Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Regulation of Plumbers; Creation of Commission; Licensing
25-28.5-1-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Plumbing" means the practice of and the materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following:
(A) Sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities, the venting system, and the public or private water supply systems, within or adjacent to any building or structure.
(B) The practice and materials used in the installation, maintenance, extension, or alteration of the stormwater, liquid waste, or sewerage, and water supply systems of any premises to the private property line or to their connection with any point of public disposal or other acceptable terminal.
The term does not include the planning, designing, and installation of sanitation and water systems in vehicles commonly known as mobile homes, the drilling of wells, the installation of pumps, pressure tanks, and piping incidental to the drilling or repair of a well system, the sale or installation of water softening equipment and apparatuses and services of the same, or the business of manufacturing or selling plumbing fixtures; appliances, equipment, or hardware; the installation of automatic sprinklers, the overhead or underground water supplies or standpipes when connected to an automatic sprinkler system or to their related devices or appurtenances connecting thereto; nor does the term include the work referred to in section 32(i) of this chapter; nor does the term include the planning or design of water supply or sewage systems which would ordinarily be performed as "the practice of engineering", as defined in IC 25-31-1, or the "practice of architecture", as defined in IC 25-4-1.
(2) "Plumbing contractor" means any person who, for compensation, undertakes to, or submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by others, construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, subtract from, or improve plumbing and who is responsible for substantially all the plumbing within the entire project, or one who fabricates units or plumbing substantially completed and ready for installation.
(3) "Journeyman plumber" means a person who engages or offers to engage in, as an occupation or trade, the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, or removal and replacement of plumbing under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a licensed plumbing contractor.
(4) "Maintenance man" means a person who is employed on a permanent basis to keep the premises of a business establishment in good repair.
(5) "Contracting" means, except as exempted in this chapter, engaging in a business as a contractor.
(6) "Person" means a natural person, except in the case of a plumbing contractor, in which case it may mean the partners or members of a partnership, limited partnership, or any form of unincorporated enterprise, owned by two (2) or more persons, and as applied to "corporation" in addition to the corporate entity means the officers or directors and employees thereof.
(7) "Commission" means the Indiana plumbing commission created by this chapter.
(8) "License" means a certificate issued by the commission established by this chapter which confers upon the holder the privilege to act as a plumbing contractor or a journeyman plumber as defined in this chapter.
(9) "Farmstead" means a farm dwelling together with other buildings, structures, equipment, piping, and other plumbing materials and supplies, located upon a parcel of real estate used primarily for agricultural purposes located outside the corporate limits of a municipality and not connected to a public water supply.
(10) "Licensing agency" means the Indiana professional licensing agency established under IC 25-1-5-3.
(11) "Apprentice plumber" means an individual who:
(A) is learning the plumbing trade; and
(B) is under the direction and immediate supervision of a licensed plumbing contractor or a licensed journeyman plumber.
(12) "Registration" means the granting of a certificate by the commission that authorizes an individual to act as an apprentice plumber.
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.202; P.L.132-1984, SEC.36; P.L.248-1985, SEC.1; P.L.1-2006, SEC.469.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 25. Professions and Occupations

Article 28.5. Plumbers

Chapter 1. Regulation of Plumbers; Creation of Commission; Licensing

25-28.5-1-1. Declaration of Policy

25-28.5-1-2. Definitions

25-28.5-1-3. Indiana Plumbing Commission; Creation; Administration and Enforcement of Chapter

25-28.5-1-4. Members; Appointments; Terms; Political Representation

25-28.5-1-5. Compensation of Members of Commission

25-28.5-1-6. Organization and Records of Commission

25-28.5-1-7. Duties of Commission

25-28.5-1-8. Powers of Commission

25-28.5-1-9. Meetings of Commission; Notice; Quorum; Record

25-28.5-1-10. Office and Supplies of Commission; Employees

25-28.5-1-11. Unlawful Acts

25-28.5-1-12. Licensing Requirements; Apprenticeship; Nonresidents

25-28.5-1-13. Application for License; Corporations, Partnerships, or Associations; Requisites

25-28.5-1-14. Refusal to Examine or License

25-28.5-1-15. Examinations

25-28.5-1-16. Preparation and Administration of Examination

25-28.5-1-17. Reexamination

25-28.5-1-18. Repealed

25-28.5-1-18.1. Apprentice Plumber; Application for Registration; Certificate of Registration; Events Requiring Discontinuation of Work

25-28.5-1-18.3. Expiration of License

25-28.5-1-18.5. Temporary Plumbing Contractor's License; Issuance

25-28.5-1-19. Reciprocity

25-28.5-1-20. Nonresident Applicants; Service of Process

25-28.5-1-21. Repealed

25-28.5-1-22. Expiration of License or Certificate of Registration; Renewal; Fees

25-28.5-1-23. Fees

25-28.5-1-24. Disposition of Fees; Expenses of Commission

25-28.5-1-25. Repealed

25-28.5-1-26. Repealed

25-28.5-1-27. Investigations; Motion of Commission or Complaint; Approval

25-28.5-1-27.1. Repealed

25-28.5-1-28. Proceedings for Suspension or Revocation of License; Review

25-28.5-1-29. Record of Commission as Evidence; Conclusiveness of Verdicts

25-28.5-1-30. Repealed

25-28.5-1-31. Violations

25-28.5-1-32. Exceptions to Application of Chapter

25-28.5-1-33. Political Subdivisions; Power to Regulate

25-28.5-1-34. Repealed

25-28.5-1-35. Display of License; Register Available for Public Inspection

25-28.5-1-36. Actions to Recover for Services by Unlicensed or Unregistered Plumbers Barred

25-28.5-1-37. Subpoena Powers of Commission; Service and Witness Fees; Enforcement

25-28.5-1-38. Rules and Regulations

25-28.5-1-39. Loss of Bid Due to Chapter Violations; Injunctive Relief