SPS 305.003 Note
(e) A person transferring a manufactured home used for that person's personal, family or household purposes, if the transfer is an occasional sale and is not part of the business of the transferor.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.91 (5m), Stats., “manufactured home community" means any plot or plots of ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community" does not include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of the farm owner or operator or where the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Section
101.981 (1) (g), Stats., reads: “Material hoist" means a hoist, other than a personnel hoist, that is used to raise or lower materials during construction, alteration, or demolition of a building or structure.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (8), Stats., “master plumber" means any person skilled in the planning, superintending and the practical installation of plumbing and familiar with the laws, rules and regulations governing the same.
SPS 305.003(43)
(43) “Misconduct" means an act performed by an individual relating to the responsibilities or duties for which the individual has been licensed, registered or certified that jeopardizes the interests of the public, including violation of federal or state laws, local ordinances or administrative rules; preparation of deficient or falsified reports; failure to submit information or reports required by law or contract when requested by the municipality or the department; conduct which evidences a lack of trustworthiness; misrepresentation of qualifications such as education, experience or certification; illegal entry of premises; misuse of funds; or misrepresentation of authority.
SPS 305.003(44)
(44) “Multipurpose piping system" means a type of water distribution system conveying potable water to plumbing fixtures and appliances and automatic fire sprinklers with the intention of serving both domestic water needs and fire protection needs within a one- or 2-family dwelling or manufactured dwelling.
SPS 305.003(46)
(46) “Negligence" means the failure to exercise the degree of care and judgment to protect public health and safety normally expected of an individual performing activities within the scope of a license, certification or registration category.
SPS 305.003(47)
(47) “Net worth" means the difference between the asset and liability values on a financial statement. Negative net worth is the excess of liabilities over assets.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.91 (11), Stats., “new manufactured home" means a manufactured home that has never been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.
SPS 305.003(49)
(49) “Non-broker" means a manufactured home dealer who has a sales lot, inventory or ownership interest in the manufactured homes being sold.
SPS 305.003(50)
(50) “PECFA" means petroleum environmental cleanup fund award, as established in s.
292.63, Stats.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Section
101.981 (1) (h), Stats., reads: “Personnel hoist" means a hoist that is installed inside or outside a building or structure during the construction, alteration, or demolition of the building or structure and that is used to raise and lower workers, other personnel, and materials which the hoist is designed to carry.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (9), Stats., “pipelayer" means a person registered under s.
145.07 (11).
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Section
145.01 (10), Stats., reads:
SPS 305.003 Note
(10) Plumbing. (a) “Plumbing" means:
SPS 305.003 Note
1. All piping, fixtures, appliances, equipment, devices, and appurtenances in connection with water supply systems, water distribution systems, wastewater drainage systems, reclaimed water systems, and stormwater use systems, including hot water storage tanks, water treatment devices, and water heaters connected with these systems and also includes the installation thereof.
SPS 305.003 Note
2. The construction, connection, installation, service, or repair of any drain or wastewater piping system that connects to the mains or other terminal within the bounds of, or beneath an area subject to easement for highway purposes, including private sewage systems and stormwater treatment and dispersal systems, and the alteration of any such systems, drains or wastewater piping.
SPS 305.003 Note
3. The construction, connection, installation, service, or repair of water service piping that connects to the main or other water utility service terminal within the bounds of, or beneath an area subject to easement for highway purposes and its connections.
SPS 305.003 Note
4. The water pressure system other than municipal systems as provided in ch.
281.
SPS 305.003 Note
5. A plumbing and drainage system so designed and vent piping so installed as to keep the air within the system in free circulation and movement; to prevent with a margin of safety unequal air pressures of such force as might blow, siphon or affect trap seals, or retard the discharge from plumbing fixtures, or permit sewer air to escape into the building; to prohibit cross-connection, contamination or pollution of the water supply and distribution systems; and to provide an adequate supply of water to properly serve, cleanse and operate all fixtures, equipment, appurtenances and appliances served by the plumbing system.
SPS 305.003 Note
(br) “Plumbing" does not include any of the following:
SPS 305.003 Note
1. A rainwater gutter or downspout down to the point that it discharges into a plumbing system, a subsoil drain, or a foundation drain.
SPS 305.003 Note
2g. A process water reuse system if the process water reuse system is not connected to any plumbing fixture or appliance.
SPS 305.003 Note
2m. A stormwater culvert under a roadway or walkway that is placed there only to equalize the water level from one end of the culvert to the other end.
