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Sec. 22.1-6. Qualifications for registration as master
plumber.

(1) It shall be required of anyone desiring to be registered in
the city as a master plumber, to be examined as to their
knowledge of the requirements and regulations governing the
installation of plumbing in the city.

(2) Master plumbers currently registered in places other than
this city, which have a published Plumbing Code and registration
system similar to that of this city, shall be eligible to be examined
for registration in this city.

(3) Journeyman plumbers currently registered in this city for a
period of at least three years, desiring to be registered as master
plumbers, shall be eligible for examination.

(4) A journeyman plumber who has been registered for a
period of at least three years in places other than this city, such
places having a published Plumbing Code and registration system
similar to that of this city, after having been registered in this
city for a period of one year as a journeyman plumber, shall be
eligible to be examined for a master plumber's registration.

(5) A journeyman plumber who has been duly registered in the
city for a period of two years, and having worked in


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the city as an apprentice for a period of eight years prior to
obtaining a journeyman registration, shall be eligible for an
examination for a master plumber's registration.

(6) The plumbing board may permit a person who has
worked in the city under the direct supervision of a master
plumber for a period of ten years, and who is currently registered
as a journeyman plumber in the city, to take an examination
for registration as a master plumber.

(7) Any person holding an appropriate engineering degree,
who has worked under the direct supervision of a registered
master plumber for a period of two years may be allowed to
take an examination for registration as a master plumber.

(8) Any person who has successfully completed a course of
instructions in plumbing offered by an accredited vocational-technical
school and who has been currently registered as a
journeyman plumber in this city for two years shall be eligible
for examination for certificate as master plumber. (10-19-64;
7-3-72.)