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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="12-502" title_number="12" title_name="Plumbers" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Regardless of whether plumbing services are provided for compensation, a person who provides or assists in providing plumbing services shall comply with the State Plumbing Code or any applicable local plumbing code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To ensure that plumbing services provided in a State building meet or exceed the standards of the State Plumbing Code, the plumbing work shall be inspected:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to the extent money is provided in the State budget, by a State plumbing inspector; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if not inspected by a State plumbing inspector, by an inspector of the county or local government where the plumbing services are provided.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
