KRS 318.054: License expiration -- Notice -- Renewal and revival fees -- Evidence of

completion of continuing education -- Interim period for use of recently

deceased owner's or employee's master plumber's license.

(1) The initial license for a master or jo urneyman plumber shall expire on the last day

of the licensee's birth month in the following year. The department may reduce the

license fee on a pro rata basis for initial licenses issued for less than twelve (12)

months. Renewed licenses shall expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month

of each year after the date of issuance of the renewed license.

(2) The department shall require an applicant for renewal of a license to show evidence

of completing the continuing education requirements establish ed by the department

in administrative regulations promulgated under KRS 318.130.

(3) The department shall send each licensed master and journeyman plumber a notice

advising them that the annual license renewal fee is due. The notice shall be sent to

the licensee's last known address no later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration

of the license. The annual license renewal fee shall be a reasonable fee set by

regulation of the department. The fee for the renewal of a master plumber's license

shall exceed the fee charged for a journeyman plumber's license.

(4) A master or journeyman plumber who fails to renew a license prior to expiration

may have the license renewed upon payment of the required renewal fee, a revival

fee, and upon showing the completi on of continuing education requirements. The

revival fee for a master plumber shall be five dollars ($5) and for a journeyman

plumber three dollars ($3). If the renewal and revival fees are not paid within one

hundred eighty (180) days after the license ex pires, the license shall be

automatically canceled by operation of law for nonpayment. A license may be

reinstated upon payment of all delinquent renewal fees plus a revival fee of ten

dollars ($10) for a master plumber and six dollars ($6) for a journeyma n plumber.

Upon presentation of proper evidence, the department may waive payment of any

renewal or revival fee for a person serving on active duty in the Armed Forces of

the United States.

(5) (a) The department shall grant an interim period of up to one hundred eighty

(180) continuous calendar days to allow a company to utilize the master

plumber's license of a recently deceased owner or deceased employee who

procured plumbing permits for that company, provided that the company:

1. Effectuates and documents all necessary bonding and insurance policies

required in this chapter; and

2. Ensures that the bonding and insurance policies remain in effect for the

entirety of the interim time period extended by the department.

(b) The license of a deceased master plumber shall be terminated by the

department at the end of the interim period.

(c) Upon termination of the deceased master plumber's license, a company shall

have an employee with a current and valid Kentucky master plumber's license

in order to procure permits and perform plumbing work governed by this

chapter.