§ 28-27-11. Journeyperson license — Test fees — License fees and qualifications — Filing deadline for journeyperson.
(a) No application for a journeyperson’s test shall be filed by the department nor shall any applicant be permitted to take the examination for a license as a journeyperson unless:
(1) The test application is accompanied by a test fee as outlined in § 28-27-17;
(2) Upon passing of a journeyperson test, payment of a license fee as outlined in § 28-27-17 is required and the journeyperson license will be issued as provided in § 28-27-15;
(3) The applicant has possessed for at least five (5) years prior to the filing of the application a certificate of registration in full force and effect from the department of labor and training specifying the person as a registered apprentice, and the application of an applicant:
(i) Is accompanied by an affidavit or affidavits of his or her employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in pipefitting or refrigeration/air conditioning, sheet metal or fire protection sprinkler systems work as an apprentice in the state of Rhode Island during those five (5) years;
(ii) Is accompanied by an affidavit or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been registered as a student in a recognized college, university, or trade school and has pursued a course of pipefitting or refrigeration/air conditioning, sheet metal or fire protection sprinkler systems for at least two (2) academic years or is the recipient of an associate degree in pipefitting or refrigeration/air conditioning or fire protection sprinkler systems, and has thereafter been registered by the department of labor and training as an apprentice for at least three (3) years and employed as a registered apprentice by a duly licensed pipefitter or refrigeration/air conditioning or fire protection sprinkler systems master or sheet metal contractors in this state for a period of three (3) years; or
(iii) Is accompanied by an affidavit or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant possesses a certificate of license issued under the laws of another state specifying that person as a journeyperson; and
(4) The licensing authority may grant an exemption to the requirements of subsection (a)(3) on the basis of past experience.
(b) The test application is to be filed with the department at least fifteen (15) days prior to the examination date.
History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 383, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 330, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 437, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-27 - Mechanical Trades
Section 28-27-1.0. - Mechanical board.
Section 28-27-1.1. - Inspection and right of entry.
Section 28-27-1.2. - General license criteria guide.
Section 28-27-2. - Licensing — Mechanical board of examiners created — Senior chief investigator.
Section 28-27-3. - Disposition of fees — Annual report.
Section 28-27-4.1. - “Journeyperson refrigeration technician” defined.
Section 28-27-4.4. - “Master mechanical contractor” defined — License fee.
Section 28-27-5. - Practices for which master or contractor license required.
Section 28-27-5.1. - Practices for which a journeyperson or apprentice license required.
Section 28-27-5.2. - Issuance of P.J.F. journeyperson oil burnerperson’s license.
Section 28-27-5.3. - Oil burnerperson’s limited license.
Section 28-27-6. - Corporations and firms engaged in business.
Section 28-27-6.1. - Owners’ right to install.
Section 28-27-6.2. - Issuance of contractor master license.
Section 28-27-7. - Functions of board of examiners.
Section 28-27-8. - Duties of director.
Section 28-27-9. - Application for license.
Section 28-27-12. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-27-13. - Change of address.
Section 28-27-14. - Examination of applicants.
Section 28-27-15. - Issuance of licensing following examination.
Section 28-27-16. - Reexamination of applicants.
Section 28-27-17. - Test fees — License fees — Expiration and renewal of licenses.
Section 28-27-17.1. - Failure to renew license.
Section 28-27-17.2. - Certificates expiring while licensee is in federal service.
Section 28-27-18. - Registration of apprentices.
Section 28-27-19. - License displayed in place of business.
Section 28-27-20. - State and municipal inspections and installation permits.
Section 28-27-21. - Grounds for revocation of license.
Section 28-27-22. - Procedure for revocation of license.
Section 28-27-22.1. - Subpoena of a witness.
Section 28-27-22.2. - Subpoena powers.
Section 28-27-23. - Administration of oaths.
Section 28-27-24. - Recommendations of board — Order of the director — Appeal.
Section 28-27-24.1. - Compelling obedience to subpoenas.
Section 28-27-25. - Judicial review of proceedings.
Section 28-27-25.1. - Judicial enforcement.
Section 28-27-26. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-27-26.1. - Enforcement.
Section 28-27-27. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-27-28. - Practices for which a license is required.
Section 28-27-29. - Persons and acts exempt.
Section 28-27-30. - Enforcement procedures.
Section 28-27-30.1. - Severability.
Section 28-27-31. - [Repealed.]
Section 28-27-32. - Discrimination.
Section 28-27-33. - Investigator’s devotion to duties — Assignment of investigators.
Section 28-27-34. - “Division” and “chief administrator” defined.