Section 329-A:2 Definitions.
The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings:
I. ""Master plumber'' means any person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company that, as a business, hires or employs a person or persons to do plumbing work, or, without hiring any person, does that work as a principal business or as auxiliary to a principal business for his or its own account.
II. ""Journeyman plumber'' means any person who customarily performs the work of installing plumbing and drainage under the direction of a master plumber.
III. ""Apprentice'' means any person who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and drainage under an apprenticeship program that meets the requirements of the state apprenticeship advisory council established in RSA 278.
IV. ""Plumbing'' means the art of installing in buildings the pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for bringing in the water supply and removing liquid and water carried wastes. For the purposes of this chapter, however, the term ""plumbing'' shall not apply beyond the foundation wall of the building or one length of pipe from the building.
V. ""Board'' means the state board, established by RSA 329-A:3, for the licensing and regulation of plumbers.
VI. ""Water treatment system'' means any apparatus for treating or processing water to modify, enhance, or improve its quality or to meet a specific water quality need, desire, or standard, and the pipes, fittings, and other components servicing such apparatus.
VII. ""Water treatment technician'' means any person who installs, maintains, or repairs water treatment systems.
VIII. ""Water treatment trainee'' means any person who is engaged in learning about and assisting in installing, maintaining, or repairing water treatment systems under the direct supervision of a water treatment technician certified under this chapter.
IX. ""Agent'' means a person who is designated as an agent in writing by the property owner of record and who does plumbing for that property owner of record without compensation.
X. ""State plumbing code'' means the state plumbing code described in RSA 329-A:15.
Source. 1977, 562:1. 2003, 272:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2006, 319:1-3, eff. July 1, 2006. 2007, 241:11, eff. Aug. 24, 2007.