SPS 305.003 Note
3. The practical installation of process piping within a sewage disposal plant.
SPS 305.003(54)
(54) “Plumbing appliance" means any one of a class of plumbing devices which is intended to perform a special function. The operation or control of the appliance may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements, or pressure or temperature sensing elements. The devices may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator, or may operate automatically through one or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, a measured volume or weight.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (11), Stats., “plumbing apprentice" means any person other than a journeyman or master plumber who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and drainage.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.01 (11), Stats., “place of employment" includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming. “Farming" includes those activities specified in s.
102.04 (3), and also includes the transportation of farm products, supplies or equipment directly to the farm by the operator of said farm or employees for use thereon, if such activities are directly or indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities for market, or as an accessory to such production. When used with relation to building codes, “place of employment" does not include an adult family home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1), or, except for the purposes of s.
101.11, a previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility, as defined in s.
50.01 (1g), which serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents.
SPS 305.003(57)
(57) “POWTS" means private onsite wastewater treatment system and has the meaning specified under s.
145.01 (12), Stats., for “private sewage system".
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (12), Stats., “private sewage system" means a sewage treatment and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank and soil absorption field located on the same parcel as the structure. This term also means an alternative sewage system approved by the department including a substitute for the septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure or a system located on a different parcel than the structure. A private sewage system may be owned by the property owner or by a special purpose district.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
SPS 381.01 (193) “private interceptor main sewer" means a sewer serving 2 or more buildings and not part of the municipal sewer system.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
SPS 381.01 (195) “private water main" means a water main serving 2 or more buildings and not part of the municipal water system.
SPS 305.003(60)
(60) “Process piping" means that piping which is separated from a water supply system or drain system by the appropriate methods or means specified under ch.
SPS 382 and is part of a system used exclusively for refining, manufacturing, industrial or shipping purposes of every character and description.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.01 (12), Stats., “public building" means any structure, including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior platform or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public or by 3 or more tenants. When used in relation to building codes, “public building" does not include a previously constructed building used as a community-based residential facility as defined in s.
50.01 (1g) which serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents or an adult family home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1).
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (13), Stats., “registered learner" means a person, other than a restricted plumber licensee, who is learning a limited type of plumbing and is engaged in assisting a restricted plumber licensee.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
145.01 (14), Stats., “restricted plumber licensee" means any person licensed as a master plumber (restricted) or a journeyman plumber (restricted) under s.
145.14, Stats.
SPS 305.003(66)
(66) “Retail purchaser" means any purchaser not licensed as a manufactured home dealer or a manufactured home salesperson.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
SPS 381.01 (45) “sanitary building sewer" means a building sewer which conveys wastewater consisting in part of domestic wastewater.
SPS 305.003(68)
(68) “Site" means any plot of land which is owned or rented, and used or intended to be used for the accommodation of a manufactured home for residential purposes.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
SPS 381.01 (46) “storm building sewer" means a building sewer which conveys storm water wastes or clear water wastes, or both.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
101.91 (12), Stats., “used manufactured home" means a manufactured home that has previously been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
SPS 381.01 (282) “water service" means that portion of a water supply system from the water main or private water supply to the building control valve.
SPS 305.003 Note
Note: Under s.
SPS 381.01 (284) “water supply system" means the piping of a private water main, water service and water distribution system, fixture supply connectors, fittings, valves, and appurtenances through which water is conveyed to points of usage such as plumbing fixtures, plumbing appliances, water using equipment or other piping systems to be served.
SPS 305.003 History
History:
Cr.
