For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings given herein.
(a) “Apprentice plumber” means a person who is registered as such, and who is undergoing an apprenticeship or course of training, not to exceed five years, for the purpose of learning the trade of plumbing. An “apprentice plumber” shall perform no work regulated by this chapter, except as an assistant, under the direct supervision of a master plumber, and in the immediate presence of a licensed/registered master plumber or a licensed/registered journeyman plumber. There may be one apprentice plumber employed for each active master plumber and one apprentice plumber to each three journeyman plumbers or fraction thereof employed by a master plumber.
(b) “Licensed journeyman plumber” means a person who supervises, installs, alters or repairs plumbing systems or part thereof, as an employee but does not furnish material or supplies, and who is the legal possessor of a valid journeyman plumber's license, as provided for in this chapter.
(c) “Registered journeyman plumber, County only” means a person who supervises, installs, alters or repairs plumbing systems or part thereof, as an employee but does not furnish material or supplies, and who is registered and the legal possessor of a valid journeyman plumber's registration, as provided for in this chapter, who can work in the Clark County Combined Health District exclusive of the City of Springfield.
(d) “Licensed master plumber” means a person duly qualified to engage in the installation of plumbing and in planning, designing, superintending, maintenance, and repair with respect to plumbing in all of its branches. An active master plumber is a master plumber holding a valid active master plumber's license and who is authorized to engage in the installation of plumbing, through contract or otherwise, and also in planning, designing, superintending, installation, maintenance, and repair with respect to plumbing in all of its branches, and as such is authorized to employ journeymen plumbers and plumbers' apprentices and other persons necessary for the proper installation, of plumbing work in accordance with this Plumbing Regulation.
(e) “Inactive licensed master plumber” is a master plumber holding a valid inactive master plumber's license, who has chosen not to maintain insurance and a bond in accordance with Section 1428.08 of this Plumbing Regulation and who enjoys the privileges and responsibilities as set forth in this chapter.
(f) “Registered master plumber; County only” means a person who supplies all information requested and pays a fee set forth by the Clark County Combined Board of Health to engage in the installation of plumbing and in planning, designing, superintending, maintenance and repair with respect to plumbing in all of its branches within the jurisdiction of the Clark County Combined Health District exclusive of the City of Springfield. “Registered master plumber; County only” is a master plumber holding a valid master plumber's registration and who is authorized to engage in the installation of plumbing, through contract or otherwise, and also in planning, designing, superintending, installation, maintenance, and repair with respect to plumbing in all of its branches, and as such is authorized to employ licensed/registered journeymen plumbers and plumbers' apprentices and other persons necessary for the proper installation of plumbing work in accordance with this Plumbing Regulation.
(Ord. 04-66. Passed 12-20-04.)