Indiana § 25-28.5-1-32 Exceptions to application of chapter

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§ 25-28.5-1-32 — Exceptions to application of chapter

Indiana § 25-28.5-1-32

Title 25PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Art. 28.5PLUMBERS

Ch. 1Regulation of Plumbers; Creation of Commission;

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This chapter does not apply to the following:

(1)Contractors in work on bridges, roads, streets, highways, railroads, or utilities and services incidental to the work.

(2)An authorized employee of the United States, the state, or a political subdivision of the state if the employee does not profess to be for hire and is acting within the scope of the employee's employment.

(3)An officer appointed by a court when the officer is acting within the scope of the officer's office as defined by law or court order. When construction projects are not underway at the time of the appointment of the officer by the court, and the nature of the officer's appointment requires that plumbing must be done, the officer must employ or contract with a registered plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber. (4

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This chapter does not apply to the
following:
(1) Contractors in work on bridges, roads, streets, highways,
railroads, or utilities and services incidental to the work.
(2) An authorized employee of the United States, the state, or a
political subdivision of the state if the employee does not profess
to be for hire and is acting within the scope of the employee's
employment.
(3) An officer appointed by a court when the officer is acting
within the scope of the officer's office as defined by law or court
order. When construction projects are not underway at the time of
the appointment of the officer by the court, and the nature of the
officer's appointment requires that plumbing must be done, the
officer must employ or contract with a registered plumbing
contractor or journeyman plumber.
(4) Public utilities with respect to construction, maintenance, and
development work performed by their own forces and incidental
to their business.
(5) The owner occupant of a dwelling of eight (8) or less
residential units when the owner occupant is installing, altering,
or repairing the plumbing system of the residential units.
(6) Construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of a plumbing
system, located on a site, the title of which is in the name of the
United States of America, or to construction, alteration,
improvement, or repair on a project where federal law supersedes
this article.
(7) An individual who is employed or acts as a maintenance
person at the individual's place of employment.
(8) Farmsteads, except for buildings built on the farmstead for the
purpose of public or commercial use.
(9) A sewer contractor, sewage disposal contractor, or an
excavation contractor or utility contractor who generally engages
in the business of installing, altering, or repairing sewers, private
or public sewage disposal systems, and water distribution or
drainage lines outside the foundation walls of a building.
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1. As amended by Acts
1980, P.L.166, SEC.4; Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.219; P.L.241-1989,
SEC.6.