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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="12-306" title_number="12" title_name="Plumbers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an applicant qualifies for a journey plumber license, a master plumber license, a limited license, a master natural gas fitters license, a journeyman natural gas fitters license, an apprentice natural gas fitters license, or a propane gas fitter certificate under this subtitle, the Board shall send the applicant a notice that states that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant has qualified for a license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Board will issue a license to the applicant on receipt of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>if contracting in the name of the applicant or another person to provide plumbing services, proof of the liability insurance as required under § 12–501 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a license fee set by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On payment of the appropriate license fee and, if applicable, receipt of the proof of the insurance required under § 12–501 of this title, the Board shall issue a license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any master plumber, journey plumber, or apprentice holding a valid license is eligible to participate in a Board–approved cross connection/backflow prevention certification program to be certified as an approved cross connection/backflow prevention technician.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Only a master plumber or journey plumber possessing certification shall be authorized to certify the installation and testing of mechanical cross connection control devices.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For the purpose of certification of the installation and testing of mechanical cross connection control devices, a local jurisdiction may adopt regulations or enact laws that have qualifications comparable to or more stringent than paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
