<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:53:03:05"><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000000">20:53:03:05</span></a><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000001">.  Plumber's apprentice license.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">To obtain</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> a plumber's apprentice license</span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">, an applicant</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> shall complete an application from the commission showing the </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">plumbing contractor</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> under wh</span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">om</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> the applicant </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">will be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> working. </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">An apprentice plumber who is employed by a licensed plumbing contractor, has passed an examination approved by the commission, and has completed three thousand eight hundred</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> hours of experience learning about and assisting in the installation, alteration, and repair of plumbing under a plumbing contractor may work without immediate and personal supervision on single family dwellings</span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">    </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 48, effective December 26, 1974; 4 SDR 10, effective August 28, 1977; 7 SDR 56, effective December 16, 1980; 8 SDR 176, effective July 4, 1982; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 14 SDR 29, effective September 3, 1987; 16 SDR 88, effective November 12, 1989; 26 SDR 33, effective September 12, 1999; 29 SDR 52, effective October 20, 2002; 31 SDR 35, effective September 23, 2004; 41 SDR 34, effective September 2, 2014</span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">; 51 SDR 141, effective July 2, 2025</span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">    </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-25-14"><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000003">36-25-14</span></a><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">    </span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-25-1"><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000003">36-25-</span><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000003">1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">(4), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-25-1"><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000003">36-25-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">8, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-25-32"><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0-000003">36-25-32</span></a><span class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7c33e53f-249c-4882-9419-0b3cd4a25eb8000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>