§ 28-27-29 Persons and acts exempt. –(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons classified asmaintenance personnel regularly in the employ of a public utility company doingutility company work, hospitals, schools, city, town or state employeesregularly employed as maintenance personnel on the premises of the employer,and to any person employed in a plant maintenance department.
(b) "Maintenance" is confined to the specific premise andmeans preserving or repairing anything that exists, and can be maintained bypersons regularly employed within a specific building or complex. Normally,city or town permits are not required for this work, nor is a statepipefitters/refrigeration or sheet metal workers license.
(c) "Service work" means work performed by state licensedqualified tradespersons or pipefitters/refrigeration mechanics or sheet metalworkers.
(d) "Installation or new construction" means themodification, altering, or installation of any piping/refrigeration or airdistribution systems, or their components (i.e., boilers, pumps, compressors,circulators, fans, and coils). This work requires state licensedpipefitter/refrigeration workers or sheet metal workers and city and town orstate mechanical permits. If boiler installation is over two hundred thousand(200,000) BTU's on commercial work, a state boiler permit from occupationalsafety is required.
§ 28-27-29 Persons and acts exempt. –(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons classified asmaintenance personnel regularly in the employ of a public utility company doingutility company work, hospitals, schools, city, town or state employeesregularly employed as maintenance personnel on the premises of the employer,and to any person employed in a plant maintenance department.
(b) "Maintenance" is confined to the specific premise andmeans preserving or repairing anything that exists, and can be maintained bypersons regularly employed within a specific building or complex. Normally,city or town permits are not required for this work, nor is a statepipefitters/refrigeration or sheet metal workers license.
(c) "Service work" means work performed by state licensedqualified tradespersons or pipefitters/refrigeration mechanics or sheet metalworkers.
(d) "Installation or new construction" means themodification, altering, or installation of any piping/refrigeration or airdistribution systems, or their components (i.e., boilers, pumps, compressors,circulators, fans, and coils). This work requires state licensedpipefitter/refrigeration workers or sheet metal workers and city and town orstate mechanical permits. If boiler installation is over two hundred thousand(200,000) BTU's on commercial work, a state boiler permit from occupationalsafety is required.
§ 28-27-29 Persons and acts exempt. –(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons classified asmaintenance personnel regularly in the employ of a public utility company doingutility company work, hospitals, schools, city, town or state employeesregularly employed as maintenance personnel on the premises of the employer,and to any person employed in a plant maintenance department.
(b) "Maintenance" is confined to the specific premise andmeans preserving or repairing anything that exists, and can be maintained bypersons regularly employed within a specific building or complex. Normally,city or town permits are not required for this work, nor is a statepipefitters/refrigeration or sheet metal workers license.
(c) "Service work" means work performed by state licensedqualified tradespersons or pipefitters/refrigeration mechanics or sheet metalworkers.
(d) "Installation or new construction" means themodification, altering, or installation of any piping/refrigeration or airdistribution systems, or their components (i.e., boilers, pumps, compressors,circulators, fans, and coils). This work requires state licensedpipefitter/refrigeration workers or sheet metal workers and city and town orstate mechanical permits. If boiler installation is over two hundred thousand(200,000) BTU's on commercial work, a state boiler permit from occupationalsafety is required.
