36-25-17. License required for plumbing work on property connected to public water or sewer system--Exceptions.

No person may engage in plumbing for which a license is required pursuant to § 36-25-19 on any property which is in connection with a public system of waterworks or sewerage unless that person is licensed by the commission. However, no license is required of a person who does the following work in compliance with the provisions of the minimum standards prescribed by the commission:

(1)    Plumbing on premises owned and actually occupied by the person as the person's residence;

(2)    Plumbing on premises of a single-family dwelling unit that is in the process of being constructed, if the person owns the premises and intends to actually occupy the premises as the person's residence when construction is complete;

(3)    Plumbing repair work on premises where the person is employed and performing the plumbing repair work; or

(4)    Plumbing repair work on the person's own property.

Source: SL 1970, ch 222, § 12; SL 2003, ch 206, § 2; SL 2019, ch 172, § 1.



SDLRC - Codified Law 36-25-17 - License required for plumbing work on property connected to public water or sewer system--Exceptions.

36-25-17.1. Waiver of licensing requirements for applicants in rural areas and small municipalities--Examination.

The commission may waive certain licensing requirements for an applicant in a rural area or a municipality of less than fifteen hundred population as shown by the last federal decennial census, if the applicant passes an examination given by the commission that demonstrates that the applicant knows the laws and rules governing plumbing. Any person registered under the provisions of this section shall be restricted to performing plumbing in a rural area or a municipality of less than fifteen hundred population. The commission may, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, provide for a license for applicants in a rural area or a municipality of less than fifteen hundred population.

Source: SL 2003, ch 206, § 3; SL 2012, ch 252, § 2.



SDLRC - Codified Law 36-25-17 - License required for plumbing work on property connected to public water or sewer system--Exceptions.

36-25-17.2. Training to be provided--Scope and contents--Exception.

The commission shall provide or arrange for training programs on the plumbing code and applicable laws and rules governing plumbing for persons licensed under § 36-25-17.1, except for those persons showing competency by passing a state administered plumbing examination. Each person licensed as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber shall receive a minimum of four hours training of potable water distribution systems and four hours training of drainage, waste, and vent systems during the first year of licensure.

Source: SL 2003, ch 206, § 4.



SDLRC - Codified Law 36-25-17 - License required for plumbing work on property connected to public water or sewer system--Exceptions.

36-25-17.3. License required--Small on-site wastewater system work.

An individual and small on-site wastewater system may only be altered, repaired, constructed, or installed by an individual with an individual and small on-site wastewater system installer license.

Source: SL 2021, ch 181, § 1.