Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 391 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Section 20-304a. - Automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's license. Exemption. Regulations.

(a) The board or Commissioner of Consumer Protection may issue an automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's license to any person who has received level III certification from the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies in the field of fire protection engineering technology or a subfield of automatic sprinkler system layout. Any person who is a professional engineer licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from such licensing requirement.

(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the issuance of automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's licenses and to prescribe the amount of the fees required pursuant to this section. Upon the adoption of such regulations, the fees required for such licenses shall be as prescribed in such regulation.
(P.A. 91-273, S. 2; P.A. 93-361, S. 11, 16, 17; P.A. 98-3, S. 15; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 15-60, S. 4; P.A. 16-185, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 93-361 made existing section Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to adopt regulations for automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's licenses and exempted plumbing journeymen, plumbing contractors and journeymen sprinkler fitters from licensing requirements, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 15-60 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting licensing exemption for licensed plumbing and piping journeyman, plumbing and piping contractor and journeyman sprinkler fitter and amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change; P.A. 16-185 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Commissioner of Consumer Protection in provision re issuance of license, effective July 1, 2016.

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