18 Va. Admin. Code § 50-30-10
"Backflow prevention device worker"
"Board"
"Liquified petroleum gas fitter"
"Natural gas fitter provider"
"Tradesman"
"Water well systems provider"
"Accessibility mechanic"
"Certified accessibility mechanic"
"Elevator mechanic"
"Limited use/limited application endorsement"
"Accredited residential building energy analyst training program"
"Licensed residential building energy analyst"
"Residential building energy analysis"
"Address of record" means the mailing address designated by the licensee to receive notices and correspondence from the board.
"Applicant" means an individual who has submitted an application for licensure.
"Application" means a completed, board-prescribed form submitted with the appropriate fee and other required documentation.
"Backflow prevention device work" means work performed by a backflow prevention device worker for reconstruction or renewal of any part of a backflow prevention device for the purpose of returning to service a currently installed device. This does not include the removal or replacement of a defective device by the installation of a rebuilt or new device (13VAC5-63).
"Certified automatic fire sprinkler inspector" means an individual who is certified by this chapter and whose work includes the inspection of automatic fire sprinkler systems as defined in the Virginia Construction Code (Part I (13VAC5-63-10 et seq.) of 13VAC5-63).
"Department" means the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.
"Electrical work" consists of, but is not limited to, the following:
"Electrician" means a tradesman who performs the construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, or removal of electrical systems regulated under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (13VAC5-63).
"Formal vocational training" means courses in the trade administered at an accredited educational facility; or formal training, approved by the board, conducted by trade associations, businesses, the military, correspondence schools, or other similar training organizations.
"Gas fitter" means a tradesman who performs gas fitting-related work usually within the HVAC or plumbing trades regulated under Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. Gas fitting-related work includes the installation, repair, improvement, or removal of industrial gas, fuel gas, gaseous hydrogen, liquefied petroleum or natural gas piping, tanks, chimneys and vents, direct vents, equipment, and appliances annexed to real property.
"Helper" or "laborer" means a person who assists a regulant.
"HVAC tradesman" means an individual who performs the construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, or removal of HVAC systems regulated under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
"HVAC work" means work that includes the installation, alteration, repair, or maintenance of heating systems, ventilating systems, cooling systems, steam and hot water heating systems, boilers, process piping, backflow prevention devices, and mechanical refrigeration systems, including tanks incidental to the system.
"Inactive tradesman" means an individual who meets the requirements of 18VAC50-30-73 and is licensed under that section.
"Incidental" means work that is necessary for that particular repair or installation and is outside the scope of practice allowed to the regulant by this chapter.
"Journeyman" means a person who possesses the necessary ability, proficiency, and qualifications to install, repair, and maintain specific types of materials and equipment utilizing a working knowledge sufficient to comply with the pertinent provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code and according to plans and specifications.
"Master" means a person who possesses the necessary ability, proficiency, and qualifications to plan and lay out the details for installation and supervise the work of installing, repairing, and maintaining specific types of materials and equipment utilizing a working knowledge sufficient to comply with the pertinent provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
"Plumber" means a tradesman who performs the construction, repair, maintenance, alteration, or removal of plumbing systems regulated under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
"Plumbing work" means work that includes the installation, maintenance, extension, or alteration or removal of piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following:
These plumbing tradesmen may also install, maintain, extend, or alter the following:
"Regulant" means an individual (i) licensed as a tradesman, liquefied petroleum gas fitter, natural gas fitter provider, or gas fitter or (ii) certified as a backflow prevention device worker, accessibility mechanic, elevator mechanic, water well systems provider, or fire sprinkler inspector.
"Reinstatement" means the process and requirements through which an expired license can be made valid without the licensee having to apply as a new applicant.
"Renewal" means the process and requirements for periodically approving the continuance of a license.
"Testing organization" means an independent testing organization whose main function is to develop and administer examinations.
"Trade" means any regulated activity.
18 Va. Admin. Code § 50-30-10
Statutory Authority: § 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.