Section 12. No inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall inspect or approve any plumbing or gas fitting work done by himself, his employer, employee or one employed with him, but in a city or town subject to sections one to sixteen, inclusive, the said inspector of buildings, or the board of health, shall in the manner provided in the preceding section appoint an additional inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting as therein provided, who shall inspect plumbing or gas fitting so done. Said additional inspector may act in the absence or disability of the local inspector and for his services shall receive like compensation.
This section shall not apply to any city or town establishing an annual salary for an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting, and in such city or town an inspector of plumbing or inspector of gas fitting shall not engage or work at the business of plumbing or gas fitting; provided, however such an inspector may perform the work of a journeyman plumber or gas fitter outside the area over which he exercises jurisdiction as an inspector.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order
Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing
Section 2 - Application of Supervision of Plumbing Statutes
Section 3b - Certificates of Plumbing or Gas Fitting Corporations or Partnerships
Section 4a - Plumbers Employed by Cities, Institutions or Corporations; Installations and Repairs
Section 5 - Fees for Licenses and Examinations
Section 6a - Licensed Plumber or Gas Fitter Continuing Education Course
Section 7 - Notice to Examiners of Violation of Statute, Ordinance or Regulation
Section 10 - Inspection Districts; Expense
Section 11a - Plumbing and Gasfitting Inspectors; Cities Over Seventy-Five Thousand; Appointment
Section 11b - Plumbing and Gas Fitting Inspectors; Continuing Education
Section 12 - Additional Inspectors; Inspector Engaging in Plumbing or Gas Fitting Work
Section 14 - Persons Learning Plumbing and Gas Fitting Businesses
Section 15 - Reports by Inspectors of Buildings and Boards of Health
Section 20 - Installed or Junked Range Boilers
Section 21 - Buildings Owned, Used and Constructed by Commonwealth
Section 21a - Permits for Plumbing and Gas Fitting Work; Proof of Liability Insurance or Bond