Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing
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 master plumber or a master gas fitter or working as a journeyman plumber or a journeyman gas fitter or as an apprentice gas fitter or an apprentice plumber or as an undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer or a limited undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer not lawfully registered or licensed, if required by the chapter, every person engaging in or working at the business of plumbing or gas fitting in a city or town when forbidden to do so under section seven, every master plumber or master gas fitter who engages or employs any person to work as a journeyman or as an apprentice who has not been so licensed, and every person so licensed violating any provision of sections one to fifteen, inclusive, of this chapter or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Any city or town subject to the preceding sections of this chapter neglecting to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit fifty dollars to the commonwealth for each month during which such neglect continues.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order

Chapter 142 - Supervision of Plumbing

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Application of Supervision of Plumbing Statutes

Section 3 - Master Plumbers or Gas Fitters, Journeymen and Apprentices; Licensing; Advertising; Display of License or Certificate

Section 3a - Apprentices; Licensing; Application; Employment; On-the-Job Training, Rules and Regulations

Section 3b - Certificates of Plumbing or Gas Fitting Corporations or Partnerships

Section 4 - Rules of Examiners; Qualifications of Applicants; Applications; Examinations; Issuance of License; Probationary License; Credit for Veterans

Section 4a - Plumbers Employed by Cities, Institutions or Corporations; Installations and Repairs

Section 5 - Fees for Licenses and Examinations

Section 6 - Territorial Coverage, Transfer, Term, Renewal, Fee, Suspension and Revocation of Licenses; Names of Licensees Forwarded to Towns; Registration

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 11 - Inspectors Appointed From Civil Service List; Approval of Plumbing or Gas Fitting; Exemption

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 13 - Regulations

Section 14 - Persons Learning Plumbing and Gas Fitting Businesses

Section 15 - Reports by Inspectors of Buildings and Boards of Health

Section 16 - Work or Employment of Workers Without Required Registration or License; Violation of Statute, Ordinance or Regulation by Persons, Cities or Towns

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 18 - Construction, Installing, Relocating and Repairing Requirements; Capacity; Strength; Solder; Pressure

Section 19 - Safety Devices for Hot Water Tanks; Statements by Manufacturer; Approval; Pipes and Fittings

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

Section 22 - Enforcement and Violation of Statutes