(a) A person may not engage in the business of plumbing unless:
- (1) the person holds a license or endorsement or is registered under this chapter; or
- (2) the person's work is supervised and controlled by a person licensed under this chapter.
- (b) A person may not serve as a plumbing inspector unless the person is licensed under this chapter as a plumbing inspector.
- (c) A license holder who is supervising and controlling under Subsection (a)(2) the work of a person engaged in the business of plumbing in the construction of a new one-family or two-family dwelling in an unincorporated area of the state must have training and management responsibility for, and shall review and inspect, the person's work. The license holder is not required to provide continuous or uninterrupted on-the-job oversight of the person's work.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 819, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.309(b), (c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.