As used in The Plumbing License Law of 1955:

1. 1. "Board" means the State Board of Health;
2. 2. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Health;
3. 3. "Committee" means the State Committee of Plumbing Examiners appointed by the State Board of Health;
4. 4. "Plumbing Hearing Board" means the State Plumbing Hearing Board which shall consist of the State Commissioner of Health as chair, and the members of the State Committee of Plumbing Examiners;
5. 5. "Apprentice" or "plumber's apprentice" means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older who, as his or her principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor;
6. 6. "Journeyman plumber" means any person other than a master plumber or plumbing contractor who engages in or works at the actual installation, alteration, repair and/or renovation of plumbing;
7. 7. "Temporary journeyman plumber" means any person other than a person permanently licensed as a journeyman plumber, master plumber, or plumbing contractor in this state who meets the tmeporary license requirements of section 2 of this act.
8. 8. "Master plumber" is a term used and defined under laws which have been repealed. A person formerly known as a master plumber is henceforth to be known as a "plumbing contractor" herein defined;
9. 9. "Plumbing contractor" means, and is hereby defined to be, any person who is skilled in the planning, superintending and practical installation of plumbing and who is familiar with the laws, rules and regulations governing the same. This definition may be construed to mean any person who has qualified and is licensed under this act as a plumbing contractor, who may operate as an individual, a firm, partnership, or corporation, or other legal entity to engage in the business of plumbing, or the business of contracting to do plumbing, or furnish labor or materials or both for, the installation, repair, maintenance or renovation of plumbing, according to the requirements of this act;

10. 10. "Plumbing" means, and includes:

    1. a. all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply of water within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the connection with a water main or other source of supply,
    2. b. all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, including venting systems for such facilities, within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the connection with a public disposal system or other acceptable terminal, and
    3. c. the installation, repair, maintenance and renovation of all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and appliances for a supply of water, or for the disposal of waste water, liquid waste, or sewage within or adjacent to any building, structure, or conveyance, on the premises and to the source of supply of water or point of disposal of wastes; and
11. 11. "Variance and Appeals Board" means the Oklahoma State Plumbing Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board.

Added by Laws 1955, p. 366, § 3; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 293, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1999, SB 379, c. 405, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1999 (superseded document available).