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The State Board of Examiners

ofPlumbing, Heating 

andFire SprinklerContractors

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History of the Board ‐

1931• Our Board was established in1931 to license 

Plumbing and Hot Water/Steam Heating (Boilers)  Contractors

– (Plumbing Class I & II, Heating Group 1, Class I & II)

• Our license only applied in cities and towns  greater than 10,000 population

• Permits and Inspection were not mandatory  throughout the State during that time (there  were inspection departments in larger cities and 

towns).

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Board Members Composition (As appointed by the Governor of North Carolina)

• One member from a school of engineering of  the Greater University of North Carolina, 

• One member who is a plumbing or mechanical  inspector from a city in North Carolina, 

• One licensed air conditioning contractor, • One licensed plumbing contractor, • One licensed heating contractor, • One licensed fire sprinkler contractor, and • One person who has no tie with the 

construction industry to represent the  interests of the public at large.

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Plumbing (Class I or II)

• The system of pipes, fixtures, apparatus and  appurtenances, installed upon the premises,  or in a building, to supply water thereto and  to convey sewage or other waste there from.

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Heating Group 1 (Class I or II)

• Heating system of a building, which requires  the use of high or low pressure steam, vapor  or hot water, including all piping, ducts, and 

mechanical equipment appurtenant thereto,  within, adjacent to or connected with a 

building, for comfort heating

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Heating Group 2

• An integral system for heating or cooling a  building consisting of an assemblage of 

interacting components producing  conditioned air to raise or lower the 

temperature, and having a mechanical  refrigeration capacity in excess of 15 tons, and 

which circulates air.  Systems installed in  single‐family residences are included under 

heating group number 3, regardless of size.

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Heating Group 3 (Class I or II)

• A direct heating or cooling system of a building that  raises or lowers the temperature of the space within  a building for the purpose of comfort in which 

electric heating elements or products of combustion  exchange heat either directly with the building 

supply air or indirectly through a heat exchanger  using an air distribution system of ducts and having a 

mechanical refrigeration capacity of 15 tons or less.

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Heating Group 3 (cont.)

• A heating system requiring air distribution ducts and  supplied by ground water or utilizing a coil supplied 

by water from a domestic hot water heater not  exceeding 150 degrees Fahrenheit requires either 

plumbing or heating group 1 license to extend piping  from valved connections in the domestic hot water 

system to the heating coil and requires either  heating group 1 or 3 license for the installation of 

coil, ductwork, controls, drains, and related  appurtenances.

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Fuel Piping

• The Board shall establish and issue a fuel piping  license for use by persons who do not possess the 

required Class I or Class II plumbing or heating  license, but desire to engage in the contracting or 

installing of fuel piping extending from an approved  fuel source at or near the premises, which piping is 

used to supply fuel to any systems, equipment or  appliances located inside the premises.

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Fire Sprinkler• An automatic or manual sprinkler system 

designed to protect the interior or exterior of  a building or structure from fire, and where 

the primary extinguishing agent is water.   These systems include wet pipe and dry pipe 

systems, preaction systems, water spray  systems, foam water sprinkler systems, foam 

water spray systems, nonfreeze systems, and  circulating closed loop systems.  These 

systems also include the overhead piping,  combination standpipes, inside hose 

connections, thermal systems used in  connection with sprinklers, tanks, and pumps 

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Fire Sprinkler (cont)

• This subsection shall not apply to owners of property  who are building or improving farm outbuildings.  

This subsection shall not include water and  standpipe systems having no connection with a fire 

sprinkler system.  Nothing herein shall prevent  licensed plumbing contractors, utility contractors, or 

fire sprinkler contractors from installing  underground water supplies for fire sprinkler 

systems.

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Two Classes of Licenses

• Class I – Covers plumbing, heating and fire  sprinkler systems for all structures

• Class II – Covers plumbing, heating systems in  single‐family detached residential dwellings.

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General Statute 87‐21 (a) (5)

• (5) Any person, firm or corporation, who for a valuable 

consideration, (i) installs, alters or restores, or offers to install, 

alter or restore, either

plumbing, heating group number one, or 

heating group number two, or heating group number three, or 

(ii) lays out, fabricates, installs, alters or restores, or offers to lay 

out, fabricate, install, alter or restore fire sprinklers, or any 

combination thereof, as defined in this Article, shall be deemed 

and held to be engaged in the business of plumbing, heating, or 

fire sprinkler contracting; provided, however, that nothing 

herein shall be deemed to restrict the practice of qualified 

registered professional engineers. Any person who installs a 

plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler system on property which at

the time of installation was intended for sale or to be used 

primarily for rental is deemed to be engaged in the business of 

plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler contracting without regard 

to receipt of consideration, unless exempted elsewhere in this 

Article.

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Licensure Requirement(c)

To Whom Article Applies.

