50-60-505. Permit required. (1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business, trade, or work of installing, removing, altering, or repairing plumbing and drainage systems or parts of plumbing and drainage systems without first obtaining a permit from the department of labor and industry.
(2) A separate permit must be obtained for each building or structure.
(3) A person may not allow any other person to do or cause to be done any work under a permit secured by the permittee except persons in the permittee's employ.
(4) When a permit has been obtained to connect an existing building or existing work to the public sewer or to connect to a new private disposal facility, backfilling of private sewage disposal facilities abandoned consequent to the connection is included in the permit.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 236, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 240, Ch. 350, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 446, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 226, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 504, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2427(part); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 352, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 169, Ch. 483, L. 2001.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 60. Building Construction Standards
Part 5. Plumbing Installations
50-60-501. Declaration of public interest
50-60-502. No penalties for hiring unlicensed plumbers
50-60-504. Department to prescribe minimum standards
50-60-506. Exceptions to permit requirement
50-60-507. Application for and issuance of permit
50-60-509. Person commencing work without a permit to pay double the permit fee -- exception
50-60-510. Inspections to ensure compliance
50-60-511. Duty of permittee regarding inspection and compliance
50-60-512. Department authorized to order work stopped for noncompliance
50-60-513. Suspension or revocation of permit
50-60-514. District court -- jurisdiction -- restraining orders