§ 12-155-101 — Legislative declaration

(1) The general assembly hereby finds
that:

(a) Improper plumbing can adversely affect the health of the public and that
faulty plumbing is potentially lethal and can cause widespread disease and an
epidemic of disastrous consequences;

(b) To protect the health of the public, it is essential that plumbing be
installed by persons who have proven their knowledge of the sciences of
pneumatics and hydraulics and their skill in installing plumbing.

(2) Consistent with its duty to safeguard the health of the people of this
state, the general assembly hereby declares that individuals who plan, install, alter,
extend, repair, and maintain plumbing systems should be individuals of proven skill.
To provide standards of skill for those in the plumbing trade and to authoritatively
establish what shall be good plumbing practice, the general assembly hereby
provides for the licensing of plumbers and for the promulgation of a model
plumbing code of standards by the state plumbing board, and this article 155 is
therefore declared to be essential to the public interest.

(3) The general assembly encourages the state plumbing board to adopt and
incorporate by reference appendix C of the International Plumbing Code (I.P.C.),
2009 edition, promulgated by the International Code Council, first printing (January
2009), or the graywater provisions within a newer edition of the I.P.C., whether the
provisions are contained in appendix C or elsewhere.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 987, � 1, effective October 1.