Authority: IC 25-28.5-1-7

Affected: IC 25-28.5-1-27.1

Sec. 5. (a) Plumbing contractors shall not allow any employee or subcontractor to act in the capacity of a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber unless that employee or subcontractor has a plumbing contractor's license or a journeyman plumber's license.

(b) Subsection (a) shall not be construed to require the following individuals to be licensed:

1. (1) helpers;
2. (2) laborers;
3. (3) registered apprentices; and
4. (4) other employees of a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber;

who do not in any manner hold themselves out to the public as being plumbers.

(Indiana Plumbing Commission; 860 IAC 1-5-5; filed Nov 21, 1989, 1:15 p.m.: 13 IR 631; readopted filed May 29, 2001, 10:00 a.m.: 24 IR 3237; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:57 p.m.: 20070808-IR-860070061RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20131225-IR- 860130282RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2019, 3:46 p.m.: 20191225-IR-860190189RFA; readopted filed Jan 17, 2024, 5:34 p.m.: 20240214-IR-860230763RFA)