The provisions of this Article shall apply to all persons, firms, or 

corporations who engage in, or attempt to engage in, the business 

of plumbing, heating, or fire sprinkler contracting, or any 

combination thereof as defined in this Article.

The provisions of this 

Article shall not apply to those who make minor repairs or minor

replacements to an already installed system of plumbing or 

heating, but shall apply to those who make repairs, replacements, 

or modifications to an already installed fire sprinkler system. 

Minor 

repairs or minor replacements within the meaning of this section

shall include the replacement of parts in an installed system which 

do not require any change in energy source, fuel type, or routing or 

sizing of venting or piping.  Parts shall include a compressor, coil, 

contactor, motor, or capacitor.

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Licenses• License can be issued in a corporation, 

partnership, assumed or designated trade  name (must be in the name of business).

• Licenses expire annually on December 31st

of  each year.

• Licenses expired for more than three years are  retired and licensee is required to reexamine.

• Annual license fee is $125.00.

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General Statute 87‐21 (i)• (i) The provisions of the Article shall not apply to a retailer,

as 

defined in G.S. 105‐164.3(35), who, in the ordinary course of 

business, enters into a transaction with a buyer in which the 

retailer of a water heater sold for installation in a one‐

or two‐

family residential dwelling contracts with a licensee under this

Article to provide the installation services for the water heater if 

the retail sales and installation contract with the buyer is signed 

by the buyer, the retailer, and the licensee and bears the 

licensee’s license number and telephone number. All installation 

services rendered by the licensee in connection with any such 

contract must be performed in compliance with all building code,

permit, and inspection requirements.

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General Statute 87‐21 (j)• (j) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to a person primarily 

engaged in the retail sale of goods and services who contracts for or 

arranges financing for the sale and installation of a single‐family 

residential heating or cooling system for which a license to install such 

system is required under this Article, provided all of the following 

requirements are met: 

• 1. No contract proposal for sale or installation may be presented to or 

signed by the buyer unless either (i) the specifications for and

design of 

the system have been first reviewed and approved by an employee of 

the retail seller who is licensed under this Article or (ii) the

specifications for and design of the system have been first reviewed 

and approved by the person licensed under this Article who will install 

the system, if the installer is not an employee of the retailer.

This 

subdivision does not prohibit the retailer from providing a written 

estimate to a potential buyer so long as no contract or proposal

for 

contract is presented or signed prior to the review and approval

required by this subsection. 

• 2. The person installing the system is licensed under this Article. 

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General Statute 87‐21 (j) (cont)

• 3. The contract for sale and for installation is signed by the buyer, 

by an authorized representative of the retail seller, and by the

licensed contractor and contains the contractor’s name, license 

number, and telephone number and the license number of the 

person approving the system design specifications. 

• 4. Installation services are performed in compliance with all 

applicable building codes, manufacturer’s installation instructions, 

and permit and inspection requirements. 

• 5. The retailer provides, in addition to any other warranties it

may 

offer with respect to the system itself, a warranty for a period

of at 

least on year for any defects in installation. 

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G.S. 87G.S. 87‐‐25 Violations made misdemeanor; employees of 25 Violations made misdemeanor; employees of 

licensees excepted.licensees excepted.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in or  offer to engage in, or carry on the business of plumbing, 

heating or fire sprinkler contracting, or any combination  thereof, as defined in G.S. 87‐21, without first having been 

licensed to engage in such business, or businesses, as  required by the provisions of this Article …shall be guilty of 

a Class 2 misdemeanor.

An employee in the course of his  work as a bona fide employee of a licensee of the Board 

shall not construed to have engaged in the business of  plumbing, heating or fire sprinkler contracting, as the case 

may be.

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.0512 EMPLOYES EXEMPT FROM LICENSURE(a) As used in G.S. 87‐25, the phrase “bona fide employee”

shall mean and refer to an individual who is directly and  regularly employed in the ordinary course of business by a 

contractor licensed pursuant to G.S. 87, Article 2.  Factors  establishing whether the individual is directly and regularly 

employed in the ordinary course of business of such  contractor include, without limitation, the following list:

(1) whether the individual is on the licensed contractor’s  payroll;

(2) whether the licensed contractor withholds taxes  from  the payment to the individual and performs such other 

acts as are lawfully required of an employer;

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(3) whether the licensed contractor exercises  control over the method and manner of the 

individual’s work, and (4) whether the licensed contractor, and not the 

individual, is and remains obligated to the owner  for the work.

(b) Persons acting as independent contractors, 

consultants or sub‐contractors, or paid as such, are  not bona fide employees.

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• .0501 AIR CONDITIONING FURTHER DEFINED

• (a)Heating Group 2 systems are defined in G.S. 87‐ 21(a)(3).  Multiple units serving interconnected 

space and aggregating more than 15 tons are  included in the foregoing whether or not separately 

ducted or controlled.

