§ 12-155-110 — License issuance - examination - rules

Colorado § 12-155-110

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Plumbers

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(1) (a) The board shall
issue licenses to persons who have, by examination and experience, shown
themselves competent and qualified to engage in the business, trade, or calling of a
residential plumber, journeyworker plumber, or master plumber. The board shall
establish the minimum level of experience required for an applicant to receive a
residential, journeyworker, or master plumber's license. The maximum experience
the board may require for an applicant to qualify to test for a residential plumber's
license is three thousand four hundred hours of practical experience. The maximum
experience the board may require for an applicant to qualify to test for a
journeyworker plumber's license is six thousand eight hundred hours of practical
experience. The maximum experience the board may require for an applicant to test
for a master plumber's license is eight thousand five hundred hours of practical
experience.

(b) An applicant for a license may substitute for required practical
experience evidence of academic training in the plumbing field, which training shall
be credited as follows:

(I) If the applicant is a graduate of a community college or trade school
plumbing program approved by the board, the applicant receives one year of work
experience credit.

(II) If the applicant has academic training, including military training, in the
plumbing field that is not sufficient to qualify under subsection (1)(b)(I) of this
section, the board shall provide work experience credit for the training according to
a uniform ratio established by rule.

(c) No license shall be issued until the applicant has paid a license fee set by
the board pursuant to section 12-20-105.

(2) An applicant for a license under this section shall file an application on
forms prepared and furnished by the board, together with the examination fee. The
time and place of examination shall be designated in advance by the board, and
examinations shall be held at least four times each calendar year and at other times
as, in the opinion of the board, the number of applicants warrants.

(3) The contents of the examinations provided for in this section shall be
determined by the board. The examination shall be administered by the board or its
authorized agent pursuant to rules prescribed by the board. Each examination shall
be designed and given in such a manner as to fairly test the applicant's knowledge
of plumbing and rules governing plumbing. Examinations may include written tests
and applied tests of the practices that the license will qualify the applicant to
perform and related studies or subjects as the board may determine are necessary
for the proper and efficient performance of the practices. The examinations shall be
consistent with current practical and theoretical requirements of the practice of
plumbing and shall be reviewed, revised, and updated on an annual basis by the
board. The board shall ensure that the examination passing grade reflects a
minimum level of competency.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 995, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2024: IP(1)(b) and (1)(b)(I) amended, (HB 24-1344), ch. 343, p. 2324, � 11, effective July 1; (1)(a) amended, (HB 24-1344), ch. 343, p. 2324, � 12, effective July 1, 2025.