2007 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. 1a. Multipurpose potable water piping system contractor license. Except for
residential installations by the owner-occupant of a one- or two-family dwelling, a person may
not sell, design, install, modify, or inspect a multipurpose potable water piping system, its parts,
or related equipment, or offer to do so, unless annually licensed to perform these duties as a
multipurpose potable water piping system 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.
    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.
    Subd. 3. Multipurpose potable water piping system installer certificate. Except for
residential installations by the owner-occupant of a one- or two-family dwelling, a person may
not install, connect, alter, repair, or add to a multipurpose potable water piping system, unless
annually certified to perform these duties as a multipurpose potable water piping system installer.
A multipurpose potable water piping system installer certificate only allows the certificate holder
to work on one- and two-family residential units.
    Subd. 4. Certification fee; annual appropriation. The state fire marshal shall charge $55
to conduct and administer the journeyman sprinkler fitter certification process. Money received
by the State Fire Marshal Division for the administration of this program must be deposited in
the state treasury and credited to a state fire marshal dedicated account in the special revenue
fund. All money in the state fire marshal account is annually appropriated to the commissioner
of public safety to administer this program.
History: 1992 c 508 s 3; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 27; 1998 c 367 art 11 s 12,13; 1Sp2003 c
2 art 4 s 17-19