(a) Application for a master high pressure pipefitter, a journeyworker high pressure pipefitter, or a high pressure piping contractor license shall be made to the department, with all fees required by section 326B.092.
(b) The applicant for a master high pressure pipefitter or a journeyworker high pressure pipefitter license shall be licensed only after passing an examination developed and administered by the department in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
(c) All initial master high pressure pipefitter licenses, journeyworker high pressure pipefitter licenses, and high pressure piping contractor licenses are effective for more than one calendar year and expire on December 31 of the year after the year in which the application is made. The commissioner shall in a manner determined by the commissioner, without the need for any rulemaking under chapter 14, phase in the renewal of master high pressure pipefitter, journeyworker high pressure pipefitter, and high pressure piping contractor licenses from one year to two years. By June 30, 2012, all such licenses shall be two-year licenses.
History:(5887-30g) 1937 c 367 s 8; 1951 c 119 s 1; 1959 c 134 s 1; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1974 c 7 s 1; 1981 c 72 s 2; 1984 c 481 s 5; 1987 c 132 s 4; 1995 c 123 s 6; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 33; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 27; 2007 c 135 art 4 s 7; 2007 c 140 art 10 s 9,11; art 13 s 4; 2008 c 337 s 31; 2010 c 347 art 3 s 52,76; 2010 c 385 s 6; 2017 c 68 art 1 s 23,26; 1Sp2017 c 7 s 8