1998 Minnesota Statutes

     299M.03 License or certificate required. 

    Subdivision 1.    Contractor license.  Except for 
 residential installations by the owner of an occupied one- or 
 two-family dwelling, a person may not sell, design, install, 
 modify, or inspect a fire protection system, its parts, or 
 related equipment, or offer to do so, unless annually licensed 
 to perform these duties as a fire protection contractor.  No 
 license is required under this section for a person licensed as 
 a professional engineer under section 326.03 who is competent in 
 fire protection system design or a person licensed as an alarm 
 and communication contractor under section 326.2421 for 
 performing activities authorized by that license. 

    Subd. 2.    Journeyman certificate.  Except for 
 residential installations by the owner of an occupied one- or 
 two-family dwelling, a person may not install, connect, alter, 
 repair, or add to a fire protection system, under the 
 supervision of a fire protection contractor, unless annually 
 certified to perform those duties as a journeyman sprinkler 
 fitter or as a registered apprentice sprinkler fitter.  This 
 subdivision does not apply to a person altering or repairing a 
 fire protection system if the system uses low pressure water and 
 the system is located in a facility regulated under the federal 
 Mine Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

    HIST: 1992 c 508 s 3; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 27; 1998 c 367 art 11 
 s 12,13