TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 26

PLUMBING AND PLUMBERS

54-2607.  Administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses — Powers and duties. (1) The administrator shall exercise such powers and duties as are reasonably necessary to enforce the minimum standards provided in this chapter, and he may among other things:

(a)  Prescribe and establish procedures to effectuate the efficient enforcement of this chapter not herein prescribed;

(b)  Appoint licensed staff inspectors who shall be authorized to enter and inspect by and through a properly identified person, at reasonable hours, plumbing and plumbing systems; and

(c)  Make plumbing inspections for another state or local jurisdiction upon request by an appropriate building official. Such inspections shall be made in accordance with the applicable plumbing codes of the requesting jurisdiction. Fees charged for such inspection services shall be as provided in the rules promulgated by the board.

(2)  It shall be the duty of the administrator to give notice to cities that supply sewer service to areas outside their city limits and who have requested in writing such notice from the administrator of all permits issued relative to sewer installations. The notice shall be given within ten (10) days from the date the permit was requested for such installation. The notice shall contain a map of the physical location of the installation and reference to the date of inspection if the city so requests.

History:

[(54-2607) 39-2712, added 1957, ch. 214, sec. 12, p. 454; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 30, p. 1023; am. 1983, ch. 43, sec. 1, p. 101; am. and redesignated as sec. 54-2607, 1984, ch. 123, sec. 8, p. 286; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 54, p. 1438; am. 2004, ch. 250, sec. 8, p. 721; am. 2004, ch. 311, sec. 2, p. 873; am. 2005, ch. 25, sec. 98, p. 123; am. 2023, ch. 15, sec. 48, p. 103; am. 2026, ch. 221, sec. 15, p. 944.]