Plumbing Examiners, State Board Of

Standards, Board may adopt plumbing of statewide applicability, but Board must adopt only the three codes incorporated into article 6243-101, section 5B(a) of the Revised Civil Statutes|Plumbing codes, municipality may not vary "substantially" from state standards|Substantially|Private entity, statute incorporating codes promulgated by is presumed constitutional

Licensed plumbing inspector for political subdivisions must be employee of political subdivision, not independent contractor|Licensed plumbing inspector for political subdivision must be employee of political subdivision, not independent contractor|Licensed plumbing inspector must be city employee, not independent contractor

Occupations Code chapter 1102’s express authorization for a real estate inspector to provide an opinion on real estate’s “plumbing systems” likely includes a camera inspection; thus, to the extent the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners’ rule requires a real estate inspector to get a plumber’s license to perform a job that is within the scope of the real estate inspector’s license, a court would most likely consider the rule invalid.