12-1509. Rules and regulations relating to licensure and examination; certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid; continuing education; field experience.
12-1509
12-1509. Rules and regulations relating to licensure
and examination;
certificate of competency; uniform fee required; where licenses valid;
continuing education; field experience.
(a) Any county or city requiring the licensure of plumbers
practicing within the county or city may conduct examinations designated by
K.S.A. 12-1508, and amendments thereto, for the
purpose of determining the competency
of applicants for
such licensure and shall not be allowed to ask further questions not
designated on such examination. The board of county commissioners of such
county or the
governing body of such city shall adopt rules and regulations: (1)
Governing the conduct and grading of such examinations; (2) prescribing a
minimum score of 75% for passage of examinations;
(3) fixing a uniform fee to
be charged all applicants taking each such examination; and (4) requiring
all persons receiving such license annually to obtain not less
than 12 hours biennially or six hours annually of continuing education
approved by such local
governing body.
Not less than six hours
biennially or three hours annually shall consist of code education.
Continuing education may be provided by the local governing
body, a nationally recognized trade association, community
college, technical school, technical college or other provider approved
by the local governing
body. All hours of education shall consist of training
relative to construction, maintenance and code update training.
Neither the
county commission nor the governing body of such city shall impose any
restriction on the number of providers of such continuing
education.
(b) The certificate of competency received by any person who
successfully passes an examination designated by K.S.A.
12-1508, and amendments thereto, shall be valid
proof of competency for licensure,
without additional examination, in any
county or city of the state which requires licensure of plumbers
practicing
within such county or city. The county or city shall issue the appropriate
license to any applicant therefor who presents such a certificate of
competency. The county or city shall fix a uniform fee to be charged
all such applicants for licensure.
(c) All new licenses issued by a county or city upon the basis of
successful passage of an examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1508,
and amendments thereto, shall bear a
distinctive notation identifying the testing agency and
the specific test by name. All such licenses renewed upon the basis of
completed continuing education as provided by subsection (a) shall bear a
distinctive notation to verify such completion. All such licenses shall be
valid in any
other county or city which requires examination and licensure of
plumbers for practice in such county or city.
(d) No person who was certified or licensed prior to July 1, 1989,
upon the basis of passage of a standard examination designated as such
under the provisions of article 15 of chapter 12 of Kansas Statutes
Annotated, and whose certificate or license was issued by a political
subdivision which prescribed a minimum score of not less than 70% for
passage of such examination, shall be required to be reexamined for renewal
of certification or licensure.
(e) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A.
12-1508, and amendments thereto, an applicant for a journeyman certificate
shall demonstrate documented proof of a minimum of two years field experience.
"Field experience" means working under the direct supervision of a person
having a valid journeyman certificate or master certificate or attending trade
related schooling. No more than one year of the requirement may be satisfied by
trade related
schooling. Schooling shall consist of a minimum of 240 hours classroom
training.
(f) Before sitting for the standard examination designated by K.S.A. 12-1508,
and amendments thereto, an applicant for a master certificate shall demonstrate
documented proof of having a valid journeyman certificate for a minimum of two
years or having field experience for a minimum of four years.
History: L. 1986, ch. 73, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 59, § 10;
L. 2005, ch. 143, § 1;
L. 2009, ch. 16, § 1; July 1.