Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Regulation of Plumbers; Creation of Commission; Licensing
25-28.5-1-32. Exceptions to Application of Chapter

Sec. 32. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Contractors in work on bridges, roads, streets, highways, railroads, or utilities and services incidental to the work.
(2) An authorized employee of the United States, the state, or a political subdivision of the state if the employee does not profess to be for hire and is acting within the scope of the employee's employment.
(3) An officer appointed by a court when the officer is acting within the scope of the officer's office as defined by law or court order. When construction projects are not underway at the time of the appointment of the officer by the court, and the nature of the officer's appointment requires that plumbing must be done, the officer must employ or contract with a registered plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber.
(4) Public utilities with respect to construction, maintenance, and development work performed by their own forces and incidental to their business.
(5) The owner occupant of a dwelling of eight (8) or less residential units when the owner occupant is installing, altering, or repairing the plumbing system of the residential units.
(6) Construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of a plumbing system, located on a site, the title of which is in the name of the United States of America, or to construction, alteration, improvement, or repair on a project where federal law supersedes this article.
(7) An individual who is employed or acts as a maintenance person at the individual's place of employment.
(8) Farmsteads, except for buildings built on the farmstead for the purpose of public or commercial use.
(9) A sewer contractor, sewage disposal contractor, or an excavation contractor or utility contractor who generally engages in the business of installing, altering, or repairing sewers, private or public sewage disposal systems, and water distribution or drainage lines outside the foundation walls of a building.
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.166, SEC.4; Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.219; P.L.241-1989, SEC.6.

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