Oregon Law
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693.010Definitions 693.020Persons and activities not regulated under chapter 693.025Insurance required of certain providers of low-flow showerheads or faucet aerators; limitation on services; penalty 693.030Journeyman plumber license requirement; prohibited acts by plumbing contractor 693.040Apprentices; authority to work 693.050[Amended by 1969 c.540 §3; 1975 c.429 §14; 1977 c.873 §13; 1981 c.438 §14; 1987 c.414 §50a; 1993 c.744 §152; repealed by 2005 c.758 §56] 693.060Issuance of journeyman’s license 693.070License number; issue and expiration dates 693.075[1981 c.438 §23; repealed by 2005 c.758 §56] 693.080[Repealed by 1981 c.438 §46] 693.090[Amended by 1971 c.734 §152; 1981 c.438 §17; 1999 c.597 §2; repealed by 2005 c.758 §56] 693.095Supervising plumber license; rules 693.100[Amended by 1981 c.438 §18; repealed by 2005 c.758 §56] 693.103Limited specialty plumbers; rules; scope of license; water heater specialty 693.105Procedure for refusal, revocation or suspension of license; procedures for hearings, rules, orders and review 693.108[1991 c.555 §2; repealed by 2005 c.758 §56] 693.110[Amended by 1971 c.753 §34; repealed by 1981 c.438 §46] 693.111Solar heating and cooling system installers; rules; fees 693.115State Plumbing Board; membership; term; compensation and expenses 693.120Duties of board to examine applicants for journeyman plumber licenses 693.125Officers; quorum 693.130[Amended by 1971 c.753 §36; repealed by 1981 c.438 §46] 693.135Fees; rules 693.140[Amended by 1969 c.314 §94; repealed by 1971 c.753 §74] 693.150[Repealed by 1971 c.753 §74] 693.160[1973 c.834 §44; repealed by 1981 c.438 §46] 693.165Disposition of receipts 693.180Denial of right to court action for unlicensed plumber or unqualified apprentice 693.190[1981 c.438 §27; 1991 c.734 §83; 1999 c.846 §4; repealed by 2001 c.411 §31] 693.990[Repealed by 1981 c.438 §46] 693.992Civil penalty for violations of chapter 693.994Civil penalty for violations of ORS 447.065 or 693.111

Chapter 693 — Plumbers

ORS 693.010 Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1)

“Apprentice plumber” means any person who is an apprentice under ORS 660.002 to 660.210 and who is employed by a licensed plumbing contractor for the purpose of assisting the journeyman plumber and learning the plumbing trade.

(2)

“Board” means the State Plumbing Board.

(3)

“Journeyman plumber” means any person holding a valid journeyman plumber license issued under this chapter.

(4)

“Licensed plumbing contractor” means a person licensed as required under ORS 447.010 to 447.156 to engage in the business of furnishing labor and material, or labor only, to install, alter and repair plumbing.

(5)

“Plumbing” has the meaning given that term in ORS 447.010.

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Earlier statutory text is available in an ingested published ORS edition.