• (b)All heating systems utilizing ductwork and  located in single family residences, and not 

requiring a Heating Group 1 license require a  Heating Group 3 license.

• History Note: Amended Eff. August 1, 2002.

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.0506

MINOR REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

(b)

The initial installation or the subsequent replacement of a 

hot water heater in any structure requires a license in plumbing

contracting. (c)The installation of a water purification system which interrupts

the potable water supply does not constitute a minor repair or 

replacement within the meaning of G.S. 87‐21(c).(d)

Any connection, repair, or alteration which requires 

interruption of the potable water supply and if poorly performed

creates substantial risk of contamination of the potable water 

supply is not a minor repair, replacement or alteration.(e) Any connection, repair or alteration which if poorly performed 

creates substantial risk of fire or exposure to carbon monoxide,

open sewage or other gases is not a minor repair, replacement 

or alteration.

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• .0507 HEATING: GROUP 1 LICENSE REQUIRED

• A license in heating, group No. 1 is required for the  installation or replacement of a boiler in a heating 

group No. 1 system.• History Note: Amended Eff. May 1, 1989; August 1, 

1982.

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.0508

HEATING: LICENSE REQUIRED(a)

A license in heating, group No. 3 is required for the 

installation or replacement of a furnace, ductwork or  condenser in a heating, group No. 3 system.

(b) A license in heating, group No. 3 is required to 

install or replace a self‐contained fireplace unit if the unit  utilizes ducts or a blower to distribute air to areas not 

immediately adjacent to the fireplace itself.(c)

A license in heating, group No. 3 is required when 

air conditioning of less than 15 tons is added to an already  installed heating, group No. 3 system.

(d) A Heating, Group No. 2 license is required for the 

installation or replacement of equipment or ductwork in a  Heating Group No. 2 system, unless exempted by G.S. 87‐

21(a)(3).History Note: Amended Eff. March 1, 2005.

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.0402

PERMITS(a)

A licensed contractor shall assure that a permit is 

obtained from the local Code Enforcement official before  commencing any work for which a license is required by the 

Board.  The contractor shall also assure that a request for  final inspection is made within 10 days of substantial 

completion of the work for which license is required, absent  agreement with the owner and the local Code Enforcement 

official.  Absent agreement with the local Code Enforcement  official the licensee is not relieved by the Board of 

responsibility to arrange inspection until a certificate of  compliance or the equivalent is obtained from the local code 

enforcement official or the licensee has clear evidence of his  effort to obtain same.

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(b) A licensed contractor shall not allow a permit 

to be obtained or his license number to appear  upon a permit except for work over which he or his 

employees perform, over which he will provide  general supervision until the completion of the  work and for which he holds an executed contract 

with the general contractor or property owner.

History Note: Amended Eff. December 1, 2003.

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.0404

ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT

(a)

In each business location, branch or facility of any kind from 

which work requiring a license pursuant to G.S. 87, Article 2 is

solicited or 

proposed, or from which contracts for such work are negotiated or 

entered into, or from which requests for such work are received,

accepted, or dispatched; and from which such work is carried out, there 

shall be on duty the lesser of 1500 hours annually, or all hours

during 

which the activities described herein are carried out, at least one 

individual who holds license in the classification required for the work 

being proposed or performed, whose license is listed in the name

of the 

particular firm or business at that location, and who is engaged

in the 

work of the firm at the business location or at firm job sites and who has 

the responsibility to make, modify, terminate and set the terms of 

contracts, and to exercise general supervision, as defined in Rule .0505 of 

this Chapter, of all work falling within license qualification. 

Evidence of 

compliance shall be required as a condition of renewal or retention of 

license, and falsification shall constitute fraud in obtaining license.  The 

standards set forth in 21 NCAC 50.0512 shall be applied.

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.0505 GENERAL SUPERVISION AND STANDARD OF COMPETENCE (a) The general supervision required by G.S. 87‐26 is that degree of 

supervision which is necessary and sufficient to ensure that the

contract is performed in a workmanlike manner and with the requisite 

skill and that the installation is made properly, safely and in 

accordance with applicable codes and rules. General supervision 

requires that review of the work done pursuant to the license be

performed while the work is in progress. (b) The provisions of the North Carolina Building Code, including the 

provisions of codes and standards incorporated by reference, to the 

extent adopted by the Building Code Council of North Carolina from 

time to time is the minimum standard of competence applicable to

contractors licensed by the Board. Licensees shall design and install 

systems which meet or exceed the minimum standards of the North 

Carolina State Building Code, manufacturer's specifications and 

installation instructions and standards prevailing in the industry. 

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State Board’s Website &  Telephone #

www.nclicensing.org

(919) 875‐3612(919) 875‐3616 (fax)


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