Sec.20-332-16. Prohibited acts. Records. Lettering on commercial vehicles

(a) Any licensee who installs, performs or directs the performance of work in violation of any applicable state statute, state code, or state regulation, any municipal code or ordinance, any of these regulations, or who violates generally accepted basic trade practices shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate board.

(b) Licensed contractors alone shall be permitted to acquire building permits to perform work covered by chapter 393 of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder. In order to apply for a building permit to perform work covered by chapter 393 of the General Statutes and the regulations adopted thereunder a contractor shall be directly employed by the business on a regular and full time basis. In applying for the building permit to perform work covered by chapter 393 of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder the contractor is attesting to the fact that he is responsible for and will directly supervise the work being performed under said permit. Except as provided for in Section 20-338b of the General Statutes, the licensed contractor must sign each building permit application personally and may not delegate the signing of the permit to any employee, subcontractor or other agent. Any licensed contractor who violates these regulations shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate board.

(c) No licensee shall engage in or offer to engage in business under any name other than that stated on his application for a license unless he has notified the board ten days prior to using the new name.

(d) Any holder of a journeyman's license who performs work without being in the direct and regular employ of a properly licensed contractor shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate board.

(e) All licensed contractors shall keep a record of all employees they employ and exhibit such records to the Commissioner or her agents upon request.

(f) No one shall perform any work beyond the limitations stated on his license regardless of the type of license his employer holds. Further, no one holding a limited or unlimited journeyman's license can perform any work beyond the limitations of the license held by the contractor for whom he is employed.

(g) The lettering of the state license numbers required to be displayed on all commercial vehicles used in the contractor's business shall be at least one inch high and legible.

(h) Any holder of a contractor's license who installs, performs or directs the performance of work for which a building permit is required shall cause said performance of work to be performed by a person licensed or registered under the provisions of Section 20-334 of the General Statutes. The contractor who obtains the building permit shall be deemed to have caused or directed the performance of all work performed under the building permit.

(i) No person shall use solder containing mre than 0.2 per cent lead in making joints and fitting in any public or private plumbing, heating or cooling system, or fire protection system as defined in Sections 20-330 (3), 20-330- (5) and 20-330 (9) of the general statutes.

(Effective October 1, 1993)