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<br /> Title XXXII Chapter 489 View Entire Chapter
<br /> REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS CONTRACTING
<br /> 489.1136 �Medical gas certification.—
<br /> (1)(a) In addition to the certification or egistration required to engage in business as a plumbing
<br /> contractor, any plumbing contractor who wishes to engage in the business of installation, improvement,
<br /> repair, or maintenance of any tubing, pipe, or similar conduit used to transport gaseous or partly
<br /> gaseous substances for medical purposes shall take, as part of the contractor's continuing education
<br /> requirement, at least once during the holding of such license, a course of at least 6 hours. Such course
<br /> shall be given by an instructional facility or teaching entity that has been approved by the board. In
<br /> order for a course to be approved, the board must find that the course is designed to teach familiarity
<br /> with the National Fire Prevention Association Standard 99C (Standard on Gas and Vacuum Systems, latest
<br /> edition) and also designed to teach familiarity and practical ability in performing and inspecting brazing
<br /> duties required of inedicat gas installation, improvement, repair, or maintenance work. Such course
<br /> shall issue a certificate of completion to the taker of the course, which certificate shall be available for
<br /> inspection by any entity or person seeking to have such contractor engage in the business of installation,
<br /> improvement, repair, or maintenance of a medical gas system.
<br /> (b) Any other natural person who is employed by a licensed plumbing contractor to provide work on
<br /> the installation, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a medical gas system, except as noted in
<br /> paragraph (c), shall, as a prerequisite to his or her ability to provide such service, take a course
<br /> approved by the board. Such course shall be at teast 8 hours and consist of both classroom and practical
<br /> work designed to teach familiarity with the National Fire Prevention Association Standard 99C (Standard
<br /> on Gas and Vacuum Systems, latest edition) and also designed to teach familiarity and practical ability
<br /> in performing and inspecting brazing duties required of inedical gas installation, improvement, repair, or
<br /> maintenance work. Such course shall also indude the administration of a practical examination in the
<br /> skills required to perform work as outlined above, including brazing, and each examination shalt be
<br /> reasonably constructed to test for knowledge of the subject matter. The person taking such course and
<br /> examination must, upon successful completion of both, be issued a certificate of completion by the
<br /> giver of such course, which certificate shall be made available by the holder for inspection by any
<br /> person or entity seeking to have such person perform work on the installation, improvement, repair, or
<br /> maintenance of a medical gas system.
<br /> (c) Any other natural person who wishes to perform only brazing duties incidental to the installation,
<br /> improvement, repair, or maintenance of a medical gas system shall pass an examination designed to
<br /> show that person's familiarity with and practical ability in performing brazing duties required of inedical
<br /> gas installation, improvement, repair, or maintenance. Such examination shall be from a test approved
<br /> by the board. Such examination must test for knowledge of National Fire Prevention Association
<br /> Standard 99C (Standard on Gas and Vacuum Systems, latest edition). The person taking such examination
<br /> must, upon passing such examination, be issued a certificate of completion by the giver of such
<br /> examination, and such certificate shall be made available by the holder for inspection by any person or
<br /> entity seeking to have or employ such person to perform brazing duties on a medical gas system.
<br /> (d) It is the responsibility of the licensed plumbing contractor to ascertain whether members of his
<br /> or her workforce are in compliance with this subsection, and such contractor is subject to discipline
<br /> under s. 489.129 for violation of this subsection.
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