Register, October, 1996, No. 490, eff. 11-1-96; corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b), 6. and 7., Stats.,
Register, October, 1996, No. 490; cr. (1m), (32m), am. (7), (15), (16), (33), (36), (37) and (42), r. (11);
Register, March, 1998, No. 507, eff. 4-1-98; r. (12), cr. (30m), am. (32),
Register, April, 2000, No. 532, eff. 5-1-00;
CR 00-159: cr. (48m),
Register September 2001 No. 549 eff. 10-1-01;
CR 04-134: cr. (6m), (6s), (8m), (11), (17m), (26m), (27e), (27m), (27s), (27w), (32e), (32h), (46m), (47m), and (48s)
Register June 2005 No. 594, eff. 7-1-05;
CR 04-058: am. (32m)
Register February 2006 No. 602, eff. 5-1-06;
CR 06-031: am. (22)
Register October 2006 No. 610, eff. 11-1-06; emerg. cr. (10g), (27y) and (32s), eff. 6-1-07;
CR 06-127: r. and recr. (9), cr. (10m), renum. (17m) and (18) to be (18) and (19), r. (19),
Register September 2007 No. 621, eff. 10-1-07; emerg. cr. (10g), (27y) and (32s), eff. 6-1-07;
CR 07-089: cr. (10g), (26t), (27y) and (32s)
Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-08;
CR 08-030: am. (10g) (a)
Register December 2008 No. 636, eff. 1-1-09;
CR 08-092: cr. (26x)
Register May 2009 No. 641, eff. 6-1-09;
CR 09-028: r. and recr. (17)
Register August 2010 No. 656, eff. 9-1-10;
CR 11-020: renum. (1m) to (32h) to be (2) to (48), (32m) to (52) to be (50) to (75), cr. (49),
Register December 2011 No. 672, eff. 1-1-12; correction in (18), (58), (59), (60), (67), (68), (70), (73), (74), as renumbered, made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats.,
Register December 2011 No. 672;
CR 13-014: r. and recr. (15), r. (62)
Register September 2013 No. 693, eff. 10-1-13; correction in (50) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register October 2013;
CR 14-020: am. (15)
Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14;
CR 14-010: r. and recr. (15)
Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; correction in (64) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.;
CR 23-006: cr. (2m) Register September 2023 No. 813, eff. 10-1-23. SPS 305.004
SPS 305.004 Incorporation of standards by reference. The following standards of the American Welding Society are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter:
SPS 305.004(4)
(4) D 1.6-07, Structural Welding Code — Stainless Steel.
SPS 305.004 Note
Note: Copies of the American Welding Society (AWS) standards can be purchased from Global Engineering Documents, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112-5776, telephone 800-854-7179, or through the AWS web site at
www.aws.org/.
SPS 305.004 Note
Note: Copies of standards incorporated by reference are on file in the offices of the department and the legislative reference bureau.
SPS 305.004 History
History:
CR 03-075: cr.
Register June 2004 No. 582, eff. 8-1-04;
CR 07-089: am. (1)
Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-08;
CR 11-020: am. (1), renum. (2) to be (3) and amend, cr. (2), (4)
Register December 2011 No. 672, eff. 1-1-12.
Subch. I of ch. SPS 305 Note
Note: Authority over registrations under ss. SPS 305.80 and 305.81 was transferred to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under 2013 Wis. Act 20, s. 9138 (7) (f). For purposes of administering registrations under ss. SPS 305.80 and 305.81 under subchapter I, “department" means DNR.
Subch. I of ch. SPS 305 Note
Note: Authority over certifications or registrations under ss. SPS 305.68 and 305.82 to 305.89 was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) under 2013 Wis. Act 20, s. 9138 (3) (fm) and (4) (f). For purposes of administering certifications or registrations under ss. 305.68 and SPS 305.82 to 305.89 under subchapter I, “department" means DATCP.
SPS 305.01(1)(1)
Application for a license, certification, registration, or enrollment or a license, certification, registration, or enrollment examination covered under this chapter shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the department.
SPS 305.01 Note
Note: Applications and related forms for licenses, certifications, registrations, or enrollment covered under subchapters II to VII and IX and X of this chapter are available from the Division of Industry Services at P.O. Box 7082, Madison, WI 53707-7082; or at telephone (608) 261-8467 or (877) 617-1565 or 411 (Telecommunications Relay); or at the Division's website at
http://dsps.wi.gov/programs/industry-services.
SPS 305.01(2)
(2) An application for a license, certification or registration which either requires or recognizes the attendance at or completion of educational courses as a qualification for the license, certification or registration shall be accompanied by such evidence, including but not limited to transcripts, that verifies fulfillment of the prerequisite.
SPS 305.01(3)
(3) Pursuant to s.
101.022, Stats., the department may not issue or renew any license, certification, registration, or enrollment under this chapter unless the applicant for the license, certification, registration, or enrollment includes his or her social security number, or in the case of a license, certification, registration, or enrollment for a business, the applicant includes the federal employer identification number. The department shall consider the failure by the applicant to provide a social security number or federal employer identification number as an incomplete application and shall not process the application further until the appropriate number is provided.
SPS 305.01(4)
(4) A business having multiple locations covered under one federal employer identification number applying for any of the following licenses, certifications or registrations need not obtain a separate license, certification or registration for each location:
