{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-21-14-2","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 21-14-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\n(a) “License” means a valid and current license issued by the Commissioner of Labor in accordance with the provisions of this article.\n(b) “Journeyman plumber” means a person qualified by passage of a journeyman plumber written examination with a score of at least 70 percent and who is competent to instruct and supervise the work of a plumber in training.\n(c) “Master plumber” means a person who has passed a master plumber written examination with a score of at least 70 percent and who is competent to design plumbing systems, and to instruct and supervise the plumbing work of journeyman plumbers, and plumbers in training: Provided, That the master plumber written examination may not be taken until one year after passage of the journeyman plumber examination.\n(d) “Plumber in training” means a person who has not passed the journeyman plumber examination: Provided, That the fee for plumbers in training may not be higher than $25.00.\n(e) “Plumbing” means the practice, materials, and fixtures utilized within a building in the installation, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, water treatment devices, plumbing appliances, and appurtenances, in connection with sanitary drainage or storm drainage facilities; the plumbing venting systems; medical gas systems; fuel oil and gas piping for residential, commercial, and institutional facilities; backflow preventers; and public or private water supply systems, as defined by the state building code.\n(f) “Single family dwelling” means a building which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a single residence for one or more persons.","path":["CHAPTER 21. LABOR","ARTICLE 14. SUPERVISION OF PLUMBING WORK."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/21-14-2/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:25:48Z","sha256":"b041869c4cb7d43530215dd8b0a9ea0c991ec60aeffe51fac3cb607449f9b7d2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-21-14-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-21-14-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}