§ 2198. Exceptions; license not required
(a) All plumbing and specialty work performed in Vermont shall be performed by persons
licensed under this chapter except that a license shall not be required for the following
types of work:
(1) Any plumbing and specialty work performed by an owner or the owner’s regular employees
in the owner-occupied, freestanding single family dwelling or in outbuildings accessory
to the owner-occupied, single family dwelling.
(2) Installations of plumbing systems in laboratories for experimental purposes only.
(3) A person who regularly employs a maintenance person whose duties include the maintenance
of plumbing on the property of that person.
(4) Plumbing or specialty installations performed as part of a training project of a vocational
school or other educational institution. However, the installation shall be inspected
if the building is to be sold as a private dwelling or public building.
(5) A person who performs miscellaneous jobs of manual labor on the person’s own property
in the course of which plumbing repairs or alterations are made.
(6) For the construction, repair, or maintenance of buildings used exclusively for agricultural
purposes and animal housing located on owner-occupied farms.
(7) Work performed by employees of any public or private water company, who in the main
course of their employment install, maintain, or repair water supply pipes, meters,
or control valves.
(b) Plumbing installed or maintained by persons included in this section shall conform
to State law. (1959, No. 215, § 16, eff. June 2, 1959; amended 1969, No. 84, § 9, eff. April 18, 1969; 1979, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1993, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 18.)