2004 Minnesota Statutes

     326.60 Licensing in certain cities; qualifications; 
  rules. 

    Subdivision 1.    Licensing in certain cities.  In any 
 city or town now or hereafter having a population of 5,000 or 
 more according to the last federal census, no person, firm, or 
 corporation shall engage in or work at the business of water 
 conditioning installation or servicing after January 1, 1970, 
 unless (a) at all times a person licensed as a water 
 conditioning contractor by the state commissioner of health 
 shall be responsible for the proper water conditioning 
 installation and servicing work of such person, firm, or 
 corporation, and (b) all installations, other than exchanges of 
 portable equipment, are actually made by a licensed water 
 conditioning contractor or licensed water conditioning 
 installer.  Anyone not so licensed may do water conditioning 
 work which complies with the provisions of the minimum standard 
 prescribed by the state commissioner of health on premises or 
 that part of premises owned and actually occupied by the worker 
 as a residence, unless otherwise forbidden to do so by a local 
 ordinance. 

    Subd. 2.    Qualifications for licensing.  A water 
 conditioning contractor license shall be issued only to a person 
 who has demonstrated skill in planning, superintending, and 
 servicing water conditioning installations.  A water 
 conditioning installer license shall only be issued to a person 
 other than a water conditioning contractor who has demonstrated 
 practical knowledge of water conditioning installation. 

    Subd. 3.    Rules.  The state commissioner of health 
 shall: 

    (a) prescribe rules, not inconsistent herewith, for the 
 licensing of water conditioning contractors and installers; 

    (b) license water conditioning contractors and installers; 

    (c) prescribe rules not inconsistent herewith for the 
 examining of water conditioning contractors and installers prior 
 to first granting a license as a water conditioning contractor 
 or water conditioning installer; and 

    (d) collect an examination fee from each examinee for a 
 license as a water conditioning contractor and a fee from each 
 examinee for a license as a water conditioning installer in an 
 amount prescribed by the state commissioner of health pursuant 
 to section 144.122.  A water conditioning installer must 
 successfully pass the examination for water conditioning 
 contractors before being licensed as a water conditioning 
 contractor. 

    HIST: 1969 c 898 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 471 s 16; 
 1977 c 305 s 45; 1980 c 487 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444