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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="9A-103" title_number="9A" title_name="Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <text>This title does not limit the right of:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>an individual owner of a single-family dwelling while that owner is practicing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on or within a building or structure owned by the individual;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>an individual who is building a single-family dwelling in which that individual will reside while practicing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on or within that dwelling;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>an employee of a public utility company regulated by the Public Service Commission, when engaged in:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>the development, construction, maintenance, or repair of electric or gas facilities located in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>the construction, maintenance, or repair of electric or gas appliances in the service area of the public utility;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>subject to § 9A-403(a) of this title, an employee of the United States government, the State government, a local government, or an independent agency while that employee is practicing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on or within buildings or structures owned or solely occupied by the United States government, the State government, a local government, or an independent agency;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>an individual employed in the installation, maintenance, alteration, repair, or replacement of self-contained appliances requiring not more than 225 volts or 25 amperes of electrical current;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>an individual possessing a master electrician's license issued by the State or any county, when engaged in the installation, alteration, service, repair, or replacement of individually controlled electric resistance heat;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>an individual possessing a master plumber's license issued by the State, Baltimore County, or the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission when providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services on hydronic heating systems;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>an individual possessing a license to practice engineering when providing heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration services in connection with the practice of engineering;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>an individual who installs, alters, remodels, maintains, or repairs oil burners exclusively while employed by a supplier of home heating fuel; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>an individual regularly employed by the owner of property, or the owner's agent, to engage in maintenance and repair work.</text>
  </level>
</section>
