Massachusetts General Laws
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter the following words shall have...

Section 2 - Application of Supervision of Plumbing Statutes - Section 2. Sections one through twenty-two, except section twenty-one, shall...

Section 3 - Master Plumbers or Gas Fitters, Journeymen and Apprentices; Licensing; Advertising; Display of License or Certificate - Section 3. No person shall engage in the business as...

Section 3a - Apprentices; Licensing; Application; Employment; On-the-Job Training, Rules and Regulations - Section 3A. Every apprentice shall before starting his apprenticeship file...

Section 3b - Certificates of Plumbing or Gas Fitting Corporations or Partnerships - Section 3B. A person duly licensed in the commonwealth as...

Section 4 - Rules of Examiners; Qualifications of Applicants; Applications; Examinations; Issuance of License; Probationary License; Credit for Veterans - Section 4. The examiners may make rules as they consider...

Section 4a - Plumbers Employed by Cities, Institutions or Corporations; Installations and Repairs - Section 4A. Master plumbers, journeymen, or apprentice plumbers, regularly employed...

Section 5 - Fees for Licenses and Examinations - Section 5. The fee for the first license of a...

Section 6 - Territorial Coverage, Transfer, Term, Renewal, Fee, Suspension and Revocation of Licenses; Names of Licensees Forwarded to Towns; Registration - Section 6. Licenses and certificates issued by the examiners shall...

Section 6a - Licensed Plumber or Gas Fitter Continuing Education Course - Section 6A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 7 - Notice to Examiners of Violation of Statute, Ordinance or Regulation - Section 7. If, in the opinion of such inspector of...

Section 10 - Inspection Districts; Expense - Section 10. Two or more towns may unite in forming...

Section 11 - Inspectors Appointed From Civil Service List; Approval of Plumbing or Gas Fitting; Exemption - Section 11. The said inspector of buildings, if any, otherwise...

Section 11a - Plumbing and Gasfitting Inspectors; Cities Over Seventy-Five Thousand; Appointment - Section 11A. In any city with a population over seventy-five...

Section 11b - Plumbing and Gas Fitting Inspectors; Continuing Education - Section 11B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 12 - Additional Inspectors; Inspector Engaging in Plumbing or Gas Fitting Work - Section 12. No inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas...

Section 13 - Regulations - Section 13. In all cities and towns, the examiners shall...

Section 14 - Persons Learning Plumbing and Gas Fitting Businesses - Section 14. Sections one to sixteen, inclusive, shall apply to...

Section 15 - Reports by Inspectors of Buildings and Boards of Health - Section 15. Inspectors of buildings and boards of health shall...

Section 16 - Work or Employment of Workers Without Required Registration or License; Violation of Statute, Ordinance or Regulation by Persons, Cities or Towns - Section 16. Every person engaged in the business of a...

Section 17 - Statements by Manufacturer on Range Boilers and Water Heaters; Certificates Relative to Cast Iron Water Fronts, Heater Elements and Hot Water Tanks - Section 17. No range boiler, tank, vessel or container, ferrous...

Section 18 - Construction, Installing, Relocating and Repairing Requirements; Capacity; Strength; Solder; Pressure - Section 18. No hot water tank shall be repaired, relocated...

Section 19 - Safety Devices for Hot Water Tanks; Statements by Manufacturer; Approval; Pipes and Fittings - Section 19. No hot water tank shall be installed and...

Section 20 - Installed or Junked Range Boilers - Section 20. The three preceding sections shall not apply to...

Section 21 - Buildings Owned, Used and Constructed by Commonwealth - Section 21. The examiners shall formulate rules relative to the...

Section 21a - Permits for Plumbing and Gas Fitting Work; Proof of Liability Insurance or Bond - Section 21A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 22 - Enforcement and Violation of Statutes - Section 22. Whoever violates any provision of section seventeen, eighteen...