37-69-102. Exceptions. (1) Licensure is not required in the following instances of plumbing installation:
     (a) where an owner of a single-family residence used exclusively for his personal use makes the installation himself for all sanitary plumbing and potable water supply piping or where a mobile home dealer makes such installation to existing facilities as part of delivering and setting up a mobile home for a purchaser;
     (b) in any mine, mill, smelter, refinery, or railroad;
     (c) in a farm or ranch not connected to public water supply and sewage disposal systems;
     (d) in cities, towns, water districts, and water user associations extending their own water and sewer mains;
     (e) installation of water conditioner services in private dwellings;
     (f) minor work by employees or agents of an appliance dealer incidental to the installation of an appliance purchased from the dealer; and
     (g) installation of a water meter by a qualified person appointed by the administrative authority of the water system.
     (2) This chapter shall not be construed to apply to or to affect plumbing installations in any mines, mills, smelters, refineries, public utilities, railroads, or plumbing installations on farms or ranches not connected to public water supply or sewage disposal systems.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 203, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 185, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 497, L. 1975; Sec. 66-2401, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 15, Ch. 251, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 44, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 497, L. 1975; Sec. 66-2426, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 66-2401(2), 66-2426; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 661, L. 1985.