50-74-305. Exceptions to requirements for engineer's license. Allowable exceptions or variances to the minimum requirements set out in 50-74-304 are as follows:
(1) An applicant for an engineer's license in any classification who holds a valid license in that classification from another state having licensing requirements equal to or exceeding the minimum requirements set out in 50-74-304, who successfully passes a written examination prescribed by the department, and who is found competent to operate a boiler and steam-driven machinery in that classification by the department must be granted a license in that classification.
(2) Operating experience in a classification accumulated in the United States military services or the merchant marine service satisfactory to the department may be accepted in lieu of the operating experience required for licensing of engineers in each of the license classifications.
(3) An applicant who has training in the operation of steam or water boilers and steam machinery and who has been certified as having satisfactorily completed a prescribed training course from a department-approved institution or training program in the classification for which the applicant is applying may, pursuant to department rule, be credited with experience toward a first-, second-, or third-class or low-pressure engineer's license.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 32, L. 1905; re-en. Sec. 1649, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 30, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 32, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 2720, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2720, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 225, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 94, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 182, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 187, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1509(4); amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 33, Ch. 308, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 514, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 74. Boilers and Steam Engines
50-74-301. License required to operate boilers and steam engines
50-74-302. General requirements for licensure
50-74-303. Engineer's license classifications
50-74-304. Requirements for engineer's license
50-74-305. Exceptions to requirements for engineer's license
50-74-306. Traction licenses -- application without examination from other states
50-74-307. Requirements for traction licenses
50-74-308. Waiver of experience requirement for traction licenses
50-74-311. Waiting period before reexamination permitted
50-74-312. Review of license rejection -- waiting period
50-74-315. Unlawful to operate boiler or steam engine without license
50-74-316. Unlawful to employ unlicensed operator
50-74-317. When unlicensed person may operate
50-74-318. Qualifications of boiler inspectors -- fees for inspections