Section 12-503 - Plumbing inspectors. - Maryland Statutes

§ 12-503. Plumbing inspectors.
 

(a)  Qualification.- 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. 

(b)  Conflict of interest.- 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. 

(c)  Inactive status; identification card.-  

(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 of: 

1. $20, for a journey plumber or holder of a limited journey plumber license; or 

2. $50, for a master plumber or holder of a limited master plumber license. 

(d)  Fees.- The Board may impose a reasonable fee to cover the costs of conducting the continuing education courses under subsection (a) of this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 56A, § 3-503; 1989, ch. 3, § 1.]