§ 153:27 — Definitions

In this subdivision:
I. "Board" means the mechanical licensing board established in RSA 153:27-a.
II. "Domestic appliance technician" means any person engaged in the installation, servicing, and repair of liquefied propane or natural gas domestic appliances designed specifically for residential use, limited to residential clothes dryers and their venting systems, domestic stove tops, cook stoves and ranges and their venting systems, or outdoor cooking equipment and pool heaters.
III. "Fuel gas fitter" means a hearth system installation and service technician, a domestic appliance technician, a fuel gas installation technician, a fuel gas service technician, or a fuel gas piping installer regulated by this subdivision.
IV. "Fuel gas fitting" means the installation, repair, alteration, service, demolition or removal of pipes, fixtures, fittings, appliances, equipment, or apparatus necessary for supplying natural gas or propane for residential or non-residential use from the point of delivery and all gas piping before connection to the combustion zone and including the applicable venting of flue gases to the outside atmosphere and the provisions for air for combustion and ventilation.
V. "Fuel gas installation technician" means any person engaged in the installation of inside and outside piping from the outlet of the gas meter or first stage regulator or residential and non-residential fuel gas appliances and equipment, including but not limited to heating equipment systems or water heating systems using liquefied propane gas or natural gas.
VI. "Fuel gas piping installer" means any person engaged in the installation of liquefied propane gas or natural gas piping or who is a New Hampshire licensed plumber, approved by the board through affidavit, experience, education or training in the use of NFPA 54, national fuel gas code as adopted pursuant to RSA 153:5 in the state fire code.
VII. "Fuel gas service technician" means any person engaged in the servicing and repair of inside and outside piping from the outlet of the gas meter or first stage regulator or residential and non-residential fuel gas appliances and equipment, including but not limited to heating equipment systems or water heating systems using liquefied propane gas or natural gas.
VIII. "Fuel gas trainee" means any person engaged in the process of meeting the licensing requirements of this subdivision, who shall work under the direct supervision of a licensed fuel gas fitter in the repair or installation of inside and outside piping from a gas meter or first stage regulator, and the repair or installation of residential and nonresidential fuel gas appliances and equipment, including but not limited to heating equipment systems, hot water heating systems, domestic appliances, or hearth equipment systems utilizing liquefied propane gas or natural gas.
IX. "Hearth system installation and service technician" means any person engaged in the installation, servicing, and repair of liquefied propane or natural gas hearth appliances and venting systems.
X. "Journeyman plumber" means any person who customarily performs the work of installing, maintaining, and repairing plumbing and drainage under the direction of a master plumber.
XI. "License" means any license issued pursuant to this subdivision.
XII. "Master plumber" means any person, firm, corporation, or limited liability company that, as a business, hires or employs a person or persons to do plumbing work, or, without hiring any person, does that work as a principal business or as auxiliary to a principal business for its own account.
XIII. "Person" means an individual, natural person.
XIV. "Plumbing" means the practice, materials, and fixtures used in the installing, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, plumbing appliances, and plumbing appurtenances within or adjacent to any structure, in connection with sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities; venting systems; and public or private water systems. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "plumbing" shall not apply beyond the first fitting beyond the foundation wall of the building or 5 feet of pipe from the building.
XV. "Plumbing apprentice" means any person who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and drainage under an apprenticeship program that meets the requirements of the rules of the board, except that the maximum number of apprentices that a plumbing licensee is permitted to employ shall be no more than 2 per licensee. The master plumber shall not be required to register the apprentice in an approved apprenticeship program pursuant to RSA 278. If the apprentice is so registered, the program shall comply with all requirements of the United States Department of Labor.
XVI. "Water treatment system" means any apparatus for treating or processing water to modify, enhance, or improve its quality or to meet a specific water quality need, desire, or standard, and the pipes, fittings, and other components servicing such apparatus.
XVII. "Water treatment technician" means any person who installs, maintains, or repairs water treatment systems.
XVIII. "Water treatment trainee" means any person who is engaged in learning about and assisting in installing, maintaining, or repairing water treatment systems under the direct supervision of a water treatment technician certified under this subdivision.

Legislative History

2006, 206:3. 2008, 170:1. 2010, 140:1. 2013, 275:5, eff. July 1, 2013. 2019, 253:1, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2024, 284:1, eff. Sept. 24, 2024.