(a) The licensing requirements of this chapter shall not apply to owners of property for the purpose of installing, cleaning, servicing, or maintaining an onsite sewage system on their own property with a one-family or two-family residence used as their primary residence so long as the owners of the property with an onsite sewage system complete all installation, cleaning, servicing, or maintenance themselves, without help, at their primary residence.
(b) The board shall not license or regulate any of the following:
(1) An individual or entity that distributes septic tanks or conventional or engineered onsite sewage systems or onsite wastewater systems.
(2) An owner of multiple wastewater systems, or a system that is part of a group of wastewater systems under common ownership, with one or more of those systems having a design flow of 15,000 GPD or greater.
(3) A general contractor licensed by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors, with a municipal and utility endorsement, while installing or maintaining wastewater systems as described in subdivision (2).
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Chapter 21A - Onsite Wastewater Board and Licensees.
Section 34-21A-2 - Definitions.
Section 34-21A-3 - Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board.
Section 34-21A-4 - Meetings, Compensation, Expenses of the Board.
Section 34-21A-5 - Officers, Executive Director, and Administration of the Board.
Section 34-21A-6 - Funding and Financial Administration of the Board.
Section 34-21A-7 - Duties and Authority of the Board.
Section 34-21A-8 - Annual Report of the Board.
Section 34-21A-9 - Rules and Regulations.
Section 34-21A-10 - Exemptions.
Section 34-21A-13 - Form of Application for Licenses, Examinations, and License Renewals.
Section 34-21A-14 - Eligibility Requirements for License Application.
Section 34-21A-15 - Requirements of Examination, Areas, and Levels of Qualification.
Section 34-21A-16 - Bond Requirement for Licensees.
Section 34-21A-17 - Applicability of Licensing Provisions.
Section 34-21A-18 - Annual Renewal of License.
Section 34-21A-19 - Inactive License.
Section 34-21A-20 - Replacement Licenses.
Section 34-21A-21 - Revocation and Suspension of License.
Section 34-21A-22 - Complaint and Regulation Procedures.
Section 34-21A-23 - Reinstatement of License.
Section 34-21A-24 - Appeal Procedure.