shall not be in conflict with this law or the regulations
adopted hereunder; provided further, that any plumber or drainlayer who
has been licensed by the board of plumbing and sewer inspection of
counties subject to the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220, and
who has deposited the required bond with said board, shall not be
required to furnish an additional bond by any municipality in such
counties, but the bond deposited with the county board of plumbing and
sewer inspection shall be available for the protection of such
municipalities, and the residents thereof. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 13)
Any person, plumber or drainlayer who shall violate any of the
provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less
than five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars for each offense.
Each day in which sections 341.090 to 341.220 are violated shall
constitute a separate offense. The prosecuting attorney shall rigidly
enforce the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 and the sheriff and
constables of the county and the police officers of every city, town or
village located in counties subject to the provisions of sections 341.090
to 341.220 are directed and are required to make arrests for the
violation thereof. (L. 1943 p. 831 § 14)
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