2006 Minnesota Statutes

326.401 PLUMBER'S APPRENTICES.
    Subdivision 1. Registration. A plumber's apprentice must be registered with the
commissioner of health on a registration application form supplied by the commissioner
showing the date of beginning training, age, schooling, previous experience, employer, and other
information required by the commissioner.
    Subd. 2. Journeyman exam. A plumber's apprentice who has completed four years of
practical plumbing experience is eligible to take the journeyman plumbing examination. Up to 24
months of practical plumbing experience prior to registration as an apprentice may be applied
to the four-year experience requirement. However, none of this practical plumbing experience
may be applied if the person did not have any practical plumbing experience in the 12-month
period immediately prior to registration. The commissioner may adopt rules to evaluate whether
the person's past practical plumbing experience is applicable in preparing for the journeyman's
examination. If two years after completing the training the person has not taken the examination,
the four years of experience shall be forfeited.
The commissioner may allow an extension of the two-year period for taking the exam for
cases of hardship or other appropriate circumstances.
    Subd. 3. Fees. The Department of Health may assess fees to pay for the administration of
the apprentice registration program.
History: 1986 c 402 s 2; 1986 c 444