§ 242-5. Certificates of qualification and registration; misuse of licenses., Chapter 242. Plumbing and Drainage, Part II. General Legislation, Code of Ordinances, New Rochelle

Qualification and examination.

(1)

Qualification. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of plumbing or to install, alter or repair any plumbing system in the City of New Rochelle, New York, or to display a sign or to give other notice setting forth or intending to imply that he is engaged in the business of plumbing, unless he has obtained a Westchester County certificate of qualification, after examination, and has duly registered said certificate with the Plumbing Inspector.

(2)

Application and examination. Every person who desires to engage in the business of plumbing shall make written application upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by Westchester County and pay county fees.

(3)

Registration. Forthwith, upon the receipt of the county certificate of qualification, the applicant shall register at the office of the Plumbing Inspector.

Misuse of licenses. The Plumbing Inspector shall investigate the registration and license of every plumber and shall promptly report to the Westchester County Examining Board of Plumbers any violation of the provisions of law relating to the loaning, renting, selling or transferring of licenses. The Plumbing Inspector shall immediately apply to the Examining Board of Plumbers of Westchester County for the forfeiture of the license and certificate of qualification of any plumber who shall have loaned, rented, sold or transferred such license or sign in violation of law, and the Plumbing Inspector shall summon and have prosecuted such offender as provided by law.

Additional penalties. Any person who omits or refuses to comply with or resists or willfully violates any of the rules, orders or sanitary regulations herein, or who obstructs or hinders any inspector or officer in the due performance of his duty hereunder, if a master plumber, shall forfeit any certificate of qualification or registration which he may hold.

Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions.