326.01 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Words, terms and phrases. For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined
in this section have the meanings ascribed to them.
    Subd. 2. Class A master electrician. The term "Class A master electrician" means a person
having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to install, alter,
repair, plan, lay out, and supervise the installing, altering, and repairing of electrical wiring,
apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes who is licensed as such
by the Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 3. Class A journeyman electrician. The term "Class A journeyman electrician"
means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge
to install, alter, repair, and supervise the installing, altering, or repairing of electrical wiring,
apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes who is licensed as such
by the Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 4. Special electrician. The term "special electrician" means a person having the
necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to install, alter, repair, and
supervise the installing, altering, or repairing of special classes of electrical wiring, apparatus,
or equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes or for special classes of electrical work
who is licensed as such by the Board of Electricity. The scope of any special electrician license
created by the board under section 326.242, subdivision 4, shall be limited to that provided for
by the rules adopted by the board.
    Subd. 5. Contractor. The term "contractor" means a person, partnership, or corporation
operating a business that undertakes or offers to undertake to plan for, lay out, or install or to make
additions, alterations, or repairs in the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for
light, heat, power, and other purposes with or without compensation who is licensed as such by
the Board of Electricity. A contractor's license does not of itself qualify its holder to perform or
supervise the electrical work authorized by holding any class of electrician's or other personal
electrical license.
    Subd. 6. Class B master electrician. The term "Class B master electrician" means a person
having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to install, alter,
repair, plan, lay out, and supervise the installing, altering, and repairing of electrical wiring,
apparatus, and equipment for single phase systems of not over 200 ampere capacity for light, heat,
power, and other purposes on any farm or in any single family dwelling located in any town or
municipality which has a population of less than 2500 inhabitants who is licensed as such by the
Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 6a. Class B journeyman electrician. The term "Class B journeyman electrician"
means a person having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge
to install, alter, repair, and supervise the installing, altering, or repairing of electrical wiring,
apparatus, and equipment for single phase systems of not more than 200 ampere capacity for
light, heat, power, and other purposes on any farm or in any single family dwelling located in
any town or municipality which has a population of less than 2500 inhabitants who is licensed
as such by the Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 6b. Class A installer. The term "Class A installer" means a person who has the
necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to properly lay out and
install electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment for major electrical home appliances and such
other electrical equipment as is determined by the state Board of Electricity pursuant to section
326.242, subdivision 3, on the load side of the main service on farmsteads or in any town or
municipality with less than 1,500 inhabitants, which is not contiguous to a city of the first class
and does not contain an established business of a master electrician, and who is licensed as
such by the state Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 6c. Class B installer. The term "Class B installer" means a person who has the
necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to properly lay out and
install electrical wiring, apparatus, and equipment on center pivot irrigation booms on the load
side of the main service on farmsteads, and install other electrical equipment determined by the
state Board of Electricity. A Class B installer must be licensed by the Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 6d.[Repealed, 2003 c 58 s 8]
    Subd. 6e. Owner. An owner is a natural person who physically performs electrical work
on premises the person owns and actually occupies as a residence or owns and will occupy as a
residence upon completion of construction.
    Subd. 6f. Electrical work. The term "electrical work" means the installing, altering,
repairing, planning, or laying out of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat,
power, or other purposes. The installing, alteration, repairing, planning, or laying out of electrical
wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, or other purposes includes, but is not
limited to, the performance of any work governed by the standards referred to in section 326.243.
    Subd. 6g. Personal supervision. The term "personal supervision" means that a person
licensed to perform electrical work oversees and directs the electrical work performed by an
unlicensed person such that:
(1) the licensed person actually reviews the electrical work performed by the unlicensed
person;
(2) the licensed person is immediately available to the unlicensed person at all times for
assistance and direction; and
(3) the licensed person is able to and does determine that all electrical work performed by the
unlicensed person is performed in compliance with section 326.243.
The licensed person is responsible for the compliance with section 326.243 of all electrical
work performed by the unlicensed person.
    Subd. 6h. Complaint committee. The term "complaint committee" means a committee of
the board which is authorized by the board or other provisions of chapter 214 or sections 326.241
to 326.248 to investigate, mediate, or initiate administrative or legal proceedings on behalf of
the board with respect to complaints filed with or information received by the board alleging or
indicating violations of sections 326.241 to 326.248. The complaint committee shall consist of at
least one board member, the board's executive secretary, its assistant executive secretary, and the
attorney general staff member assigned to provide legal services to the board.
    Subd. 6i. Demarcation. "Demarcation" means listed equipment as identified in Minnesota
Rules, part 3800.3619, such as a transformer, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), battery, control
panel, or other device that isolates technology circuits or systems from nontechnology circuits or
systems, including plug or cord and plug connection.
    Subd. 6j. Residential dwelling. A "residential dwelling" is an individual dwelling of a
one-family, two-family, or multifamily dwelling as defined in the National Electrical Code
pursuant to section 326.243, including its garage or accessory building.
    Subd. 6k. Power limited technician. The term "power limited technician" means a person
having the necessary qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to install, alter,
repair, plan, lay out, and supervise the installing, altering, and repairing of electrical wiring,
apparatus, and equipment for technology circuits or systems who is licensed as such by the
Board of Electricity.
    Subd. 6l. Technology circuits or systems. "Technology circuits or systems" means class 2
or class 3 circuits or systems for, but not limited to, remote control, signaling, control, alarm,
and audio signal, including associated components as covered by the National Electrical Code,
articles 640, 645, 725, 760, 770, and 780, and which are isolated from circuits or systems other
than class 2 or class 3 by a demarcation and are not process control circuits or systems; antenna
and communication circuits or systems as covered by chapter 8 of the National Electrical Code;
and circuitry and equipment for indoor lighting and outdoor landscape lighting systems that
are supplied by the secondary circuit of an isolating power supply operating at 30 volts or less
as covered by the National Electrical Code, article 411. The planning, laying out, installing,
altering, and repairing of technology circuits or systems must be performed in accordance with
the applicable requirements of the National Electrical Code pursuant to section 326.243.
    Subd. 6m. Process control circuits or systems. "Process control circuits or systems" are
circuits or systems, regardless of electrical classification, that are integrated with a manufacturing,
mining, energy, finishing, conveyance of equipment or product, material handling or packaging
process that makes or assembles, or similar process. Process control systems does not include
premises network and communication systems whose purpose or function is not dedicated to
process control circuits or systems.
    Subd. 7. Journeyman plumber. A "journeyman plumber" is any person, other than a master
plumber, who, as a principal occupation, is engaged as an employee of, or otherwise working
under the direction of, a master plumber in the practical installation of plumbing.
    Subd. 8. Master plumber. A "master plumber" is any person skilled in the planning,
superintending, and the practical installation of plumbing and otherwise lawfully qualified to
contract for plumbing and installations and to conduct the business of plumbing and who is
familiar with the laws and rules governing the same.
    Subd. 9. Plumber's apprentice. A "plumber's apprentice" is any person, other than a
journeyman or master plumber, who, as a principal occupation, is engaged in working as an
employee of a plumbing contractor under the immediate and personal supervision of either a
master or journeyman plumber or plumbing contractor in learning and assisting in the installation
of plumbing.
    Subd. 10. High pressure steam piping. "High pressure steam piping" means steam piping
operating under a pressure of 15 pounds or more per square inch.
    Subd. 11. Journeyman steamfitter. A "journeyman steamfitter" is any person, other than a
contracting steamfitter, who, as a principal occupation, is engaged in the practical installation of
high pressure steam work.
    Subd. 12. Contracting steamfitter. A "contracting steamfitter" is any person skilled in the
planning, superintending, and the practical installation of high pressure steamfitting, and who is
familiar with the laws and rules governing the same.
    Subd. 13. Steamfitter's apprentice. A "steamfitter's apprentice" is any person, other than
a journeyman or master steamfitter, who, as a principal occupation, is engaged in learning and
assisting in the installation of high pressure steamfitting.
    Subd. 14. Person. The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, association, joint
stock company, trust, or corporation.
    Subd. 15. Distributor. The term "distributor" includes any person who engages, or contracts
to engage, in the distribution of motion picture films and is a resident of, or legally authorized to
do business in, this state.
    Subd. 16. Exhibitor. The term "exhibitor" includes any person who engages, or contracts
to engage, in the exhibition of motion picture films and is a resident of, or legally authorized to
do business in, this state.
    Subd. 17. License. The term "license" includes the offering, intending or making of a license
agreement, contract, or any type of agreement whereby a film, the distribution of which is
controlled by one of the parties is to be supplied to and exhibited in a theatre owned, controlled,
or operated by the other party.
    Subd. 18. Feature motion picture film. The term "feature motion picture film" means all
motion pictures, whether copyrighted or uncopyrighted, including positive and negative prints
and copies or reproductions of such prints, which films contain photoplays or other subjects and
are produced for public exhibition. The term shall not include films commonly known as short
subjects, newsreels, trailers, serials, reissues, foreign, and western pictures, and road shows.
    Subd. 19. Exhibition season. The term "exhibition season" means a period of 12 months
as may be selected by the producer-distributor, but there shall be no lapse of time between the
termination of one season and the beginning of the next.
    Subd. 20.[Repealed, 1992 c 464 art 1 s 19]
    Subd. 21.[Repealed, 1989 c 209 art 1 s 33]
History: (5872, 5887, 5887-23, 5887-30, 5887-30e) 1907 c 457 s 8; 1913 c 554 s 1; 1933 c
349 s 5; 1937 c 367 s 1,6; 1937 c 370 s 4; 1941 c 460 s 1; 1943 c 474 s 1; 1947 c 253 s 1; 1957 c
907 s 1-3; 1967 c 602 s 10-16; 1979 c 121 s 1; 1985 c 73 s 1-4; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 2;
1986 c 373 s 1,2; 1986 c 402 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 289 s 1-9; 2002 c 328 s 1-7; 2003 c 58 s 1

326.02 LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION.
    Subdivision 1. Licensure or certification mandatory. In order to safeguard life, health,
and property, and to promote the public welfare, any person in either public or private capacity
practicing, or offering to practice, architecture, professional engineering, land surveying,
landscape architecture, or professional geoscience, or using the title certified interior designer in
this state, either as an individual, a copartner, or as agent of another, shall be licensed or certified
as hereinafter provided. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice, or to offer to practice,
in this state, architecture, professional engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, or
professional geoscience, or to use the title certified interior designer, or to solicit or to contract
to furnish work within the terms of sections 326.02 to 326.15, or to use in connection with the
person's name, or to otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey
the impression that the person is an architect, professional engineer (hereinafter called engineer),
land surveyor, landscape architect, professional geoscientist (hereinafter called geoscientist), or
certified interior designer, unless such person is qualified by licensure or certification under
sections 326.02 to 326.15. This subdivision does not preclude an individual who retired from
one of the professions listed in this subdivision from using the designation architect, professional
engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, professional geoscientist, or certified interior
designer as long as the designation is preceded by the word "retired" and the individual was
licensed or certified in the designated profession in the state of Minnesota on the date the
individual retired from the designated profession and the individual's license or certification was
not subsequently revoked by the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape
Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior Design.
    Subd. 2. Practice of architecture. Any person shall be deemed to be practicing architecture,
within the meaning of sections 326.02 to 326.15, who holds out as being able to perform or who
does perform any professional service, such as planning, design, or supervision of construction for
the purpose of assuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any private
or public buildings, structures or projects, or the equipment or utilities thereof, or the accessories
thereto, wherein the safeguarding of life, health, or property is concerned or involved, when such
professional service requires the application of the art and science of construction based upon the
principles of mathematics, aesthetics, and the physical sciences, acquired by education or training,
and by experience. For the purposes of this subdivision "supervision" is a professional service as
distinguished from superintending of construction and means the performance or the supervision
thereof, of reasonable and ordinary on the site observations to determine that the construction is in
substantial compliance with the approved drawings, plans and specifications.
    Subd. 3. Practice of professional engineering. Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
professional engineering within the meaning of sections 326.02 to 326.15 who holds out as
being able to perform or who does perform any technical professional service, such as planning,
design or observation of construction for the purpose of assuring compliance with specifications
and design, in connection with any public or private structures, buildings, utilities, machines,
equipment, processes, works, or projects wherein the public welfare or the safeguarding of
life, health, or property is concerned or involved, when such professional service requires the
application of the principles of mathematics and the physical and applied engineering sciences,
acquired by education or training, and by experience.
    Subd. 3a. Practice of professional geoscience. A person is considered to be practicing
professional geoscience within the meaning of sections 326.02 to 326.15 who holds out as
being able to perform or who does perform any technical professional services, the adequate
performance of which requires professional geoscience education, training, and experience in the
application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, chemical, biological, and earth
sciences to such services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning,
mapping, and inspection of geoscientific work and its responsible supervision.
A person is considered to practice or offer to practice professional geoscience, within the
meaning and intent of sections 326.02 to 326.15 who practices any of the geoscience disciplines
defined by the board; who by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other
way represents oneself to be a professional geoscientist; through the use of some other title
implies that the person is a professional geoscientist; or who presents oneself as able to perform
or who does perform any geoscience services or that constitutes the practice of a professional
geoscience discipline as defined by the board.
"Geoscience" means the science which includes treatment of the earth and its origin and
history; the investigation, measurement or sampling, of the earth's constituent rocks, natural and
induced fields of force, minerals, fossils, solids, soils, fluids including surface and underground
waters, gases, and other materials; and the study, interpretation, and analysis of the natural agents,
forces, and processes which cause changes in the earth.
Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent a professional engineer, as defined
in sections 326.02 to 326.15, from acquiring engineering data involving soil, rock, groundwater,
and other earth materials; evaluating physical and chemical properties of soil, rock, groundwater,
and other earth materials for engineering; and from utilizing these data for analysis, design, and
construction. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit a professional geoscientist
to engage in the practice of professional engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, or land
surveying or to use the title "certified interior design" as those terms are defined in this section.
Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to regulate persons who take soil samples for the
purpose of providing recommendations on crop production.
    Subd. 4. Practice of land surveying. Land surveying means the application of the principles
of mathematics, physical and applied sciences and law to measuring and locating lines, angles,
elevations and natural or artificial features in the air, on the surface of the earth, underground and
on the beds of bodies of water for the purpose of:
(1) monumenting property boundaries;
(2) planning, designing, and platting of land and subdivisions including the topography,
alignment and grades of streets; and
(3) preparing and perpetuating maps, record plats and property descriptions.
Any person who offers to perform, holds out as being able to perform, or who does perform
land surveying for others shall be practicing land surveying.
Nothing contained in the provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15, shall prohibit a licensed
professional engineer, architect, landscape architect, or professional geoscientist from doing
any work included in the practice of engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, and
professional geoscience, if the work does not involve the establishment or reestablishment of
property corners or property lines.
    Subd. 4a. Practice of landscape architecture. Any person shall be deemed to be practicing
landscape architecture, within the meaning of sections 326.02 to 326.15, who holds out as
being able to perform or who does perform any professional service in connection with the
development of land areas where the dominant purpose of the service is the preservation,
enhancement or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and
planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings, approaches or environment for structures
or other improvements, and the consideration and determination of inherent problems of the land
relating to erosion, wear and tear, blight and hazards. This practice shall include the location and
arrangement of tangible objects and features incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined but
shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes as
ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture or the preparation of boundary
surveys or final land plats, as ordinarily included in the practice of land surveying.
Nothing contained in sections 326.02 to 326.15 concerning landscape architects shall be
construed:
(1) to apply to a professional engineer duly registered under the laws of this state;
(2) to apply to an architect registered under the laws of this state;
(3) to apply to a land surveyor registered under the laws of this state;
(4) to prevent a registered architect or professional engineer from doing landscape planning
and designing;
(5) to exclude nursery operators or other small business people from the preparation of
landscape plans appropriate to the normal operation of their business;
(6) to authorize a landscape architect to engage in the practice of architecture, engineering,
land surveying, or geoscience.
No person shall use the designation landscape architect or any title or device indicating or
representing that the person is a landscape architect or is practicing landscape architecture unless
the person is registered under the provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15.
    Subd. 4b. Certified interior designer. (a) For the purposes of sections 326.02 to 326.15,
"certified interior designer" means a person who is certified under section 326.10, to use the
title certified interior designer and who provides services in connection with the design of
public interior spaces, including preparation of documents relative to non-load-bearing interior
construction, space planning, finish materials, and furnishings.
(b) No person may use the title certified interior designer unless that person has been
certified as an interior designer or has been exempted by the board. Registered architects may be
certified without additional testing. Persons represent themselves to the public as certified interior
designers if they use a title that incorporates the words certified interior designer.
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits the use of the title interior designer or the term interior
design by persons not certified by the board.
(d) Nothing in this section restricts persons not certified by the board from providing interior
design services and from saying that they provide such services, as long as they do not use the
title certified interior designer.
(e) Nothing in this section authorizes certified interior designers to engage in the practice of
architecture as defined in subdivision 2 or the practice of engineering as defined in subdivision 3.
    Subd. 5. Limitation. The provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall not apply to the
preparation of plans and specifications for the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any building
or other structure by any person, for that person's exclusive occupancy or use, unless such
occupancy or use involves the public health or safety or the health or safety of the employees
of said person, or of the buildings listed in section 326.03, subdivision 2, nor to any detailed or
shop plans required to be furnished by a contractor to a registered engineer, landscape architect,
architect, or certified interior designer, nor to any standardized manufactured product, nor to any
construction superintendent supervising the execution of work designed by an architect, landscape
architect, engineer, or certified interior designer licensed or certified in accordance with section
326.03, nor to the planning for and supervision of the construction and installation of work by an
electrical contractor or master plumber as defined in and licensed pursuant to this chapter, where
such work is within the scope of such licensed activity and not within the practice of professional
engineering, or architecture, or where the person does not claim to be a certified interior designer
as defined in subdivision 2, 3, or 4b.
History: (5697-1) 1921 c 523 s 1; 1933 c 404 s 1; 1945 c 380 s 1; Ex1967 c 28 s 1; 1971 c
22 s 1-3; 1973 c 245 s 1; 1975 c 329 s 1-3; 1979 c 209 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 25-29; 1986 c
444; 1992 c 507 s 3-5; 1995 c 206 s 4-7; 2002 c 239 s 1

326.03 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
    Subdivision 1. Plans; documents. No person, except an architect, engineer, land surveyor,
landscape architect, geoscientist, or certified interior designer, licensed or certified as provided for
in sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall practice architecture, professional engineering, land surveying,
landscape architecture, or professional geoscience, or use the title certified interior designer,
respectively, in the preparation of plans, specifications, reports, plats or other architectural,
engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior design documents,
or in the observation of architectural, engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural,
geoscientific, or interior design projects. In preparation of such documents, reasonable care shall
be given to compliance with applicable laws, ordinances, and building codes relating to design.
    Subd. 2. Exceptions. Nothing contained in sections 326.02 to 326.15 shall prevent persons
from advertising and performing services such as consultation, investigation, or evaluation in
connection with, or from making plans and specifications for, or from supervising, the erection,
enlargement, or alteration of any of the following buildings:
(a) dwellings for single families, and outbuildings in connection therewith, such as barns
and private garages;
(b) two family dwellings;
(c) any farm building or accessory thereto; or
(d) temporary buildings or sheds used exclusively for construction purposes, not exceeding
two stories in height, and not used for living quarters.
    Subd. 3. Recording. No plat, map, or drawing of any survey or subdivision of lands required
by law to be filed or recorded with the county recorder or registered with the registrar of titles of
any county, shall be filed, recorded, or registered therein unless there shall be endorsed thereon a
certification by a licensed land surveyor.
    Subd. 4. Exception for persons elected in office. The provisions hereof shall not apply
to any person holding an elective office when in discharging the duties thereof such person
is required to do work or perform service of the character of work or service usually done or
performed by an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscientist.
    Subd. 5. Insurance companies; rating bureaus. The provisions of sections 326.02 to
326.15 shall not apply to inspection and service work done by employees of insurance companies,
their agents, or insurance rating bureaus.
History: (5697-2) 1921 c 523 s 2; 1933 c 404 s 1; 1945 c 380 s 2; Ex1967 c 28 s 2; 1975 c
83 s 1; 1975 c 329 s 4,5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 138; 1978 c 577 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art
1 s 30; 1987 c 8 s 1; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 30; 1989 c 329 art 5 s 15; 1990 c 562 art 5 s 11; 1992
c 507 s 6; 1995 c 206 s 8,9; 1998 c 324 s 9

326.031 SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES, USE OF BRAND NAMES.
Any engineer, architect, certified interior designer, or other person preparing specifications
with respect to a contract for the construction of any facility for the state, or any agency or
department thereof, or for any county, city, town, or school district, shall at the time of submitting
such specifications to the governing body of the organization requesting the specifications, submit
to such body, in writing, a list showing each item in the specifications which has been specified by
brand name, unless such specifications allow for the consideration of an equal.
History: 1969 c 635 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1992 c 507 s 7

326.04 BOARD ESTABLISHED.
To carry out the provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15 there is hereby created a Board of
Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience, and Interior
Design consisting of 21 members, who shall be appointed by the governor. Three members
shall be licensed architects, five members shall be licensed engineers, two members shall be
licensed landscape architects, two members shall be licensed land surveyors, two members shall
be certified interior designers, two members shall be licensed geoscientists, and five members
shall be public members. Not more than one member of the board shall be from the same branch
of the profession of engineering. The first professional geoscientist members shall be appointed
as soon as possible and no later than October 1, 1995. One of these members shall serve for a
term to end January 1, 1997. The other member shall serve for a term to end January 1, 1999. The
second licensed landscape architect and certified interior designer members shall be appointed
to succeed the two public members whose terms end on January 1, 1996. The second licensed
landscape architect and certified interior designer members shall be appointed by the governor no
later than October 1, 1995, and shall serve a term to end on January 1, 2000. During the time from
the appointment of these members until January 1, 1996, the board shall consist of 23 members.
Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership
vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements shall be as provided in sections 214.07 to
214.09. Members shall be limited to two terms. The provision of staff, administrative services
and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of board fees; and other
provisions relating to board operations shall be as provided in chapter 214.
History: (5697-3) 1921 c 523 s 3; 1949 c 86 s 1; 1973 c 638 s 42; 1975 c 136 s 55; 1975
c 329 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 139; 1976 c 239 s 63; 1979 c 209 s 2; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 50; 1992
c 507 s 8; 1995 c 206 s 10; 1998 c 324 s 1

326.05 QUALIFICATIONS OF BOARD MEMBERS.
Each member of the board shall be a resident of this state at the time of and throughout the
member's appointment. Each member except the public members shall have been engaged in
the practice of the relevant profession for at least ten years and shall have been in responsible
charge of professional work requiring licensure as an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape
architect, or geoscientist, or certification as an interior designer for at least five years.
History: (5697-4) 1921 c 523 s 4; 1973 c 638 s 43; 1975 c 329 s 7; 1976 c 222 s 140; 1986 c
444; 1992 c 507 s 9; 1995 c 206 s 11; 1998 c 324 s 2

326.06 GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of appointment from the governor, and,
before beginning a term of office, shall file with the secretary of state the constitutional oath of
office. The board shall adopt and have an official seal, which shall be affixed to all licenses
granted; shall make all rules, not inconsistent with law, needed in performing its duties; and
shall fix standards for determining the qualifications of applicants for certificates, which shall
not exceed the requirements contained in the curriculum of a recognized school of architecture,
landscape architecture, engineering, geoscience, or interior design. The board shall make rules to
define classes of buildings with respect to which persons performing services described in section
326.03, subdivision 2, may be exempted from the provisions of sections 326.02 to 326.15, by a
finding of no probable risk to life, health, property or public welfare.
History: (5697-5) 1921 c 523 s 5; 1975 c 329 s 8; 1976 c 222 s 141; 1978 c 577 s 3; 1979 c
222 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 8 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 31; 1992 c 507 s 10; 1995 c 206 s 12

326.07 BOARD, MEETINGS, OFFICERS, QUORUM.
The board shall hold meetings at such times the board shall specify. Notice of all meetings
shall be given in such manner as the bylaws may provide as described in chapter 13D. The
board shall elect annually from its members a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary and a treasurer.
A quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of members of the board qualified to vote
on the matter in question.
History: (5697-6) 1921 c 523 s 6; 1949 c 86 s 2; 1973 c 638 s 44; 1975 c 136 s 56; 1975 c
329 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 507 s 11; 1995 c 206 s 13; 1998 c 324 s 3

326.08 [Repealed, 1998 c 324 s 10]

326.09 RECORDS OF BOARD.
The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for licensing,
showing for each the date of application, name, age, educational and other qualifications, place of
business, and the place of residence, whether or not an examination was required and whether the
applicant was rejected or a license granted, and the date of such action. The books and register
of the board shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded therein. A roster showing the
names and places of business or of residence of all licensed architects, engineers, land surveyors,
landscape architects, geoscientists, and certified interior designers shall be prepared annually.
Rosters may be printed out of the funds of the board.
History: (5697-8) 1921 c 523 s 8; 1955 c 847 s 23; 1957 c 15; 1975 c 329 s 11; 1976 c 222 s
144; 1992 c 507 s 13; 1995 c 206 s 15; 1998 c 324 s 4

326.10 LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION.
    Subdivision 1. Issuance. (a) The board shall on application therefor on a prescribed form,
and upon payment of a fee prescribed by rule of the board, issue a license or certificate as an
architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, geoscientist, or certified interior designer.
A separate fee shall be paid for each profession licensed.
(1) To any person over 25 years of age, who is of good moral character and repute, and who
has the experience and educational qualifications which the board by rule may prescribe.
(2) To any person who holds an unexpired certificate of registration or license issued by
proper authority in the District of Columbia, any state or territory of the United States, or any
foreign country, in which the requirements for registration or licensure of architects, engineers,
land surveyors, landscape architects, geoscientists, or certified interior designers, respectively, at
the time of registration or licensure in the other jurisdiction, were equal, in the opinion of the
board, to those fixed by the board and by the laws of this state, and in which similar privileges
are extended to the holders of certificates of registration or licensure issued by this state. The
board may require such person to submit a certificate of technical qualification from the National
Council of Architectural Registration Boards in the case of an architect, from the National
Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying in the case of an engineer, from the Council
of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards in the case of a landscape architect, and from the
National Council for Interior Design Qualification in the case of a certified interior designer.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for one year from the effective date of rules adopted by
the board with respect to the discipline of professional geoscience, the board may accept as
evidence that the applicant is qualified for licensing in the discipline of professional geoscience:
(1) a record of graduation with a baccalaureate degree from a school or college having
accreditation defined by the board and a geoscience or associated science curriculum approved by
the board; and
(2) at least five years of active professional practice in the discipline of professional
geoscience as approved by the board.
    Subd. 2. Examination. The board, or a committee of the board, may subject any applicant
for licensure or certification to such examinations as may be deemed necessary to establish
qualifications.
In determining the qualifications of applicants, at least one member determining the
qualifications must be licensed or certified in the same profession as that being evaluated.
    Subd. 2a. Needs of physically disabled, inclusion in examination. Examinations for
architect, civil structural engineer, landscape architect, and certified interior designer shall include
questions which require the applicant to demonstrate knowledge of the design needs of people
with physical disabilities and of the relevant statutes and codes. The questions shall be developed
by the board in consultation with the Department of Administration.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, Ex1967 c 28 s 9]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 2003 c 85 s 5]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, Ex1967 c 28 s 9]
    Subd. 7. Engineer, land surveyor, geoscientist; in-training. (1) An applicant for
certification as an engineer-in-training who is a graduate with a bachelor of engineering degree
from a school or college having an engineering curriculum accredited by the engineers' council for
professional development or whose education, in the opinion of the board, is equivalent thereto,
shall receive from the board, upon passing an examination in fundamental engineering subjects, a
certificate stating that the applicant has passed such examination and that the applicant's name
has been recorded as an engineer-in-training.
(2) An applicant for certification as a land surveyor-in-training who is a graduate with a
bachelor's degree from a school or college having an accredited engineering or land surveying
curriculum or who has equivalent education, in the opinion of the board, shall receive from the
board, upon passing a written examination in the fundamentals of mathematics and the basic
principles of land surveying, a certificate stating that the applicant has passed such examination
and that the applicant's name has been recorded as a land surveyor-in-training.
(3) An applicant for certification as a geoscientist-in-training who is a graduate with a
baccalaureate degree from a school or college having accreditation defined by the board and
a geoscience or associated science curriculum approved by the board, shall receive from the
board, upon passing the appropriate examination in fundamental geoscience subjects for the
applicant's discipline as approved by the board, a certificate stating that the applicant's name has
been recorded as a geoscientist-in-training with the appropriate geoscientist-in-training legend
as approved by the board.
    Subd. 8. Expiration and renewal. All licenses and certificates, other than in-training
certificates, issued by the board expire at midnight on June 30 of each even-numbered calendar
year if not renewed. A holder of a license or certificate issued by the board may renew it by
completing and filing with the board an application for renewal consisting of a fully completed
form provided by the board and the fee specified in section 326.105. Both the fee and the
application must be submitted at the same time and by June 30 of each even-numbered calendar
year. The form must be signed by the applicant, contain all of the information requested, and
clearly show that the licensee or certificate holder has completed the minimum number of required
professional development hours, has provided a certification under section 326.107, subdivision
5 , to the board, or has been granted an exemption under section 326.107, subdivision 4. An
application for renewal that does not comply with the requirements of this subdivision is an
incomplete application and must not be accepted by the board.
    Subd. 9. Reinstatement of expired license or certificate. A licensee or certificate holder
whose license or certificate has expired may reinstate the expired license or certificate by
satisfying all prior continuing education requirements, by paying all of the renewal fees due for
all prior renewal periods that the license or certificate was expired and the current renewal period,
and paying a delayed renewal fee in the amount set by the board. The continuing education
requirement must be satisfied with professional development hours completed within the four
years immediately prior to reinstatement and may not include any professional development hours
that had previously been used to renew the license or certificate being reinstated.
To reinstate an expired license or certificate, the licensee or certificate holder must file
with the board an application for reinstatement consisting of a fully completed form provided
by the board and the fees specified in this subdivision. The form must be signed, contain all of
the information requested, and clearly show that the licensee or certificate holder either has
completed the minimum number of required professional development hours, has provided a
certification under section 326.107, subdivision 5, to the board, or has been granted an exemption
under section 326.107, subdivision 4. An application for reinstatement that does not comply with
the requirements of this subdivision is an incomplete application and must not be accepted by
the board.
History: (5697-9) 1921 c 523 s 9; 1933 c 404 s 2; 1945 c 380 s 3; 1949 c 86 s 3; 1949 c 507
s 1; 1955 c 433 s 1; 1959 c 336 s 1-5; 1961 c 519 s 1; Ex1967 c 28 s 4-7; 1971 c 22 s 5; 1971 c 25
s 61; 1975 c 329 s 12; 1976 c 222 s 145; 1978 c 483 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 507 s 14-16; 1995 c
206 s 16-18; 1998 c 324 s 5,6; 2003 c 85 s 1,2; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 58,59

326.105 FEES.
The fee for licensure or renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, land
surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscience professional is $120 per biennium. The fee for
certification as a certified interior designer or for renewal of the certificate is $120 per biennium.
The fee for an architect applying for original certification as a certified interior designer is $50
per biennium. The initial license or certification fee for all professions is $120. The renewal
fee shall be paid biennially on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The renewal
fee, when paid by mail, is not timely paid unless it is postmarked on or before June 30 of each
even-numbered year. The application fee is $25 for in-training applicants and $75 for professional
license applicants.
History: 1999 c 213 s 1; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 59; 2000 c 488 art 2 s 20; 2006 c 282 art 11 s 12

326.106 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in section 326.107 have the meanings given them
in this section.
    Subd. 2. Biennial renewal. "Biennial renewal" means a period of time consisting of two
consecutive 12-month periods ending on June 30 of each even-numbered year.
    Subd. 3. Dual license or certificate holder. "Dual license or certificate holder" means a
person who is licensed or certified in two professions regulated by the board.
    Subd. 4. Professional development hours. "Professional development hours" means
contact hours consisting of not less than 50 minutes each of instruction or presentation meeting
the requirements of section 326.107.
History: 1999 c 213 s 2

326.107 CONTINUING EDUCATION.
    Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) Architects, professional engineers, land surveyors,
landscape architects, geoscientists, and interior designers licensed or certified by this board must
obtain the number of professional development hours described in paragraphs (b) to (d) during
each two-year period of licensure or certification identified in section 326.105. This requirement
must be satisfied during the two-year period prior to biennial renewal except for a carryover
permitted from the previous renewal period, which must not exceed 50 percent of the biennial
requirement of professional development hours.
(b) Licensed professional engineers must earn a minimum of 24 professional development
hours per biennial renewal except for the carryover permitted.
(c) Licensed architects, land surveyors, landscape architects, geoscientists, and certified
interior designers must earn a minimum of 24 professional development hours per biennial
renewal except for the carryover permitted.
(d) Dual license or certificate holders who have obtained a license or certificate for two
professions must earn professional development hours required by the license or certificate
requiring the greatest number of professional development hours and must obtain in each
profession a minimum of one-third of the total professional development hours required. The
remaining one-third requirement may be obtained in either profession at the sole discretion
of the licensee or certificate holder.
    Subd. 2. Programs and activities. Continuing education must consist of learning
experiences which enhance and expand the skills, knowledge, and abilities of practicing
professionals to remain current and render competent professional services to the public.
Practitioners may pursue technical, nontechnical, regulatory, ethical, and business practice needs
for a well-rounded education provided the education directly benefits the health, safety, or
welfare of the public. Continuing education activities which satisfy the professional development
requirement include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) completing or auditing college-sponsored courses;
(2) completing self-study college or non-college-sponsored courses, presented by
correspondence, Internet, television, video, or audio, ending with examination or other verification
processes;
(3) participation in seminars, tutorials, televised or videotaped courses, or short courses;
(4) attending self-sponsored and prepared in-house educational programs;
(5) completing a study tour with a structured program resulting in a written or visual
presentation by the licensee or certificate holder;
(6) presenting or instructing qualifying courses or seminars. Professional development hours
may be earned for preparation time for the initial presentation;
(7) authoring published papers, articles, or books. Professional development hours earned
may equal preparation time spent, may be claimed only following publication, and shall be given
for authorship or presentation, but not for both;
(8) participating in professional examination grading or writing. A maximum of five
professional development hours per biennium may be applied from this source;
(9) providing professional service to the public which draws upon the licensee's or certificate
holder's professional expertise on boards, commissions, and committees such as planning
commissions, building code advisory boards, urban renewal boards, or non-work-related
volunteer service. A maximum of ten professional development hours per biennium may be
applied from this source; and
(10) patents, after they are granted, for a credit of ten professional development hours.
    Subd. 3. Criteria. (a) Continuing education courses and activities must meet the criteria in
paragraphs (b) to (f).
(b) There must be a clear purpose and objective for each activity which will maintain,
improve, or expand skills and knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure or certification or
develop new and relevant skills and knowledge.
(c) The content of each presentation must be well organized and presented in a sequential
manner.
(d) There must be evidence of preplanning which must include the opportunity for input by
the target group to be served.
(e) The presentation must be made by persons who are well qualified by education or
experience.
(f) There must be a provision for documentation of the individual's participation in the
activity, including information required for record keeping and reporting.
    Subd. 4. Exemptions. The following licensees or certificate holders are exempt from the
continuing education requirements:
(1) a new licensee or certificate holder for the individual's first biennial renewal; or
(2) a licensee or certificate holder who has experienced during the biennial renewal a serious
illness, injury, or other extenuating circumstances, or who has been called to active duty in the
military services for a period of time exceeding 120 consecutive days, as reviewed and approved
by the board, and where such activities restrict compliance with the continuing education
requirements, as supported by documentation furnished to the board.
    Subd. 5. Comity. Continuing education requirements may be met without completing the
entire renewal form if an individual is licensed or certified in another state, province, or district
which is listed by the Minnesota board as having continuing education requirements acceptable to
the Minnesota board and the licensee or certificate holder certifies in the appropriate section that
all continuing education and licensing or certification requirements for that state, province, or
district have been met. The licensee or certificate holder must still maintain complete records as
described in subdivision 7.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 2003 c 85 s 5]
    Subd. 7. Reports and records. The licensee or certificate holder shall maintain a file in
which records of courses and activities are kept, including dates, subjects, duration of programs,
sponsoring organization, professional development hours earned, registration receipts where
appropriate, and other pertinent documentation, for a period of two years after submission to the
board. This information may be required to be produced by licensees or certificate holders. The
board may require a licensee or certificate holder to produce this information in connection with
verification of a renewal application, a random audit conducted by the board, or upon receipt of a
complaint alleging noncompliance on the part of a licensee or certificate holder.
    Subd. 8. Noncompliance. If the board rejects professional development hours reported
by a licensee or certificate holder in an amount sufficient to reduce the number of nonrejected
professional development hours below the required minimum number, the licensee or certificate
holder must be notified of the board's rejection of the hours. The licensee or certificate holder
has 180 days after notification to substantiate the validity of the rejected hours or to earn other
qualifying hours to meet the minimum requirement. The board's rejection of any professional
development hours submitted during this 180-day cure period does not extend or expand the
cure period. If the board does not reinstate a sufficient number of the rejected professional
development hours to meet the required minimum number of professional development hours,
or the licensee or certificate holder does not complete or substantiate that the individual has
completed other qualifying professional development hours to meet the required minimum
number of professional development hours within the specified period of time, the individual's
licensure or certification shall be suspended. Professional development hours earned within the
180-day cure period and applied to current renewal may not be applied to the requirements
for the following biennial renewal.
    Subd. 9.[Repealed, 2003 c 85 s 5]
History: 1999 c 213 s 3; 2003 c 85 s 3,4

326.11 LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE REGULATION.
    Subdivision 1. Revocation or suspension. The board shall have the power to revoke or
suspend the license or certificate of any architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect,
geoscientist, or certified interior designer, who is found guilty by the board of any fraud or
deceit in obtaining a license or certificate, or of attaching the licensee's or certificate holder's
seal or signature to any plan, specification, report, plat, or other architectural, engineering, land
surveying, landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior design document not prepared by
the person signing or sealing it or under that person's direct supervision, or of gross negligence,
incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying,
landscape architecture, geoscience, or interior design, or upon conviction of any violation of
sections 326.02 to 326.15 or amendments thereof, or of any crime involving moral turpitude or
upon adjudication of insanity or incompetency.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
    Subd. 5. Reissuance. The board may reissue a license to any person whose license has been
suspended or revoked upon application for relicensure.
    Subd. 6. Replacement. A new license to replace any license revoked, lost, destroyed, or
mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules of the board.
History: (5697-10) 1921 c 523 s 10; 1945 c 380 s 4; 1949 c 86 s 4; Ex1967 c 28 s 8; 1975
c 329 s 13-16; 1976 c 222 s 146-148; 1978 c 514 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 32; 1986 c 444;
1992 c 507 s 17; 1995 c 206 s 19

326.111 UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE; DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
    Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) If the board, or the complaint committee if authorized by the
board, has a reasonable basis to believe that a person has engaged in an act or practice constituting
the unauthorized practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture,
geoscience, or the unauthorized use of the title certified interior designer, or a violation of a statute,
rule, or order that the board has issued or is empowered to enforce, the board, or the complaint
committee if authorized by the board, may proceed as described in subdivisions 2 and 3.
(b) The board shall establish a complaint committee to investigate, mediate, or initiate
administrative or legal proceedings on behalf of the board with respect to complaints filed with or
information received by the board alleging or indicating the unauthorized practice of architecture,
engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or the unauthorized use of the
title certified interior designer, or a violation of statute, rule, or order that the board has issued
or is empowered to enforce. The complaint committee shall consist of five members of the
board, with no more than one from each of the professions licensed by the board, and no more
than two public members.
(c) Except as otherwise described in this section, all hearings shall be conducted in
accordance with chapter 14.
    Subd. 2. Legal action. (a) When necessary to prevent the unauthorized practice of
architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or the unauthorized
use of the title certified interior designer, or a violation of a statute, rule, or order that the board
has issued or is empowered to enforce, the board, or the complaint committee if authorized by the
board, may bring an action in the name of the state in the district court in Ramsey County or in
any county in which jurisdiction is proper to enjoin the act, practice, or violation and to enforce
compliance with the statute, rule, or order. Upon a showing that a person has engaged in an act
or practice constituting the unauthorized practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying,
landscape architecture, geoscience, or the unauthorized use of the title certified interior designer,
or a violation of a statute, rule, or order that the board has issued or is empowered to enforce, a
permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate relief shall be granted.
(b) For purposes of injunctive relief under this subdivision, irreparable harm exists when
the board shows that a person has engaged in an act or practice constituting the unauthorized
practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or the
unauthorized use of the title certified interior designer, or a violation of a statute, rule, or order
that the board has issued or is empowered to enforce.
(c) Injunctive relief granted under paragraph (a) does not relieve an enjoined person from
criminal prosecution by a competent authority or from disciplinary action by the board with
respect to the person's license, certificate, or application for examination, license, or renewal.
    Subd. 3. Cease and desist orders. (a) The board, or the complaint committee if authorized
by the board, may issue and have served upon a person an order requiring the person to cease
and desist from the unauthorized practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape
architecture, geoscience, or the unauthorized use of the title certified interior designer, or violation
of the statute, rule, or order. The order shall be calculated to give reasonable notice of the rights of
the person to request a hearing and shall state the reasons for the entry of the order.
(b) Service of the order is effective if the order is served on the person or counsel of record
personally or by certified mail to the most recent address provided to the board for the person
or counsel of record.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed by the board, or the complaint committee if authorized by the
board, and the person requesting the hearing, the hearing shall be held no later than 30 days after
the request for the hearing is received by the board.
(d) The administrative law judge shall issue a report within 30 days of the close of the
contested case hearing record, notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 1400.8100, subpart 3.
Within 30 days after receiving the report and any exceptions to it, the board shall issue a further
order vacating, modifying, or making permanent the cease and desist orders as the facts require.
(e) If no hearing is requested within 30 days of service of the order, the order becomes final
and remains in effect until it is modified or vacated by the board.
(f) If the person to whom a cease and desist order is issued fails to appear at the hearing
after being duly notified, the person is in default and the proceeding may be determined against
that person upon consideration of the cease and desist order, the allegations of which may be
considered to be true.
    Subd. 4. Actions against applicants and licensees. (a) The board may, by order, deny,
refuse to renew, suspend, temporarily suspend, or revoke the application, license, or certification
of a person; censure or reprimand that person; condition or limit the person's practice; refuse to
permit a person to sit for examination; or refuse to release the person's examination grades if the
board finds that the order is in the public interest and the applicant, licensee, or certificate holder:
(1) has violated a statute, rule, or order that the board has issued or is empowered to enforce;
(2) has engaged in conduct or acts that are fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest whether
or not the conduct or acts relate to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying,
landscape architecture, geoscience, or certified interior design, providing that the fraudulent,
deceptive, or dishonest conduct or acts reflect adversely on the person's ability or fitness to engage
in the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience,
or certified interior design;
(3) has engaged in conduct or acts that are negligent or otherwise in violation of the standards
established by Minnesota Rules, chapters 1800 and 1805, where the conduct or acts relate to the
practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or use of
the title certified interior designer;
(4) has been convicted of or has pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony, an element of
which is dishonesty or fraud, whether or not the person admits guilt, or has been shown to have
engaged in acts or practices tending to show that the applicant or licensee is incompetent or has
engaged in conduct reflecting adversely on the person's ability or fitness to engage in the practice
of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or use of the title
certified interior designer;
(5) employed fraud or deception in obtaining a certificate, license, renewal, or reinstatement
or in passing all or a portion of the examination;
(6) has had the person's architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture,
geoscience, or interior design license, certificate, right to examine, or other similar authority
revoked, suspended, canceled, limited, or not renewed for cause in any state, commonwealth, or
territory of the United States, in the District of Columbia, or in any foreign country;
(7) has had the person's right to practice before any federal, state, or other government
agency revoked, suspended, canceled, limited, or not renewed;
(8) failed to meet any requirement for the issuance or renewal of the person's license or
certificate;
(9) has attached the person's seal or signature to a plan, specification, report, plat, or other
architectural, engineering, land surveying, landscape architectural, geoscientific, or interior
design document not prepared by the person sealing or signing it or under that person's direct
supervision; or
(10) with respect to temporary suspension orders, has committed an act, engaged in conduct,
or committed practices that may, or has in the opinion of the board, or the complaint committee if
authorized by the board, resulted in an immediate threat to the public.
(b) In lieu of or in addition to any remedy provided in paragraph (a), the board may require,
as a condition of continued licensure, possession of certificate, termination of suspension,
reinstatement of license or certificate, examination, or release of examination grades, that the
person:
(1) submit to a quality review of the person's ability, skills, or quality of work, conducted in
such fashion and by such persons, entity, or entities as the board may require including, but not
limited to, remedial education courses; and
(2) complete to the satisfaction of the board such continuing professional education courses
as the board may specify by rule.
(c) Service of the order is effective if the order is served on the licensee, certificate holder,
applicant, person, or counsel of record personally or by certified mail, to the most recent address
provided to the board for the licensee, certificate holder, applicant, person, or counsel of record.
The order shall state the reasons for the entry of the order.
(d) All hearings required by this section shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 14,
except with respect to temporary suspension orders, as provided for in subdivision 5, paragraph
(d).
    Subd. 5. Procedure for temporary suspension of license or certificate. (a) When the board,
or the complaint committee if authorized by the board, issues a temporary suspension order,
the suspension is in effect upon service of a written order on the licensee or counsel of record,
specifying the statute, rule, or order violated. The order remains in effect until the board issues a
final order in the matter after a hearing or upon agreement between the board and the licensee.
(b) Service of the order is effective if the order is served on the licensee or counsel of record
personally or by certified mail, to the most recent address provided to the board for the licensee
or counsel of record.
(c) The order shall set forth the rights to a hearing contained in this subdivision and shall
state the reasons for the entry of the order.
(d) Within ten days after service of the order, the licensee may request a hearing in writing.
The board shall hold a hearing before its own members within five working days of receipt of a
request for hearing on the sole issue of whether there is a reasonable basis to continue, modify, or
lift the temporary suspension. This hearing is not subject to chapter 14. Evidence presented by
the board or the licensee shall be in affidavit form only. The licensee or counsel of record may
appear for oral argument.
(e) Within five working days after the hearing, the board shall issue its order and, if the
suspension is continued, schedule a contested case hearing within 30 days after issuance of
the order. The administrative law judge shall issue a report within 30 days after closing of
the contested case hearing record, notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part
1400.8100, subpart 3. The board shall issue a final order within 30 days after receipt of that
report and any exceptions to it.
    Subd. 6. Violations; penalties; costs of proceeding. (a) The board may impose a civil
penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation upon a person who commits an act or practice
constituting the unauthorized practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape
architecture, geoscience, or the unauthorized use of the title certified interior designer, or violates
a statute, rule, or order that the board has issued or is empowered to enforce.
(b) The board may, in addition, impose a fee to reimburse the board for all or part of the
cost of the proceedings resulting in disciplinary action authorized by this section, the imposition
of civil penalties, or the issuance of a cease and desist order. The fee may be imposed when
the board shows that the position of the person who commits an act or practice constituting
the unauthorized practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture,
geoscience, or the unauthorized use of the title certified interior designer, or violates a statute,
rule, or order that the board has issued or is empowered to enforce is not substantially justified,
unless special circumstances make an award unjust, notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota
Rules, part 1400.8401. The costs include, but are not limited to, the amount paid by the board
for services from the office of administrative hearings, attorney fees, court reporters, witnesses,
reproduction of records, board members' per diem compensation, board staff time, and expense
incurred by board members and staff.
    Subd. 7. Reinstatement. The board may reinstate a suspended, revoked, or surrendered
certificate or license upon petition of the former or suspended certificate holder or licensee. The
board may, in its sole discretion, place any other conditions, including reexamination in whole
or in part, upon reinstatement of a suspended, revoked, or surrendered certificate or license that
it finds appropriate and necessary to ensure that the purposes of sections 326.02 to 326.15 are
met. No suspended certificate or license shall be reinstated until the former certificate holder or
licensee has completed one-half of the suspension.
History: 1993 c 358 s 1; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 39; 1995 c 206 s 20-24; 1999 c 213 s 4

326.12 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE AS EVIDENCE; SEAL.
    Subdivision 1. Judicial proof. The issuance of a license or certificate by the board shall be
evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed
architect, licensed engineer, licensed land surveyor, licensed landscape architect, licensed
geoscientist, or certified interior designer while the license or certificate remains unrevoked or
has not expired or has not been suspended.
    Subd. 2. Seal. Each licensee or certificate holder may, upon licensure or certification, obtain
a seal of a design approved by the board, bearing the licensee's or certificate holder's name and the
legend "licensed architect," "licensed professional engineer," "licensed land surveyor," "licensed
landscape architect," the appropriate licensed professional geoscientist legend as defined by the
board, or "certified interior designer." Plans, specifications, plats, reports, and other documents
prepared by a licensee or certificate holder may be stamped with the seal during the life of the
license or certificate. A rubber stamp facsimile thereof may be used in lieu of the seal on tracings
from which prints are to be made or on papers which would be damaged by the regular seal. It
shall be unlawful for any one to stamp or seal any document with the stamp or seal after the
license or certificate has expired, been revoked or suspended, unless said license or certificate
shall have been renewed or reissued.
    Subd. 3. Certified signature. Each plan, drawing, specification, plat, report, or other
document which under sections 326.02 to 326.15 is prepared by a licensed architect, licensed
engineer, licensed land surveyor, licensed landscape architect, licensed geoscientist, or certified
interior designer must bear the signature of the licensed or certified person preparing it, or the
signature of the licensed or certified person under whose direct supervision it was prepared. Each
signature shall be accompanied by a certification that the signer is licensed or certified under
sections 326.02 to 326.15, by the person's license or certificate number, and by the date on which
the signature was affixed. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any plans, drawings,
specifications, plats, reports, or other documents of an intraoffice or intracompany nature or that
are considered to be drafts or of a preliminary, schematic, or design development nature by
licensed or certified individuals who would normally be responsible for their preparation. The
required signature and certification must appear on all pages of plans and drawings that must be
signed, but only on the first page of specifications, plats, reports, or other documents that must
be signed. A stamp, printed signature, or electronically created signature has the same force
and effect as an actual signature if it creates an accurate depiction of the licensed or certified
professional's actual signature.
History: (5697-11) 1921 c 523 s 11; 1945 c 380 s 5; 1971 c 22 s 6; 1975 c 329 s 17; 1976
c 222 s 149; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 33; 1992 c 507 s 18; 1994 c 632 art 3 s 55; 1995 c 206 s 25;
1995 c 265 art 2 s 28; 2002 c 245 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 60

326.13 PRACTICE EXEMPT.
Practice of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, land surveying, or geoscience,
or use of the title certified interior designer in this state prior to licensure or certification by the
board shall be permitted under the following conditions and limitations:
(1) By any person or firm not a resident of and having no established place of business in this
state, or any person or firm resident in this state, but whose arrival in the state is recent; provided,
however, such person or a person connected with such firm:
(i) is registered or licensed and qualified to practice such profession in a state or country to
which the board grants licensure or certification by comity in accordance with the provisions of
section 326.10, subdivision 1, clause (2); and
(ii) shall have filed an application for licensure as an architect, an engineer, a geoscientist, or
a certified interior designer shall have paid the fee provided for in section 326.10, and shall have
been notified by the board that the applicant meets the requirements for licensure or certification
in this state and is entitled to receive a license or certificate, and has applied for and been granted
a temporary permit to practice. Temporary permits shall be granted to do a specific job for the
period stipulated on the permit.
(2) By a nonresident applicant who seeks to provide architecture, engineering, land
surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience, or certified interior design services in this state if
the applicant offers to practice only for the purpose of seeking to provide services, without having
first been registered or certified by the state, if the applicant:
(i) is registered and qualified to practice such profession in a state or country to which the
board grants registration or licensure by comity in accordance with section 326.10, subdivision 1,
clause (2);
(ii) notified the board in writing that the applicant is not currently registered in this state, but
will be present in this state for the purpose of seeking to provide services;
(iii) delivers a copy of the notice referred to in clause (ii) to every potential client for whom
the applicant is seeking to provide services; and
(iv) applies within ten days to the board for licensure or certification if selected as the design
professional for a project in this state; the applicant is prohibited from actually rendering services
as defined within the terms of sections 326.02 to 326.15 until the applicant is licensed or certified,
or obtains a temporary permit as described in clause (1).
(3) Practice as an architect, an engineer, a land surveyor, a landscape architect, or a
geoscientist, or use of the title certified interior designer solely as an officer or employee of the
United States.
(4) Practice as a geoscientist by a person who would be qualified under sections 326.02 to
326.15 by virtue of experience and education while (i) engaged in exploration, development,
extraction, and reclamation of minerals and mineral deposits or energy resources including sand,
gravel, peat, industrial minerals, metallic minerals, iron ore, coal, oil, and gas and other mineral
fuels; (ii) an employee of a corporation or agency engaged in such exploration, development,
extraction, and reclamation of minerals and mineral deposits; (iii) acting in accordance with the
provisions of section 82B.035, subdivision 3; 103I.205, subdivision 4; or 103I.601, subdivision 2;
or (iv) engaged in academic geoscience research.
History: (5697-13) 1921 c 523 s 13; 1933 c 404 s 4; 1971 c 22 s 7; 1975 c 329 s 18; 1976 c
222 s 150; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 34; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 507 s 19; 1995 c 206 s 26; 1998 c 324
s 7; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 61

326.14 CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS AUTHORIZED.
A corporation, partnership or other firm may engage in work of an architectural or
engineering character, in land surveying, in landscape architecture, or in geoscience, or use the
title of certified interior designer in this state, provided the person or persons connected with such
corporation, partnership or other firm in responsible charge of such work is or are licensed or
certified as herein required for the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape
architecture, and geoscience, and use of the title of certified interior designer.
History: (5697-14) 1921 c 523 s 14; 1933 c 404 s 5; 1945 c 380 s 6; 1975 c 329 s 19; 1976 c
222 s 151; 1992 c 507 s 20; 1995 c 206 s 27

326.15 FALSE IMPERSONATION.
It shall be unlawful for any person to present or attempt to use as the person's own the seal or
certificate of another, or to give false or forged evidence of any kind to the board, or any member
thereof, or to falsely impersonate any licensee or certificate holder of like or different name, or to
use or attempt to use as the person's own the license of another issued by any authority outside of
this state, or to use or attempt to use an expired or revoked or suspended license.
History: (5697-15) 1921 c 523 s 15; 1945 c 380 s 7; 1976 c 222 s 152; 1986 c 444; 2004 c
228 art 1 s 62

326.16 [Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]

    Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]
    Subd. 1a.[Renumbered 326.1655, subdivision 1]
    Subd. 2.[Renumbered 326.1655, subd 7]
    Subd. 3.[Renumbered 326.1655, subd 2]
    Subd. 4.[Renumbered 326.1655, subd 3]
    Subd. 5.[Renumbered 326.1655, subd 4]
    Subd. 6.[Renumbered 326.1655, subd 5]
    Subd. 7.[Renumbered 326.1655, subd 6]

326.1655 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.17 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.18 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.19 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.191 [Repealed, 1998 c 340 s 21]

326.192 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.197 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

    Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]
    Subd. 2.[Repealed by amendment, 1998 c 340 s 6]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed by amendment, 1998 c 340 s 6]

326.201 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.21 [Repealed, 1998 c 340 s 21]

326.211 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.212 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.22 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.223 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.224 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.225 [Repealed, 1998 c 340 s 21]

326.228 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.229 [Repealed, 2001 c 109 art 1 s 18]

326.23 [Repealed, 1992 c 542 s 5]

326.231 [Repealed, 1992 c 542 s 5]

326.24 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.241 BOARD OF ELECTRICITY.
    Subdivision 1. Composition. The Board of Electricity shall consist of 11 members, residents
of the state, appointed by the governor of whom two shall be representatives of the electrical
suppliers in the rural areas of the state, two shall be master electricians, who shall be contractors,
two journeyman electricians, one registered consulting electrical engineer, two power limited
technicians, who shall be technology system contractors primarily engaged in the business of
installing technology circuits or systems, and two public members as defined by section 214.02.
Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership
vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements shall be as provided in sections 214.07 to
214.09. The provision of staff, administrative services and office space; the review and processing
of complaints; the setting of board fees; and other provisions relating to board operations shall be
as provided in chapter 214.
    Subd. 2. Powers. The board, or the complaint committee on behalf of the board where
authorized by law, shall have power to:
(1) Elect its own officers.
(2) Engage and fix the compensation of inspectors, and hire employees. The salary of the
executive secretary shall be established pursuant to chapter 43A. All agents and employees other
than contract inspectors shall be in the classified service and shall be compensated pursuant
to chapter 43A. All inspectors shall hold licenses as master or journeyman electricians under
section 326.242, subdivision 1(1) or 2(1), and shall give bond in an amount fixed by the board,
conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties.
(3) Pay such other expenses as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties,
including rent, supplies, and such like.
(4) Enforce the provisions of sections 326.241 to 326.248, and provide, upon request, such
additional voluntary inspections and reviews as it may deem appropriate.
(5) Issue, renew, refuse to renew, suspend, temporarily suspend, and revoke licenses, censure
licensees, assess civil penalties, issue cease and desist orders, and seek injunctive relief and civil
penalties in court as authorized by section 326.242 and other provisions of Minnesota law.
(6) Adopt reasonable rules to carry out its duties under sections 326.241 to 326.248 and to
provide for the amount and collection of fees for inspection and other services. All rules shall be
adopted in accordance with chapter 14.
    Subd. 3. Fees and finances; disposition. All fees collected under the provisions of sections
326.241 to 326.248 are to be credited to a special account in the state treasury. Money in the
account is appropriated to the Board of Electricity to administer and enforce sections 326.241
to 326.248, to pay indirect costs, to compensate contract electrical inspectors for inspections
performed, and to make refunds.
History: 1967 c 602 s 1; 1973 c 638 s 49,50; 1974 c 45 s 1; 1974 c 406 s 47; 1975 c 136 s
62,63; 1976 c 149 s 53; 1976 c 222 s 167; 1976 c 239 s 65; 1977 c 455 s 83; 1981 c 357 s
80; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 51; 1983 c 299 s 27; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 3; 1987 c 358 s
116; 1991 c 289 s 10; 2002 c 328 s 8

326.242 LICENSES.
    Subdivision 1. Master electrician. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall
install, alter, repair, plan, lay out, or supervise the installing, altering, or repairing of electrical
wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, or other purposes unless the person is:
(a) licensed by the board as a master electrician and (b)(i) the electrical work is for a licensed
contractor and the person is an employee, partner, or officer of, or is the licensed contractor, or
(ii) the electrical work is performed for the person's employer on electric wiring, apparatus,
equipment, or facilities owned or leased by the employer which is located within the limits of
property which is owned or leased and operated and maintained by the employer.
(1) An applicant for a Class A master electrician's license shall (a) be a graduate of a
four-year electrical course in an accredited college or university; or (b) shall have had at least
one year's experience, acceptable to the board, as a licensed journeyman; or (c) shall have had at
least five years' experience, acceptable to the board, in planning for, laying out, supervising and
installing wiring, apparatus, or equipment for electrical light, heat and power.
(2) As of August 1, 1985, no new Class B master electrician's licenses shall be issued. An
individual who has a Class B master electrician's license as of August 1, 1985 may retain the
license and exercise the privileges it grants, which include electrical work limited to single phase
systems, not over 200 amperes in capacity, on farmsteads or single-family dwellings located in
towns or municipalities with fewer than 2,500 inhabitants.
    Subd. 2. Journeyman electrician. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person
shall install, alter, repair, or supervise the installing, altering, or repairing of electrical wiring,
apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, or other purposes unless:
(1) the person is licensed by the board as a journeyman electrician; and
(2) the electrical work is:
(i) for a contractor and the person is an employee, partner, or officer of the licensed
contractor; or
(ii) performed under the supervision of a master electrician also employed by the person's
employer on electrical wiring, apparatus, equipment, or facilities owned or leased by the employer
that is located within the limits of property owned or leased, operated, and maintained by the
employer.
(b) An applicant for a Class A journeyman electrician's license shall have had at least four
years of experience, acceptable to the board, in wiring for, installing, and repairing electrical
wiring, apparatus, or equipment, provided however, that the board may by rule provide for the
allowance of one year of experience credit for successful completion of a two-year post high
school electrical course approved by the board.
(c) As of August 1, 1985, no new Class B journeyman electrician's licenses shall be issued.
An individual who holds a Class B journeyman electrician's license as of August 1, 1985 may
retain the license and exercise the privileges it grants, which include electrical work limited
to single phase systems, not over 200 amperes in capacity, on farmsteads or on single-family
dwellings located in towns or municipalities with fewer than 2,500 inhabitants.
    Subd. 3. Class A installer. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2, and 6, any
person holding a Class A installer license may lay out and install and supervise the laying out
and installing of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for major electrical home appliances
on the load side of the main service on farmsteads and in any town or municipality with fewer
than 1,500 inhabitants, which is not contiguous to a city of the first class and does not contain an
established business of a contractor.
    Subd. 3a. Class B installer. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2 and 6, any
person holding a Class B installer license may lay out and install electrical wiring, apparatus and
equipment on center pivot irrigation booms on the load side of the main service on farmsteads,
and install such other electrical equipment as is determined by the board.
    Subd. 3b. Coursework or experience. An applicant for a Class A or B installer license shall
have completed a post high school course in electricity acceptable to the board or shall have had
at least one year's experience, acceptable to the board in electrical wiring.
    Subd. 3c. Bond. Every installer, as a condition of licensure, shall give bond to the state in the
sum of $1,000 conditioned upon the faithful and lawful performance of all work contracted for or
entered upon by the installer within the state of Minnesota, and such bond shall be for the benefit
of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of failure of such performance. Such bond
shall be in lieu of all other license bonds to any political subdivision of the state. Such bond shall
be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota.
    Subd. 3d. Power limited technician. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, no person
shall install, alter, repair, plan, lay out, or supervise the installing, altering, or repairing of
electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for technology circuits or systems unless:
(1) the person is licensed by the board as a power limited technician; and
(2) the electrical work is:
(i) for a licensed contractor and the person is an employee, partner, or officer of, or is the
licensed contractor; or
(ii) performed under the supervision of a master electrician or power limited technician also
employed by the person's employer on technology circuits, systems, apparatus, equipment, or
facilities owned or leased by the employer that are located within the limits of property owned or
leased, operated, and maintained by the employer.
(b) An applicant for a power limited technician's license shall (1) be a graduate of a four-year
electrical course in an accredited college or university; or (2) have had at least 36 months'
experience, acceptable to the board, in planning for, laying out, supervising, and installing wiring,
apparatus, or equipment for power limited systems, provided however, that the board may by rule
provide for the allowance of up to 12 months (2,000 hours) of experience credit for successful
completion of a two-year post high school electrical course or other technical training approved
by the board.
(c) The board may initially set experience requirements without rulemaking, but must adopt
rules before July 1, 2004.
(d) Licensees must attain eight hours of continuing education acceptable to the board every
renewal period.
(e) A person who has submitted an application by June 30, 2003, to take the alarm and
communications examination administered by the board, and who has achieved a minimal score
of 70 percent on the examination by September 30, 2003, may obtain a power limited technician
license without further examination by submitting an application and a license fee of $30.
(f) A company holding an alarm and communication license as of June 30, 2003, may
designate one person who may obtain a power limited technician license without passing an
examination administered by the board by submitting an application and license fee of $30.
(g) A person who has submitted an application by September 30, 2005, to take the power
limited technician examination administered by the board is not required to meet the qualifications
set forth in paragraph (b).
    Subd. 4. Special electrician. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2, 6, and 7,
the board may by rule provide for the issuance of special electrician licenses empowering the
licensee to engage in a limited class or classes of electrical work, which class or classes shall be
specified on the license certificate. Each licensee shall have had at least two years of experience,
acceptable to the board, in each such limited class of work for which the licensee is licensed.
    Subd. 5. Unlicensed persons. (a) An unlicensed person shall not perform electrical work
unless the work is performed under the personal supervision of a person actually licensed to
perform such work and the licensed electrician and unlicensed persons are employed by the same
employer. Licensed persons shall not permit unlicensed persons to perform electrical work except
under the personal supervision of a person actually licensed to perform such work. Unlicensed
persons shall not supervise the performance of electrical work or make assignments of electrical
work to unlicensed persons. Except for technology circuit or system work, licensed persons shall
supervise no more than two unlicensed persons. For technology circuit or system work, licensed
persons shall supervise no more than three unlicensed persons.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no person other than a master
electrician or power limited technician shall plan or lay out electrical wiring, apparatus, or
equipment for light, heat, power, or other purposes, except circuits or systems exempted from
personal licensing by subdivision 12, paragraph (b).
(c) Contractors employing unlicensed persons performing electrical work shall maintain
records establishing compliance with this subdivision, which shall designate all unlicensed
persons performing electrical work, except for persons working on circuits or systems exempted
from personal licensing by subdivision 12, paragraph (b), and shall permit the board to examine
and copy all such records as provided for in section 326.244, subdivision 6.
    Subd. 6. Contractor's license required. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person
other than an employee, partner, or officer of a licensed contractor, as defined by section 326.01,
subdivision 5 , shall undertake or offer to undertake to plan for, lay out, supervise or install or
to make additions, alterations, or repairs in the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, and
equipment for light, heat, power, and other purposes with or without compensation unless the
person obtains a contractor's license. A contractor's license does not of itself qualify its holder to
perform or supervise the electrical work authorized by holding any class of personal electrical
license.
    Subd. 6a. Bond required. Each contractor shall give and maintain bond to the state in the
penal sum of $5,000 conditioned upon the faithful and lawful performance of all work entered
upon by the contractor within the state of Minnesota and such bond shall be for the benefit of
persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of failure of such performance. The bond shall
be filed with the board and shall be in lieu of all other license bonds to any political subdivision.
Such bond shall be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota.
    Subd. 6b. Insurance required. Each contractor shall have and maintain in effect general
liability insurance, which includes premises and operations insurance and products and completed
operations insurance, with limits of at least $100,000 per occurrence, $300,000 aggregate limit
for bodily injury, and property damage insurance with limits of at least $25,000 or a policy with
a single limit for bodily injury and property damage of $300,000 per occurrence and $300,000
aggregate limits. Such insurance shall be written by an insurer licensed to do business in the state
of Minnesota and each contractor shall maintain on file with the board a certificate evidencing
such insurance which provides that such insurance shall not be canceled without the insurer first
giving 15 days written notice to the board of such cancellation.
    Subd. 6c. Employment of master electrician or power limited technician. (a) No
contractor shall engage in business of electrical contracting unless the contractor employs a
licensed Class A master or Class B master electrician, or power limited technician, who shall
be responsible for the performance of all electrical work in accordance with the requirements
of sections 326.241 to 326.248 or any rule or order adopted or issued under these sections. The
classes of work for which the licensed contractor is authorized shall be limited to those for which
such Class A master electrician, Class B master electrician, or power limited technician employed
by the contractor is licensed.
(b) When a contractor's license is held by an individual, partnership, limited liability
company, or corporation and the individual, one of the partners, one of the members, or an
officer of the corporation, respectively, is not the responsible master electrician or power limited
technician of record, all requests for inspection shall be signed by the responsible master
electrician or power limited technician of record. The designated responsible master electrician
or power limited technician of record shall be employed by the individual, partnership, limited
liability company, or corporation which is applying for a contractor's license and shall not be
employed in any capacity as a licensed electrician or licensed technician by any other contractor
or employer designated in subdivision 12.
(c) All applications for contractor's licenses and all renewals shall include a verified
statement that the applicant or licensee has complied with this subdivision.
    Subd. 7. Examination. In addition to the requirements imposed herein and except as herein
otherwise provided, as a precondition to issuance of a personal license, each applicant must pass a
written or oral examination given by the board to insure the competence of each applicant for
license. An oral examination shall be administered only to an applicant who furnishes a written
statement from a certified teacher or other professional, trained in the area of reading disabilities
stating that the applicant has a specific reading disability which would prevent the applicant from
performing satisfactorily on a written test. The oral examination shall be structured so that an
applicant who passes the examination will not impair the applicant's own safety or that of others
while acting as a licensed person. No person failing an examination may retake it for six months
thereafter, but within such six months the person may take an examination for a lesser grade of
license. Any licensee failing to renew a license for two years or more after its expiration shall be
required to retake the examination before being issued a new license.
An applicant for a personal license shall submit to the board an application and examination
fee at the time of application. Upon approval of the application, the board shall schedule the
applicant for the next available examination, which shall be held within 60 days. The applicant
shall be allowed one opportunity to reschedule an examination without being required to submit
another application and examination fee. Additionally, an applicant who fails an examination, or
whose application has been disapproved, must submit another application and examination fee.
    Subd. 8. License and renewal fees. All licenses issued hereunder shall expire in a manner as
provided by the board. Fees, as set by the board, shall be payable for examination, issuance and
renewal of the following:
(1) For examination:
Class A Master.
Class B Master.
Class A Journeyman, Class B Journeyman, Installer, Power Limited Technician, or Special
Electrician.
(2) For issuance of original license and renewal:
Class A Master.
Class B Master.
Power Limited Technician.
Class A Journeyman, Class B Journeyman, Installer, or Special Electrician.
Electrical contractor.
Technology Systems Contractor.
(3) An individual or contractor who fails to renew a license before 30 days after the
expiration of the license must submit a late fee equal to one year's license fee in addition to the
full renewal fee. Fees for renewed licenses are not prorated. An individual or contractor that fails
to renew a license by the expiration date is unlicensed until the license is renewed.
    Subd. 9. Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses. The board may by order deny,
suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license, or may censure a licensee if the board finds (1) in its
discretion that the order is in the public interest and (2) that, based upon a preponderance of the
evidence presented, the applicant or licensee:
(a) has filed an application for a license which is incomplete in any material respect or
contains any statement which, in light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or
misleading with respect to any material fact;
(b) has engaged in any fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest act or practice;
(c) has been convicted within the past five years of a misdemeanor involving a violation of
sections 326.241 to 326.248;
(d) has violated or failed to comply with sections 326.241 to 326.248 or any rule or order
adopted or issued under these sections; or
(e) has, in the conduct of the applicant's or licensee's affairs, including, but not limited to, the
performance of electrical work, been shown to be incompetent or untrustworthy.
If a licensee engages in conduct that is proven by a preponderance of the evidence to be a
basis for discipline pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (e), the conduct shall constitute a violation of this
subdivision. The board may take action under this subdivision or any other law authorizing action
against a licensee regardless of whether the underlying conduct was willful.
The board may adopt rules further specifying and defining actions, conduct, and omissions
that constitute fraudulent, deceptive, dishonest, or prohibited practices, and establishing standards
of conduct for applicants and licensees.
    Subd. 9a. Civil penalties. Whenever a preponderance of the evidence presented proves that a
person has violated or failed to comply with sections 326.241 to 326.248 or any rule or order
adopted or issued under these sections, the board may impose a civil penalty upon the person in
an amount not to exceed $10,000 per violation.
    Subd. 9b. Orders for hearing. The complaint committee may, on behalf of the board, issue
an order requiring a licensee or an applicant for a license to appear at a hearing on the issue
of whether the license should be revoked or suspended, the licensee censured, the application
denied, or a civil penalty imposed. The order shall be calculated to give reasonable notice of the
time and place for hearing, and shall state the reasons for the entry of the order. All hearings
shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 14. After the hearing, the board shall enter an
order making a disposition of the matter as the facts require. If the licensee or applicant fails to
appear at a hearing of which that person has been duly notified, the person is in default and the
proceeding may be determined against that person upon consideration of the order for hearing, the
allegations of which may be deemed to be true.
    Subd. 9c. Temporary suspension. (a) The complaint committee may, on behalf of the board
and in the public interest, temporarily suspend a license pending final determination of an order
for hearing. The complaint committee shall not issue a temporary suspension order until an
investigation of the facts has been conducted pursuant to section 214.10 by the attorney general.
The complaint committee shall issue a temporary suspension order only when the safety of life or
property is threatened or to prevent the commission of fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest acts
against the public. Service of the temporary suspension order is effective if the order is served
on the licensee or counsel of record personally or by first class mail to the most recent address
provided to the board for the licensee or the counsel of record.
(b) If a license is suspended pending final determination of an order for hearing, a hearing
on the merits shall be held within 45 days of the issuance of the order of temporary suspension.
The administrative law judge shall issue a report within 30 days after closing of the contested
case hearing record. The board shall issue a final order within 30 days after receipt of that report
and any exceptions.
(c) If the licensee requests a hearing in writing within ten days of service of the order,
the board shall hold a hearing before its own members on the sole issue of whether there is a
reasonable basis to continue, modify, or vacate the temporary suspension. The board shall hold
the hearing within five working days of the licensee's request for hearing. Evidence presented by
the complaint committee or licensee shall be in affidavit form only. The licensee or counsel of
record for the licensee may appear for oral argument. Within five working days after the hearing,
the board shall issue its order either continuing or vacating the temporary suspension.
    Subd. 9d. Cease and desist order. (a) Whenever it appears to the complaint committee that
any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of
sections 326.241 to 326.248, any other law authorizing the issuance of a cease and desist order,
or any rule or order adopted or issued under these sections, the complaint committee may, on
behalf of the board, issue and cause to be served upon the person an order requiring the person
to cease and desist from violating sections 326.241 to 326.248 or any rule or order adopted or
issued under these sections. The complaint committee shall not issue a cease and desist order
until an investigation of the facts has been conducted pursuant to section 214.10 by the attorney
general. The order shall be calculated to give reasonable notice of the right of the person to
request a hearing and shall state the reasons for the entry of the order. If no hearing is requested of
the board within 15 days of service of the order, the order shall become final and shall remain in
effect until it is modified or vacated by the board and shall not be reviewable by a court.
(b) A hearing shall be held not later than 30 days from the date of the board's receipt of a
written hearing request, unless otherwise agreed by the person requesting the hearing and the
complaint committee. Within 30 days of receipt of the administrative law judge's report and any
exceptions, the board shall issue a final order modifying, vacating, or making permanent the
cease and desist order as the facts require. The final order remains in effect until modified or
vacated by the board.
    Subd. 9e. Costs of proceeding. The board may impose a fee to reimburse the board for all
or part of the cost of the proceedings resulting in disciplinary action or the imposition of civil
penalties or the issuance of a cease and desist order. Such fees include, but are not limited to,
the amount paid by the board for services from the office of administrative hearings, attorney
fees, court reporters, witnesses, reproduction of records, board members' per diem compensation,
board staff time, and expense incurred by board members and staff.
    Subd. 9f. District court action; injunctive relief and civil penalties. (a) Whenever it
appears to the board, or the complaint committee if authorized by the board, that any person has
engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of sections 326.241 to
326.248 or any rule or order adopted or issued under these sections, the board, or the complaint
committee if authorized by the board, may bring an action in the name of the board in the Ramsey
County District Court or the district court of any other county in which venue is proper.
(b) The action may be brought to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with
sections 326.241 to 326.248, any other law authorizing a civil or injunctive action, or any rule or
order adopted or issued under these sections and for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each
separate violation of sections 326.241 to 326.248, any other law authorizing a civil or injunctive
action, or any rule or order adopted or issued under these sections.
(c) A temporary restraining order and other temporary injunctive relief shall be granted in
the proceeding whenever it appears that any person has engaged in or is about to engage in
any act, conduct, or practice constituting violation of sections 326.241 to 326.248, any other
law authorizing a civil or injunctive action, or any rule or order adopted or issued under these
sections. The board shall not be required to show irreparable harm.
    Subd. 9g. Other remedies. The issuance of a cease and desist order or injunctive relief
under this section does not relieve a person from criminal prosecution by any competent authority
or from disciplinary action by the board and does not prevent the board from exercising any
other authority granted to it.
    Subd. 9h. Powers additional. The powers contained in subdivisions 9 to 9g are in addition
to all other powers of the board.
    Subd. 9i. Cooperation required. A person who is the subject of an investigation, or who
is questioned in connection with an investigation, by or on behalf of the board or its complaint
committee shall cooperate fully with the investigation. Cooperation includes, but is not limited to:
(1) responding fully and promptly to questions raised by or on behalf of the board or its
complaint committee relating to the subject of the investigation;
(2) providing copies of records in the person's possession related to the matter under
investigation as requested by the board, its complaint committee, or the attorney general within
the time limit set by the board, its complaint committee, or the attorney general;
(3) assisting the board, its complaint committee, or the attorney general in its investigation;
and
(4) appearing at conferences or hearings scheduled by the board or its complaint committee.
    Subd. 9j. Disciplinary proceedings closed. Proceedings held before the board or its
complaint committee under chapter 214 or subdivisions 9 to 9d are exempt from the requirements
of section 13D.01.
    Subd. 9k. Conflicts of law. If there is a conflict between sections 326.241 to 326.248 and
chapter 214, sections 326.241 to 326.248 shall control.
    Subd. 10. Continuation of business by estates. Upon the death of a master who is a
contractor, the board may permit the decedent's representative to carry on the business of the
decedent for a period not in excess of six months, for the purpose of completing work under
contract or otherwise to comply with sections 326.241 to 326.248. The representative shall give
such bond as the board may require conditioned upon the faithful and lawful performance of such
work and such bond shall be for the benefit of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason
of failure of such performance. Such bond shall be written by a corporate surety licensed to do
business in the state of Minnesota. Such representative shall also comply with all public liability
and property damage insurance requirements imposed by this chapter upon a licensed contractor.
    Subd. 11. Reciprocity. To the extent that any other state which provides for the licensing of
electricians provides for similar action the board may grant licenses, without examination, of the
same grade and class to an electrician who has been licensed by such other state for at least one
year, upon payment by the applicant of the required fee and upon the board being furnished with
proof that the required fee and upon the board being furnished with proof that the qualifications of
the applicant are equal to the qualifications of holders of similar licenses in Minnesota.
    Subd. 12. Exemptions from licensing. (a) A maintenance electrician who is supervised by
the responsible master electrician for a contractor who has contracted with the maintenance
electrician's employer to provide services for which a contractor's license is required or by a
master electrician or an electrical engineer registered with the board and who is an employee of
an employer and is engaged in the maintenance, and repair of electrical equipment, apparatus, and
facilities owned or leased by the employer, and performed within the limits of property which is
owned or leased and operated and maintained by said employer, shall not be required to hold or
obtain a license under sections 326.241 to 326.248.
(b) Employees of a licensed electrical or technology systems contractor or other employer
where provided with supervision by a master electrician in accordance with subdivision 1, or
power limited technician in accordance with subdivision 3d, paragraph (a), clause (1), are not
required to hold a license under sections 326.241 to 326.248 for the planning, laying out, installing,
altering, and repairing of technology circuits or systems except planning, laying out, or installing:
(1) in other than residential dwellings, class 2 or class 3 remote control circuits that control
circuits or systems other than class 2 or class 3, except circuits that interconnect these systems
through communication, alarm, and security systems are exempted from this paragraph;
(2) class 2 or class 3 circuits in electrical cabinets, enclosures, or devices containing
physically unprotected circuits other than class 2 or class 3; or
(3) technology circuits and systems in hazardous classified locations as covered by chapter
5 of the National Electrical Code.
(c) Companies and their employees that plan, lay out, install, alter, or repair class 2 and
class 3 remote control wiring associated with plug or cord and plug connected appliances other
than security or fire alarm systems installed in a residential dwelling are not required to hold a
license under sections 326.241 to 326.248.
(d) Heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration contractors and their employees
are not required to hold or obtain a license under sections 326.241 to 326.248 when performing
heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration work as described in section 326.245.
(e) Employees of any electric, communications, or railway utility, cable communications
company as defined in section 238.02, or a telephone company as defined under section 237.01 or
its employees, or of any independent contractor performing work on behalf of any such utility,
cable communications company, or telephone company, shall not be required to hold a license
under sections 326.241 to 326.248:
(1) while performing work on installations, materials, or equipment which are owned or
leased, and operated and maintained by such utility, cable communications company, or telephone
company in the exercise of its utility, antenna, or telephone function, and which
(i) are used exclusively for the generation, transformation, distribution, transmission, or
metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the transmission of intelligence
and do not have as a principal function the consumption or use of electric current or provided
service by or for the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable communications company,
or telephone company, and
(ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications
company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction, and
(iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for communication
systems;
(2) while performing work on installations, materials, or equipment which are a part of the
street lighting operations of such utility; or
(3) while installing or performing work on outdoor area lights which are directly connected
to a utility's distribution system and located upon the utility's distribution poles, and which are
generally accessible only to employees of such utility or persons acting under its control or
direction.
(f) An owner shall not be required to hold or obtain a license under sections 326.241
to 326.248.
History: 1967 c 602 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 168,169; 1979 c 121 s 2; 1981 c 63 s 1; 1981 c 195 s
1; 1985 c 73 s 5-9; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 4,5; 1986 c 373 s 3-6; 1986 c 444; 1991 c
289 s 11-29; 2002 c 328 s 9-21; 2003 c 58 s 2-4; 2005 c 62 s 1

326.2421 ALARM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
    Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 6 s 11]
    Subd. 2. Exemption. No licensed power limited technician, technology system contractor,
or individual employed by a technology system contractor may be required to obtain any
authorization, permit, franchise, or license from, or pay any fee, franchise tax, or other assessment
to, any agency, department, board, or political subdivision of the state as a condition for
performing any work within the scope of the license.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 2003 c 58 s 8]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 2003 c 58 s 8]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 6 s 11]
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 2003 c 58 s 8]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1987 c 384 art 3 s 14]
    Subd. 8.[Repealed, 2003 c 58 s 8]
    Subd. 9. Limitation. Nothing in this section prohibits a unit of local government from
charging a franchise fee to the operator of a cable communications company as defined in
section 238.02.
History: 1Sp1985 c 6 s 1; 1986 c 373 s 7; 1987 c 279 s 2; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 52; 1997 c 7 art
1 s 125; 2002 c 328 s 22,23; 2003 c 58 s 5

326.243 SAFETY STANDARDS.
All electrical wiring, apparatus and equipment for electric light, heat and power, technology
circuits or systems shall comply with the rules of the Department of Commerce or the Department
of Labor and Industry, as applicable, and be installed in conformity with accepted standards
of construction for safety to life and property. For the purposes of this chapter, the rules and
safety standards stated at the time the work is done in the then most recently published edition of
the National Electrical Code as adopted by the National Fire Protection Association, Inc. and
approved by the American National Standards Institute, and the National Electrical Safety Code
as published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. and approved by the
American National Standards Institute, shall be prima facie evidence of accepted standards
of construction for safety to life and property; provided further, that in the event a Minnesota
Building Code is formulated pursuant to section 16B.61, containing approved methods of
electrical construction for safety to life and property, compliance with said methods of electrical
construction of said Minnesota Building Code shall also constitute compliance with this section,
and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit any political subdivision from
making and enforcing more stringent requirements than set forth herein and such requirements
shall be complied with by all licensed electricians working within the jurisdiction of such political
subdivisions.
History: 1967 c 602 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c
544 s 89; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1985 c 73 s 10; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 4
art 6 s 74; 2002 c 328 s 24

326.244 INSPECTION.
    Subdivision 1. Required inspection. Except where any political subdivision has by
ordinance provided for electrical inspection similar to that herein provided, every new electrical
installation in any construction, remodeling, replacement, or repair, except minor repair work as
the same is defined by the board by rule, shall be inspected by the board for compliance with
accepted standards of construction for safety to life and property.
    Subd. 1a. Technology systems. (a) The installation of the technology circuits or systems
described in paragraph (b), except:
(1) minor work performed by a contractor;
(2) work performed by a heating, ventilating, or air conditioning contractor as described in
section 326.245; and
(3) work performed by cable company employees when installing cable communications
systems or telephone company employees when installing telephone systems,
must be inspected as provided in this section for compliance with the applicable provisions of the
National Electrical Code and the applicable provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code, as
those codes were approved by the American National Standards Institute.
(b) The inspection requirements in paragraph (a) apply to:
(1) remote control circuits controlling class 2 or class 3 remote control circuits that
control circuits or systems other than class 2 or class 3 and indoor lighting, except circuits that
interconnect these systems exempted by section 326.242, subdivision 12, paragraph (b), other
than fire alarm; class 2 or class 3 circuits in electrical cabinets, enclosures, or devices containing
physically unprotected circuits other than class 2 or class 3; or technology circuits and systems in
hazardous classified locations as covered by chapter 5 of the National Electrical Code;
(2) fire alarm systems, other than in one- or two-family dwellings, as defined in articles
100 and 760 of the National Electrical Code;
(3) technology circuits and systems contained within critical care areas of health care
facilities as defined by the safety standards identified in section 326.243, including, but not
limited to, anesthesia and resuscitative alarm and alerting systems, medical monitoring, and
nurse call systems; and
(4) physical security systems within detention facilities.
(c) For the purposes of this subdivision "minor work" means the adjustment or repair and
replacement of worn or defective parts of a technology circuit or system. Minor work may be
inspected under this section at the request of the owner of the property or the person doing the
work.
(d) Notwithstanding this subdivision, if an electrical inspector observes that a contractor,
employer, or owner has not complied with accepted standards when the work was performed, as
provided in the most recent editions of the National Electrical Code and the National Electrical
Safety Code as approved by the American National Standards Institute, the inspector may order
the contractor, employer, or owner who has performed the work to file a request for electrical
inspection, pay an inspection fee, and make any necessary repairs to comply with applicable
standards and require that the work be inspected.
    Subd. 2. Procedure. (a) At or before commencement of any installation required to be
inspected by the board, the contractor, installer, special electrician, or owner making the
installation shall submit to the board a request for inspection, in a form prescribed by the board,
together with the fees required for the installation.
(b) The fees required are a handling fee and an inspection fee. The handling fee shall be set
by the board in an amount sufficient to pay the cost of printing and handling the form requesting
an inspection. The inspection fee shall be set by the board in an amount sufficient to pay the actual
costs of the inspection and the board's costs in administering the inspection. All fees shall be set
pursuant to the procedure of sections 14.001 to 14.69.
(c) If the inspector finds that the installation is not in compliance with accepted standards of
construction for safety to life and property as required by section 326.243, the inspector shall by
written order condemn the installation or noncomplying portion thereof, or order service to the
installation disconnected, and shall send a copy of the order to the board. If the installation or the
noncomplying part will seriously and proximately endanger human life and property, the order of
the inspector, when approved by the inspector's superior, shall require immediate condemnation or
disconnection. In all other cases, the order of the inspector shall permit a reasonable opportunity
for the installation to be brought into compliance with accepted standards of construction for safety
to life and property prior to the effective time established for condemnation or disconnection.
(d) Copies of each condemnation or disconnection order shall be served personally or by
mail upon the property owner, and the contractor, installer, or special electrician making the
installation, and other persons as the board by rule may direct. An aggrieved party may appeal
any condemnation or disconnection order by filing with the board a notice of appeal within ten
days after (1) service upon the aggrieved party of the condemnation or disconnection order, if
this service is required, or (2) filing of the order with the board, whichever is later. The appeal
shall proceed and the order of the inspector shall have the effect the order, by its terms, and the
rules of the board provides. The board shall adopt rules providing procedures for the conduct of
appeals, including provisions for the stay of enforcement of the order of the inspector pending
such appeal when justified by the circumstances.
    Subd. 3. Duty of electrical utility. No electrical installation subject to inspection by the
board shall be newly connected or reconnected for use until there is filed with the electrical
utility supplying power a certificate of the property owner or licensed electrician, directing the
work that inspection has been requested and that the conditions of the installation are safe for
energization, provided further, that in all cases where an order of condemnation or disconnection
has been issued against the installation or any part thereof, prior to connection or reconnection
there shall also first be filed with the electrical utility supplying the power a copy of an order of
the inspector or the board dismissing such prior order of condemnation or disconnection or
approving the installation as being in compliance with accepted standards of construction for
safety to life and property. With respect to transient projects, the aforesaid certificate shall also
contain a certification that the request for inspection has been or will be filed with the board so as
to be received by it at least five days prior to the date and time energization of the installation by
the utility is to occur, and that the request for inspection states such date and time, and it shall be
the responsibility of the board to have inspection of such transient project occur prior to the date
and time at which the request states energization is to occur.
    Subd. 4. Powers of political subdivisions. Any political subdivision or the University of
Minnesota may make provision for inspection of electrical installations within its jurisdiction,
in which case it shall keep on file with the board copies of its current inspection ordinances and
codes. No political subdivision or the University of Minnesota shall require any individual,
partnership, corporation or other business association holding a license from the board under
sections 326.241 to 326.248 to pay any license or registration fee, provided however, that any
such political subdivision or the University of Minnesota may provide by ordinance a requirement
that each individual, partnership, corporation or other business association doing electrical work
within the jurisdiction of such political subdivision or the University of Minnesota have on file
with said political subdivision a copy of the current license issued by the board or such other
evidence of such license as may be provided by the board.
Each electrical inspector of any political subdivision or the University of Minnesota shall
be a licensed master or journeyman electrician under section 326.242, subdivision 1, paragraph
(1), or 2, paragraph (b), and shall not otherwise engage or be employed in the sale, installing,
altering, or repairing of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, power, and other
purposes and shall have no financial interest in any concern engaged in any such business.
    Subd. 5. Exemptions from inspections. Installations, materials, or equipment shall not be
subject to inspection under sections 326.241 to 326.248:
(1) when owned or leased, operated and maintained by any employer whose maintenance
electricians are exempt from licensing under sections 326.241 to 326.248, while performing
electrical maintenance work only as defined by board rule;
(2) when owned or leased, and operated and maintained by any electric, communications,
or railway utility, cable communications company as defined in section 238.02, or telephone
company as defined under section 237.01, in the exercise of its utility, antenna, or telephone
function; and
(i) are used exclusively for the generations, transformation, distribution, transmission, or
metering of electric current, or the operation of railway signals, or the transmission of intelligence,
and do not have as a principal function the consumption or use of electric current by or for
the benefit of any person other than such utility, cable communications company, or telephone
company; and
(ii) are generally accessible only to employees of such utility, cable communications
company, or telephone company or persons acting under its control or direction; and
(iii) are not on the load side of the service point or point of entrance for communication
systems;
(3) when used in the street lighting operations of an electric utility;
(4) when used as outdoor area lights which are owned and operated by an electric utility and
which are connected directly to its distribution system and located upon the utility's distribution
poles, and which are generally accessible only to employees of such utility or persons acting
under its control or direction;
(5) when the installation, material, and equipment are in facilities subject to the jurisdiction
of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act; or
(6) when the installation, material, and equipment is part of an elevator installation for which
the elevator contractor, licensed under section 326.242, is required to obtain a permit from the
authority having jurisdiction as provided by section 16B.747, and the inspection has been or
will be performed by an elevator inspector certified by the Department of Administration and
licensed by the Board of Electricity. This exemption shall apply only to installations, material,
and equipment permitted or required to be connected on the load side of the disconnecting
means required for elevator equipment under National Electric Code Article 620, and elevator
communications and alarm systems within the machine room, car, hoistway, or elevator lobby.
    Subd. 6. Site inspections. The board may, without advance notice, inspect any site at
which electrical work is being performed or has been performed or where records concerning
the performance of electrical work are kept for purposes of ensuring compliance with sections
326.241 to 326.248 or any rule or order adopted or issued under these sections. With respect to
electrical work performed at or records kept in an occupied private dwelling, all inspections
permitted by this subdivision shall occur during normal business hours and shall be preceded
by advance notice, which need not be in writing. The board shall have the authority to examine
and copy all records concerning the performance of electrical work and to question in private all
persons employed by a contractor or on the site. No person shall retaliate in any manner against
any employee or person who is questioned by, cooperates with, or provides information to the
board, its complaint committee, or the attorney general.
History: 1967 c 602 s 4; 1981 c 357 s 81; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1985 c 73 s 11-13; 1985 c 248 s
70; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 7-9; 1986 c 373 s 8,9; 1987 c 358 s 117; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 422 s 10;
1991 c 289 s 30-32; 1995 c 166 s 16,17; 2002 c 328 s 25-28; 2003 c 58 s 6,7

326.2441 INSPECTION FEE SCHEDULE.
    Subdivision 1. Schedule. State electrical inspection fees shall be paid according to
subdivisions 2 to 13.
    Subd. 2. Fee for each separate inspection. The minimum fee for each separate inspection
of an installation, replacement, alteration, or repair is $20.
    Subd. 3. Fee for services, generators, other power supply sources. The inspection fee
for the installation, addition, alteration, or repair of each service, change of service, temporary
service, generator, other power supply source, or feeder to a separate structure is:
(1) 0 ampere to and including 400 ampere capacity, $25;
(2) 401 ampere to and including 800 ampere capacity, $50; and
(3) ampere capacity above 800, $75.
Where multiple disconnects are grouped at a single location and are supplied by a single set
of supply conductors the cumulative rating of the overcurrent devices shall be used to determine
the supply ampere capacity.
    Subd. 4. Fee for circuits, feeders, feeder taps, or conductors. The inspection fee for the
installation, addition, alteration, or repair of each circuit, feeder, feeder tap, or set of transformer
secondary conductors, including the equipment served, is:
(1) 0 ampere to and including 200 ampere capacity, $5; and
(2) ampere capacity above 200, $10.
    Subd. 5. Limitations to fees of subdivisions 3 and 4. (a) The fee for a one-family dwelling
and each dwelling unit of a two-family dwelling with a supply of up to 500 amperes where a
combination of ten or more sources of supply, feeders, or circuits are installed, added, altered,
repaired, or extended is $80. This fee applies to each separate installation for new dwellings and
additions, alterations, or repairs to existing dwellings and includes not more than two inspections.
The fee for additional inspections or other installations is that specified in subdivisions 2 to 4.
The installer may submit fees for additional inspections when filing the request for electrical
inspection.
(b) The fee for each dwelling unit of a multifamily dwelling with three to 12 dwelling units
is $50 and the fee for each additional dwelling unit is $25. These fees include only inspection
of the wiring within individual dwelling units and the final feeder to that unit. This limitation is
subject to the following conditions:
(1) the multifamily dwelling is provided with common service equipment and each dwelling
unit is supplied by a separate feeder. The fee for multifamily dwelling services or other power
source supplies and all other circuits is that specified in subdivisions 2 to 4; and
(2) this limitation applies only to new installations for multifamily dwellings where the
majority of the individual dwelling units are available for inspection during each inspection trip.
(c) A separate request for electrical inspection form must be filed for each dwelling unit that
is supplied with an individual set of service entrance conductors. These fees are the one-family
dwelling rate specified in paragraph (a).
    Subd. 6. Additions to fees of subdivisions 3 to 5. (a) The fee for the electrical supply for
each manufactured home park lot is $25. This fee includes the service or feeder conductors up to
and including the service equipment or disconnecting means. The fee for feeders and circuits that
extend from the service or disconnecting means is that specified in subdivision 4.
(b) The fee for each recreational vehicle site electrical supply equipment is $5. The fee for
recreational vehicle park services, feeders, and circuits is that specified in subdivisions 3 and 4.
(c) The fee for each street, parking lot, or outdoor area lighting standard is $1, and the fee
for each traffic signal standard is $5. Circuits originating within the standard or traffic signal
controller shall not be used when computing the fee.
(d) The fee for transformers for light, heat, and power is $10 for transformers rated up to ten
kilovolt-amperes and $20 for transformers rated in excess of ten kilovolt-amperes.
(e) The fee for transformers and electronic power supplies for electric signs and outline
lighting is $5 per unit.
(f) The fee for alarm, communication, remote control, and signaling circuits or systems, and
circuits of less than 50 volts, is 50 cents for each system device or apparatus.
(g) The fee for each separate inspection of the bonding for a swimming pool, spa, fountain,
an equipotential plane for an agricultural confinement area, or similar installation shall be $20.
Bonding conductors and connections require an inspection before being concealed.
(h) The fee for all wiring installed on center pivot irrigation booms is $40.
(i) The fee for retrofit modifications to existing lighting fixtures is 25 cents per lighting
fixture.
    Subd. 7. Investigation fees: work without a request for electrical inspection. (a)
Whenever any work for which a request for electrical inspection is required by the board has
begun without the request for electrical inspection form being filed with the board, a special
investigation shall be made before a request for electrical inspection form is accepted by the board.
(b) An investigation fee, in addition to the full fee required by subdivisions 1 to 6, shall be
paid before an inspection is made. The investigation fee is two times the hourly rate specified in
subdivision 10 or the inspection fee required by subdivisions 1 to 6, whichever is greater, not to
exceed $1,000. The payment of the investigation fee does not exempt any person from compliance
with all other provisions of the board rules or statutes nor from any penalty prescribed by law.
    Subd. 8. Reinspection fee. When reinspection is necessary to determine whether unsafe
conditions have been corrected and the conditions are not the subject of an appeal pending before
the board or any court, a reinspection fee of $20 may be assessed in writing by the inspector.
    Subd. 9. Supplemental fee. When inspections scheduled by the installer are preempted,
obstructed, prevented, or otherwise not able to be completed as scheduled due to circumstances
beyond the control of the inspector, a supplemental inspection fee of $20 may be assessed
in writing by the inspector.
    Subd. 10. Special inspection. For inspections not covered in this section, or for requested
special inspections or services, the fee shall be $30 per hour, including travel time, plus 31 cents
per mile traveled, plus the reasonable cost of equipment or material consumed. This provision is
applicable to inspection of empty conduits and other jobs as may be determined by the board.
This fee may also be assessed when installations are not accessible by roadway and require
alternate forms of transportation.
    Subd. 11. Inspection of transitory projects. (a) For inspection of transitory projects
including, but not limited to, festivals, fairs, carnivals, circuses, shows, production sites,
and portable road construction plants, the inspection procedures and fees are as specified in
paragraphs (b) to (i).
(b) The fee for inspection of each generator or other source of supply is that specified in
subdivision 3. A like fee is required at each engagement or setup.
(c) In addition to the fee for generators or other sources of supply, there must be an inspection
of all installed feeders, circuits, and equipment at each engagement or setup at the hourly rate
specified in subdivision 10, with a two-hour minimum.
(d) An owner, operator, or appointed representative of a transitory enterprise including, but
not limited to, festivals, fairs, carnivals, circuses, production companies, shows, portable road
construction plants, and similar enterprises shall notify the board of its itinerary or schedule and
make application for initial inspection a minimum of 14 days before its first engagement or
setup. An owner, operator, or appointed representative of a transitory enterprise who fails to
notify the board 14 days before its first engagement or setup may be subject to the investigation
fees specified in subdivision 7. The owner, operator, or appointed representative shall request
inspection and pay the inspection fee for each subsequent engagement or setup at the time of the
initial inspection. For subsequent engagements or setups not listed on the itinerary or schedule
submitted to the board and where the board is not notified at least 48 hours in advance, a charge of
$100 may be made in addition to all required fees.
(e) Amusement rides, devices, concessions, attractions, or other units must be inspected at
their first appearance of the year. The inspection fee is $20 per unit with a supply of up to 60
amperes and $30 per unit with a supply above 60 amperes.
(f) An additional fee at the hourly rate specified in subdivision 10 must be charged for
additional time spent by each inspector if equipment is not ready or available for inspection at
the time and date specified on the application for initial inspection or the request for electrical
inspection form.
(g) In addition to the fees specified in paragraphs (a) and (b), a fee of two hours at the hourly
rate specified in subdivision 10 must be charged for inspections required to be performed on
Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, or after regular business hours.
(h) The fee for reinspection of corrections or supplemental inspections where an additional
trip is necessary may be assessed as specified in subdivision 8.
(i) The board may retain the inspection fee when an owner, operator, or appointed
representative of a transitory enterprise fails to notify the board at least 48 hours in advance of a
scheduled inspection that is canceled.
    Subd. 12. Handling fee. The handling fee to pay the cost of printing and handling of the
form requesting an inspection is $1.
    Subd. 13. National Electrical Code used for interpretation of provisions. For purposes of
interpretation of this section and Minnesota Rules, chapter 3800, the most recently adopted edition
of the National Electrical Code shall be prima facie evidence of the definitions, interpretations,
and scope of words and terms used.
History: 2000 c 488 art 2 s 21

326.245 MANUFACTURED ELECTRICAL PARTS; EXEMPTION.
    Subdivision 1. Manufacturers. Electrical components, apparatus, or appliances being
manufactured within the limits of property which is owned or leased by a manufacturer and such
manufacturer's production employees are not covered by sections 326.241 to 326.248.
    Subd. 2. Electrical appliance units. Installation, alteration, or repair of electrical appliance
units are not covered by sections 326.241 to 326.248. For the purposes of this section, "electrical
appliance units" means all electrical and fossil fuel appliances that use electricity including, but
not limited to, furnaces, water heaters, stoves, clothes washers, dryers, and dishwashers. The
installation of electrical wiring to an electrical appliance unit is covered by sections 326.241
to 326.248.
    Subd. 3. Other units. Planning, laying out, and installation of heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, or refrigeration units are not covered by sections 326.241 to 326.248. For purposes
of this section, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration units include, but are not
limited to, air conditioning units, air conditioning evaporators, air conditioning condensers,
air conditioning and refrigeration chillers, boilers, furnaces, air handling units, rooftop units,
humidifiers, ice makers, and supermarket, ice arena, and bar/restaurant equipment. The installation
of electrical wiring to the unit is covered by sections 326.241 to 326.248.
    Subd. 4. Other equipment. Planning, laying out, alteration, replacement, or repair of
heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration equipment, and associated devices, controls,
and wiring including wiring in or on the equipment, are not covered by sections 326.241 to
326.248 when the work is performed by an employee of a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or
refrigeration contractor provided that the employee performing the work has received a certificate
of completion from a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or refrigeration apprenticeship
program approved by the state of Minnesota or any class of personal electrical license issued
by the board. Employees registered in an approved heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
or refrigeration program may design, plan, alter, replace, or repair heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, or refrigeration equipment, devices, and controls including wiring in or on the
equipment, under the direction of an employee who has a certificate of completion from an
approved program or any class of personal electrical license issued by the board. The installation
of electrical wiring to the unit is covered by sections 326.241 to 326.248.
History: 1967 c 602 s 5; 1986 c 373 s 10; 1991 c 289 s 33; 2002 c 328 s 29

326.246 CRIMES.
It is a misdemeanor knowingly and willfully to commit, or to order, instruct, or direct another
to commit, any of the following acts:
(1) to make a false statement in any license application, request for inspection, certificate or
other lawfully authorized or required form or statement provided by sections 326.241 to 326.248;
(2) to perform electrical work without a proper license for such work unless the work
is exempt from licensing;
(3) to fail to file a request for inspection when required;
(4) to interfere with or refuse entry to an inspector lawfully engaged in the performance of
the inspector's duties; and
(5) to violate any lawful statute, rule, or order of the board, or any city ordinance which
pertains to powers given to political subdivisions under section 326.244, subdivision 4.
History: 1967 c 602 s 6; 1985 c 73 s 14; 1Sp1985 c 6 s 10; 1986 c 373 s 11; 1986 c 444;
1991 c 289 s 34

326.2461 UNIFORM ELECTRICAL VIOLATION CITATION.
    Subdivision 1. Citation authorized. The Board of Electricity may issue a citation for
violations of sections 326.241 to 326.248, rules adopted under those sections, and ordinances of
political subdivisions. The citation must be in a form as provided by subdivision 2.
    Subd. 2. Form of citation. The Board of Electricity shall pursuant to chapter 14 prescribe the
detailed form of an electrical violation citation and shall revise the citation as the board considers
necessary and proper to keep the citation in conformity with the board's rules.
    Subd. 3. Political subdivision may alter ticket. A political subdivision that has made
provision for inspection of electrical installations within its jurisdiction under section 326.244,
subdivision 4 , may use or alter by deletion or addition the electrical violation citation adopted by
the Board of Electricity under subdivision 2.
History: 1989 c 126 s 1

326.247 CONTINUITY.
Persons now members of the board shall remain in office until the expiration of the terms to
which they were appointed. Board rules, forms, policies and classifications of special electricians
now in effect, and not in conflict herewith, shall continue until lawfully modified or repealed.
History: 1967 c 602 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70

326.248 CITATION.
Sections 326.241 to 326.248 shall be known as the Minnesota Electrical Act.
History: 1967 c 602 s 8; 1986 c 373 s 12

326.25 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.26 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.261 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.27 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.28 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.29 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.30 [Unnecessary]

326.31 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]

326.32 MS 1965 [Repealed, 1967 c 602 s 17]
326.32 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 326.32 to 326.339, the terms defined in this
section have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 1a. Armed with a firearm. An individual is "armed with a firearm" if at any time
in the performance of the individual's duties the individual wears, carries, possesses, or has
access to a firearm.
    Subd. 1b. Armed with a weapon. An individual is "armed with a weapon" if at any time in
the performance of the individual's duties the individual wears, carries, possesses, or has access to:
(1) a weapon other than a firearm; or
(2) an immobilizing or restraining device.
    Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent
Services.
    Subd. 3. Board member. "Board member" means any person appointed as a member of
the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services.
    Subd. 4. Chair. "Chair" means the board member designated by the board to act in the
capacity of board chair.
    Subd. 5. Board review. "Board review" means the process by which the board reviews and
evaluates private detective or protective agent license applications.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 8. Applicant. "Applicant" means any individual, partnership or corporation who has
made application for a private detective or protective agent license.
    Subd. 9. License. "License" means a private detective license or a protective agent license.
    Subd. 10. License holder. "License holder" means any individual, partnership or corporation
licensed to perform the duties of a private detective or a protective agent.
    Subd. 10a. Minnesota manager. "Minnesota manager" means the member of a partnership
or corporation, who meets the qualifications for licensing as provided in sections 326.32 to
326.339. The Minnesota manager must be actively involved in the day to day management and
supervision of the licensed activity in the Minnesota office.
    Subd. 10b. Minnesota office. "Minnesota office" means an office maintained in Minnesota
by a license holder for the conduct or solicitation of business when the principal place of business
of the license holder is located outside the state of Minnesota.
    Subd. 10c. Proprietary employer. A "proprietary employer" means an individual,
partnership, or corporation that is not engaged in the business of providing protective agents but
employs individuals to serve as security guards solely on the employer's property and its curtilage.
    Subd. 11. Public member. "Public member" means a person who is not, nor ever was, a
member of the profession or occupation being licensed, or the spouse of any such person or a
person who has not, nor ever has had, a material or financial interest in either the providing of the
professional service being licensed or regulated or an activity directly related to the profession
being licensed.
    Subd. 12. Qualified representative. "Qualified representative" means the member of a
partnership or corporation, who meets the qualifications for licensing as provided in sections
326.32 to 326.339. The qualified representative must be actively involved in the day to day
management and supervision of the licensed activity.
    Subd. 13. Security guard. (a) "Security guard" means a person who wears or carries any
insignia that identifies the person to the public as security, who is paid a fee, wage, or salary
to do one or more of the following:
(1) prevent or detect intrusion, unauthorized entry or activity, vandalism, or trespass on
private property;
(2) prevent or detect theft, loss, embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of
merchandise, money, bonds, stocks, notes, or other valuable documents or papers;
(3) control, regulate, or direct the flow or movements of the public, whether by vehicle or
otherwise, to assure protection of private property;
(4) protect individuals from bodily harm; or
(5) enforce policies and rules of the security guard's employer related to crime reduction to
the extent that the enforcement falls within the scope of the security guard's duties.
(b) The term "security guard" does not include:
(1) an auditor, accountant, or accounting clerk performing audits or accounting functions;
(2) an employee of a firm licensed under section 326.3381 whose duties are primarily
administrative or clerical in nature;
(3) a person employed by a proprietary company to conduct plainclothes surveillance or
investigation;
(4) a person temporarily employed under statute or ordinance by political subdivisions to
provide protective services at social functions;
(5) an employee of an air or rail carrier;
(6) a customer service representative or sales clerk employed in a retail establishment; or
(7) a person employed to perform primarily maintenance or custodial functions.
    Subd. 14.[Renumbered subd 1a]
History: 1974 c 310 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1984 c 649 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 360 s 1-6; 1989
c 171 s 1,2; 1990 c 485 s 1; 2001 c 168 s 1,2

326.33 MS 1965 [Repealed, 1945 c 130 s 1]
326.33 BOARD OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE AND PROTECTIVE AGENT SERVICES.
    Subdivision 1. Members. There is hereby created a Board of Private Detective and Protective
Agent Services, consisting of the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or an
assistant superintendent designated by the superintendent, and the following members appointed
by the commissioner of public safety: a licensed protective agent, or qualified representative for
a licensed protective agent partnership or corporation, a licensed private detective, or qualified
representative for a licensed private detective partnership or corporation, and two public members.
Filling of member vacancies shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of public safety.
Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership
vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements shall be as provided in sections 214.07
to 214.09. The provision of staff, unless otherwise provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339;
administrative services and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of
board fees, unless otherwise provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339; and other provisions relating
to board operations shall be as provided in chapter 214.
    Subd. 2. Meetings; chair. The board shall meet at the times it considers necessary to
conduct business ascribed to the board by the provisions of sections 326.32 to 326.339. The
board shall designate one of its members to fill the position of board chair, and that person may
remain in the capacity of chair for a term of one year. The board has the option of replacing
a board member as chair.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 6. Compensation to board members. Members of the Board of Private Detective and
Protective Agent Services shall receive, in addition to necessary traveling and lodging expenses, a
per diem payment as specified in section 214.09, subdivision 3, per day for each day actually
engaged in board activities, provided, however, members of the board who are state employees
will be governed by state rules regarding travel expense and per diem payments.
History: 1974 c 310 s 5; 1975 c 136 s 64; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 149 s 54; 1976 c 222 s
170-172; 1980 c 509 s 128; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 531 s 8; 1984 c 649 s 1,5; 1986 c 444;
1987 c 360 s 7,8; 2000 c 445 art 1 s 3

326.331 [Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]

326.3311 POWERS AND DUTIES.
The board has the following powers and duties:
(1) to receive and review all applications for private detective and protective agent licenses;
(2) to approve applications for private detective and protective agent licenses and issue, or
reissue licenses as provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339;
(3) to deny applications for private detective and protective agent licenses if the applicants
do not meet the requirements of sections 326.32 to 326.339; upon denial of a license application,
the board shall notify the applicant of the denial and the facts and circumstances that constitute
the denial; the board shall advise the applicant of the right to a contested case hearing under
chapter 14;
(4) to enforce all laws and rules governing private detectives and protective agents; and
(5) to suspend or revoke the license of a license holder or impose a civil penalty on a license
holder for violations of any provision of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or the rules of the board.
History: 1987 c 360 s 9

326.332 [Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]

326.3321 EMPLOYEES.
    Subdivision 1. Executive director. The commissioner of public safety shall appoint an
executive director to serve in the unclassified service at the pleasure of the commissioner. The
executive director shall perform the duties as the board and commissioner shall prescribe.
    Subd. 2. Others. The board may employ and assign duties to other employees or agents as
it considers necessary to discharge the functions of the board.
History: 1987 c 360 s 10; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 24

326.333 [Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]

326.3331 RULEMAKING.
The board shall adopt rules under chapter 14 to govern the selection, training, conduct,
discipline, and licensing of private detectives and protective agents, and any other matters
necessary to carry out duties imposed by sections 326.32 to 326.339.
History: 1987 c 360 s 11

326.334 [Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]

326.3341 EXEMPTIONS.
Sections 326.32 to 326.339 do not apply to:
(1) an employee while providing security or conducting an investigation of a pending or
potential claim against the employee's employer;
(2) a peace officer or employee of the United States, this state or one of its political
subdivisions, while engaged in the discharge of official duties for the government employer;
(3) persons engaged exclusively in obtaining and furnishing information as to the financial
standing, rating, and credit responsibility of persons or as to the personal habits and financial
responsibility of applicants for insurance, indemnity bonds, or commercial credit;
(4) an attorney-at-law while performing the duties of an attorney-at-law or an investigator
employed exclusively by an attorney or a law firm engaged in investigating legal matters;
(5) a collection agency or finance company licensed to do business under the laws of this
state or an employee of one of those companies while acting within the scope of employment
when making an investigation incidental to the business of the agency, including an investigation
as to location of a debtor, of the debtor's assets or property, provided the client has a financial
interest in or a lien upon the assets or property of the debtor;
(6) an insurance adjuster employed exclusively by an insurance company, or licensed as an
adjuster with the state of Minnesota and engaged in the business of adjusting insurance claims; or
(7) persons engaged in responding to alarm signals including, but not limited to, fire alarms,
industrial process failure alarms and burglary alarms, for purposes of maintaining, repairing or
resetting the alarm, or for opening the premises for law enforcement personnel or responding
agents.
History: 1987 c 360 s 12

326.335 [Repealed, 1974 c 310 s 12]

326.336 EMPLOYEES OF LICENSE HOLDERS.
    Subdivision 1. Background check. A license holder may employ, in connection with
the business of private detective or protective agent, as many unlicensed persons as may be
necessary; provided that every license holder is at all times accountable for the good conduct of
every person employed. When a license holder hires a person to perform services as a private
detective or protective agent, the employer shall submit to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension a
full set of fingerprints of each employee and the written consent of the employee to enable the
bureau to determine whether that person has a criminal record. The employee is a conditional
employee until the employer receives a report from the bureau that, based on a check of the
criminal records maintained by the bureau, the prospective employee has not been convicted
in Minnesota of a felony or any offense listed in section 326.3381, subdivision 3, other than
a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor assault. During the period of conditional employment,
the person may not serve as a private detective or protective agent, but may be trained by the
employer. The bureau shall immediately forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and request the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a criminal history check
of each conditional employee. The bureau shall determine if the Federal Bureau of Investigation
report indicates that the employee was convicted of a disqualifying offense and shall notify the
employer accordingly. The employer shall immediately dismiss an employee who has been
convicted of a disqualifying offense.
    Subd. 2. Identification card. An identification card must be issued by the license holder
to each employee. The card must be in the possession of the employee to whom it is issued at
all times. The identification card must contain the license holder's name, logo (if any), address
or Minnesota office address, and the employee's photograph and physical description. The card
must be signed by the employee and by the license holder, qualified representative, or Minnesota
office manager.
    Subd. 3. Failure to return property. Any person who shall be issued an identification
card, badge, holster, weapon, shield, or any other equipment bearing the name, trademark or
trade name, or any combination thereof, of any licensed agency, or indicating that such person
is a private detective, protective agent, or employee of same, who does not return such badge,
weapon, holster, identification card, uniform emblem, or other equipment to the owner thereof
within ten days of the termination of employment, or of receiving a written request to return
same, made by certified mail to the person's last known address, whichever shall last occur,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
    Subd. 4. Confidentiality; false statements. No employee of any license holder shall divulge
to anyone other than the employer, or as the employer shall direct, except as may be required by
law, any information acquired during such employment in respect of any matter or investigation
undertaken or done by such employer. Any employee who shall make any false statement in an
employment statement or who willfully makes a false report to the employer in respect to any
matter in the course of the employer's business, or who shall otherwise violate the provisions of
this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1945 c 130 s 7; 1959 c 317 s 5; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 3; 1974 c 310 s 7; 1978 c 674 s
60; 1984 c 649 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 360 s 13; 1989 c 171 s 3; 2002 c 321 s 4

326.3361 TRAINING.
    Subdivision 1. Rules. The board shall, by rule, prescribe the requirements, duration, contents,
and standards for successful completion of certified training programs for license holders,
qualified representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, and employees, including:
(1) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm, training in the proper use of, and the
risks and dangers arising from the use of, firearms;
(2) for those individuals who are armed with a weapon, training in the proper use of, and the
risks and dangers arising from the use of, weapons other than firearms, including, but not limited
to, bludgeons, nightsticks, batons, chemical weapons, and electronic incapacitation devices,
and restraint or immobilization techniques;
(3) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or armed with a weapon, training
in first aid and alternatives to the use of force, including advantages to not using force and
specifically when force should not be used;
(4) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or armed with a weapon, training
in the legal limitations on the justifiable use of force and deadly force as specified in sections
609.06 and 609.065;
(5) standards for weapons and equipment issued to or carried or used by those individuals;
(6) preassignment or on-the-job training, or its equivalent, required before applicants may be
certified as having completed training; and
(7) continuing training for license holders, qualified representatives, Minnesota managers,
partners, employees, individuals armed with a firearm, and individuals armed with a weapon.
    Subd. 2. Required contents. The rules adopted by the board must require:
(1) 12 hours of preassignment or on-the-job certified training within the first 21 days of
employment, or evidence that the employee has successfully completed equivalent training
before the start of employment;
(2) certification by the board of completion of certified training for a license holder, qualified
representative, Minnesota manager, partner, and employee to carry or use a firearm, a weapon
other than a firearm, or an immobilizing or restraint technique; and
(3) six hours a year of certified continuing training for all license holders, qualified
representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, and employees, and an additional six hours a
year for individuals who are armed with firearms or armed with weapons, which must include
annual certification of the individual.
An individual may not carry or use a weapon while undergoing on-the-job training under
this subdivision.
    Subd. 3. Use of weapons; certified training required. The rules must provide that no
license holder, qualified representative, Minnesota manager, partner, or employee may carry or
use a weapon or immobilizing or restraint technique without having successfully completed
certified training as directed by the board.
    Subd. 4. Full-time peace officers. A person licensed as a peace officer by the Board of Peace
Officer Standards and Training meets the training requirements of this section.
History: 1990 c 485 s 2; 1993 c 168 s 1-3; 2000 c 445 art 1 s 4; 2001 c 168 s 3,4

326.337 [Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]

326.338 PERSONS ENGAGED AS PRIVATE DETECTIVES OR PROTECTIVE AGENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Private detective. Persons who for a fee, reward, or other consideration,
undertake any of the following acts for the purpose of obtaining information for others are
considered to be engaged in the business of a private detective:
(1) investigating crimes or wrongs done or threatened against the government of the United
States or of any state, county, or municipal subdivision thereof;
(2) investigating the identity, habits, conduct, movements, whereabouts, transactions,
reputation, or character of any person or organization;
(3) investigating the credibility of witnesses or other persons;
(4) investigating the location or recovery of lost or stolen property;
(5) investigating the origin of and responsibility for libels, losses, accidents, or damage
or injuries to persons or property;
(6) investigating the affiliation, connection, or relationship of any person, firm, or corporation
with any organization, society, or association, or with any official, representative, or member
thereof;
(7) investigating the conduct, honesty, efficiency, loyalty, or activities of employees, persons
seeking employment, agents, or contractors and subcontractors;
(8) obtaining through investigation evidence to be used before any authorized investigating
committee, board of award, board of arbitration, administrative body, or officer or in preparation
for trial of civil or criminal cases; or
(9) investigating the identity or apprehension of persons suspected of crimes or
misdemeanors.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1987 c 360 s 26]
    Subd. 4. Protective agent. A person who for a fee, reward, or other valuable consideration
undertakes any of the following acts is considered to be engaged in the business of protective
agent:
(1) providing guards, private patrol, or other security personnel to protect persons or their
property or to prevent the theft, unlawful taking of goods, merchandise, or money, or to prevent
the misappropriation or concealment of goods, merchandise, money, or other valuable things, or
to procure the return of those things;
(2) physically responding to any alarm signal device, burglar alarm, television camera, still
camera, or a mechanical or electronic device installed or used to prevent or detect burglary, theft,
shoplifting, pilferage, losses, or other security measures;
(3) providing armored car services for the protection of persons or property;
(4) controlling motor traffic on public streets, roads, and highways for the purpose of
escorting a funeral procession and oversized loads; or
(5) providing management and control of crowds for the purpose of safety and protection.
A person covered by this subdivision may perform the traffic control duties in clause (4)
in place of a police officer when a special permit is required, provided that the protective agent
is first-aid qualified.
History: 1945 c 130 s 9; 1959 c 317 s 7; 1974 c 310 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 360 s 14,15;
1996 c 387 s 6

326.3381 LICENSES.
    Subdivision 1. Prohibition. No person shall engage in the business of private detective
or protective agent, or advertise or indicate in any verbal statement or in written material that
the person is so engaged or available to supply those services, without having first obtained a
license as provided in sections 326.32 to 326.339.
    Subd. 1a. Proprietary employers. A proprietary employer is not required to obtain a license,
but must comply with section 326.336, subdivision 1, with respect to the hiring of security guards.
    Subd. 2. Application procedure. The board shall issue a license upon application to any
person qualified under sections 326.32 to 326.339 and under the rules of the board to engage
in the business of private detective or protective agent. The license shall remain effective for
two years as long as the license holder complies with sections 326.32 to 326.339, the laws of
Minnesota, and the rules of the board. Upon receipt of an application for private detective or
protective agent license, the board shall:
(1) post notice of the application in its office for a period of 20 days, and notify all persons
who have requested notification of applications;
(2) conduct an investigation as it considers necessary to determine the qualifications of the
applicant, qualified representative, Minnesota manager, and if appropriate, a partner or corporate
officer; and
(3) notify the applicant of the date on which the board will conduct a review of the license
application.
    Subd. 3. Disqualification. No person is qualified to hold a license who has:
(1) been convicted of (i) a felony by the courts of this or any other state or of the United
States; (ii) acts which, if done in Minnesota, would be criminal sexual conduct; assault; theft;
larceny; burglary; robbery; unlawful entry; extortion; defamation; buying or receiving stolen
property; using, possessing, manufacturing, or carrying weapons unlawfully; using, possessing,
or carrying burglary tools unlawfully; escape; possession, production, sale, or distribution of
narcotics unlawfully; or (iii) in any other country of acts which, if done in Minnesota, would be a
felony or would be any of the other offenses provided in this clause and for which a full pardon or
similar relief has not been granted;
(2) made any false statement in an application for a license or any document required to be
submitted to the board; or
(3) failed to demonstrate to the board good character, honesty, and integrity.
    Subd. 4. Business entity applicant. If the applicant for a license is a corporation or
partnership, one member of that corporation or partnership must meet the licensing requirements
in sections 326.32 to 326.339.
    Subd. 5. Nonresident applicant. If an applicant's home office is located outside of
Minnesota, and the applicant establishes a Minnesota office, the applicant shall provide a manager
for the Minnesota office who meets the licensing requirements in sections 326.32 to 326.339.
History: 1987 c 360 s 16; 1989 c 171 s 4,5

326.3382 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
    Subdivision 1. Application form. (a) Application for a private detective or protective
agent license shall be made on a form prescribed by the board. Each applicant shall provide
the following information:
(1) the full name, date of birth, and sex of each person signing the application, and the
residences of those persons for the past five years;
(2) all past and present occupations and employers, length of employment, and the name,
address, and telephone numbers of supervisors for all persons signing the application;
(3) the address or a description indicating the location of the place of business of the
applicant;
(4) a statement indicating that each person signing the application has attained the age of 18;
(5) if the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation, the date and place of
incorporation, and the location of its principal place of business or registered office in its state
of incorporation; and
(6) further facts as may be required by the board to show the good character, competency,
and integrity of each person signing the application; and
(b) each application shall be signed and acknowledged as follows:
(1) if the applicant is an individual, by the individual;
(2) if the applicant is a partnership, by each partner, one of whom must be a qualified
representative; or
(3) if the applicant is a corporation, by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and
the qualified representative of the corporation. If the principal place of the applicant's business is
outside Minnesota, the application shall also include the signature of the Minnesota manager.
    Subd. 2. Documents accompanying application. (a) Each individual signing the application
shall submit:
(1) references, on forms provided by the board, from five persons who have known the signer
for at least five years, and who are not related by blood or marriage to the signer; and
(2) a recent photograph and a full set of fingerprints for each person signing the application.
(b) If the application is for a private detective license, the individual signing the application
shall submit a statement under oath by a present or previous employer that the applicant for
an individual license, the qualified representative for a partnership or corporate license, or the
Minnesota manager, as appropriate, has been employed as an investigator for a minimum of
6,000 hours by any of the following:
(1) a licensed private detective agency;
(2) a United States government investigative service;
(3) a city police department or sheriff's office; or
(4) an occupation that, the board finds equivalent in scope, responsibility, and training to one
of the specific occupations listed;
and has the qualifications established in the rules of the board.
(c) If the application is for a protective agent license, each person signing the application
shall submit a statement under oath by a present or previous employer that the applicant for
an individual license, the qualified representative for a partnership or corporate license, or the
Minnesota manager has been employed as an investigator or protective agent for a minimum of
6,000 hours by any of the following:
(1) a licensed protective agent or licensed private detective, having gained experience in
security systems, audits, and supervision;
(2) a United States government investigative service;
(3) a city police department or sheriff's office; or
(4) an occupation that the board finds equivalent in scope, responsibility, and training to one
of the specific occupations listed;
and has the qualifications established in the rules of the board.
    Subd. 3. Proof of insurance. (a) No license may be issued to a private detective or protective
agent applicant until the applicant has complied with the requirements in this subdivision.
(b) The applicant shall execute a surety bond to the state of Minnesota in the penal sum of
$10,000 and file it with the board. The surety bond must be executed by a company authorized
to do business in the state of Minnesota, must name the applicant as principal, and must state
that the applicant and each of the applicant's employees shall faithfully observe all of the laws
of Minnesota and of the United States and shall pay all damages suffered by any person by
reason of a violation of law by the applicant or by the commission of any willful and malicious
wrong by the applicant in the course of business.
(c) The applicant shall furnish proof, acceptable to the board, of the applicant's ability
to respond in damages for liability on account of accidents or wrongdoings arising out of the
ownership and operation of a private detective or protective agent business. Compliance with
paragraph (d), (e), or (f) is satisfactory proof of financial responsibility for purposes of this
paragraph.
(d) The applicant may file with the board a certificate of insurance demonstrating coverage
for general liability, completed operations, and personal injury. Personal injury insurance must
include coverage for:
(1) false arrest, detention, imprisonment, and malicious prosecution;
(2) libel, slander, defamation, and violation of rights of privacy; and
(3) wrongful entry, eviction, and other invasion of rights of private occupancy.
The certificate must provide that the insurance may not be modified or canceled unless 30
days prior notice is given to the board.
(e) The applicant may file with the board an annual net worth statement, signed by a licensed
certified public accountant, evidencing that the applicant has a net worth of at least the following:
(1) for an applicant with no employees, $10,000;
(2) for an applicant with one to ten employees, $15,000;
(3) for an applicant with 11 to 25 employees, $25,000;
(4) for an applicant with 26 to 50 employees, $50,000; or
(5) for an applicant with 51 or more employees, $100,000.
Data indicating with which of the above requirements an applicant must comply is public
data. The contents of the net worth statement are private data on individuals or nonpublic data,
as defined in section 13.02.
(f) The applicant may file with the board an irrevocable letter of credit from a financial
institution acceptable to the board in the amount listed in the appropriate category in paragraph (e).
    Subd. 4. License disqualification. Unlicensed activity will not be considered as legitimate
experience for qualification in being licensed. An individual, partnership, corporation, qualified
representative, or Minnesota manager engaged in the business of a private detective or protective
agent without a license issued by the board is prohibited from applying for licensing for a period
of one year from the date of a finding of the violation.
    Subd. 5. Special protective agent classification. The board shall establish a special
protective agent license classification that provides that a person described in section 326.338,
subdivision 4 , clause (4), who is otherwise qualified under this section need not meet the
requirements of subdivision 2, paragraph (c).
History: 1987 c 360 s 17; 2005 c 136 art 8 s 11

326.3383 LICENSE REISSUANCE.
    Subdivision 1. Requirements. The board shall reissue a private detective or protective agent
license to a license holder without further board review, if the license holder who has complied
with all applicable laws and rules:
(1) submits to the board an application for license reissuance on a form prescribed by the
board;
(2) submits to the board a list of all current employees; and
(3) remits the expired license to the board.
    Subd. 2. Appearance. Nothing in this section shall preclude the board from requiring the
appearance of the license holder at a board meeting prior to the reissuance of the license.
    Subd. 3. Bond and proof of financial responsibility. Each applicant for license reissuance
shall maintain a $10,000 surety bond, and show proof of financial responsibility as required
in section 326.3382, subdivision 3.
History: 1987 c 360 s 18

326.3384 PROHIBITED ACTS.
    Subdivision 1. Prohibition. No license holder or employee of a license holder shall, in a
manner that implies that the person is an employee or agent of a governmental agency, display on
a badge, identification card, emblem, vehicle, uniform, stationery, or in advertising for private
detective or protective agent services:
(1) the words "public safety," "police," "highway patrol," "state patrol," "sheriff," "trooper,"
or "law enforcement"; or
(2) the name of a municipality, county, state, or of the United States, or any governmental
subdivision thereof.
    Subd. 1a. Labor disputes. No license holder, in the course of providing protective agent
services, may provide armed protective personnel to labor disputes or strike locations. This
subdivision does not apply to the use of armed security personnel services utilized in the usual
course of business for the protection of persons, property, and payroll.
    Subd. 1b. Acts prohibited during labor disputes, strikes, and lockouts. (a) This
subdivision applies to (1) a license holder or an employee of a license holder who is primarily
performing the duties of a protective agent; or (2) a security guard who is primarily performing
the duties of a security guard.
(b) A person described in paragraph (a) is prohibited from doing any of the activities
described in clauses (1) to (5) during a labor dispute, strike, or lockout as defined in section
179.01, subdivisions 7, 8, and 9:
(1) inciting, encouraging, or aiding in the incitement or encouragement of any participant
to do unlawful acts against the person or property of anyone;
(2) photographing a participant when neither that person nor the photographer is on the
premises being protected by the persons described in paragraph (a);
(3) stopping or detaining any vehicle unless the vehicle is on premises being protected by the
persons described in paragraph (a);
(4) conducting surveillance of participants, when neither the participant nor the person
conducting the surveillance is on the premises being protected by the person described in
paragraph (a), or of their businesses, or homes; or
(5) any other activities that are outside of the scope of the duties described in sections
326.32, subdivision 13, and 326.338, subdivision 4, and have the purpose of intimidating or
provoking a participant.
    Subd. 2. Penalty. (a) A person violating this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(b) The board shall suspend the license of a license holder for the periods described in
paragraph (c) if the license holder or an employee of the license holder is convicted of a violation
of subdivision 1b. The board shall prohibit an employee of a license holder from working for
any license holder for the periods described in paragraph (c) if the employee is convicted of a
violation of subdivision 1b.
(c) The periods described in paragraph (b) are as follows:
(1) 60 days for the first violation;
(2) six months for the second violation; and
(3) one year for the third violation.
History: 1987 c 360 s 19; 1989 c 171 s 6,7; 1990 c 485 s 3,4; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4; 2005 c
136 art 11 s 16

326.3385 CONDITIONS OF LICENSING.
    Subdivision 1. Notice of address change. A license holder who moves to an address other
than that given on the license certificate shall give written notice to the board within seven days of
the move. The notice shall give the new address or location, the date the move was made, and
be accompanied by the license, at which time a new license will be made showing the new
address or location.
    Subd. 2. Notice of successor. A corporate or partnership license holder shall, within seven
days of the death, resignation, or removal of a person signing the license application, give written
notice to the board of the change and the name and address of the successor in the vacated position.
Within seven days of the death, resignation, or removal of a person signing the license
application for a partnership or corporate license holder, the successor qualified representative,
partner, Minnesota manager, chief executive officer, or chief financial officer who shall qualify
under the same procedure and criteria, and submit the documents required, as for an original
application.
    Subd. 3. Surrender of license. Every license issued to a license holder shall be surrendered
to the board within seven days after its expiration, or upon notice to a license holder that a license
has been revoked or suspended. If the license cannot be returned, a notarized statement indicating
the circumstances shall be submitted to the board.
    Subd. 4. Penalty. Failure to comply with the provisions of subdivision 1, 2, or 3 may result
in the revocation or suspension of the license, or the imposition of an administrative penalty.
History: 1987 c 360 s 20

326.3386 FEES.
    Subdivision 1. Application fee. Each applicant for a private detective or protective agent
license shall pay to the board a nonrefundable application fee, as determined by the board.
    Subd. 2. License fee. Each applicant for a private detective or protective agent license shall
pay to the board a license fee, as determined by the board. In the event that an applicant is denied
licensing by the board, one-half of the license fee shall be refunded to the applicant.
    Subd. 3. Designation fee. When a licensed private detective or protective agent who is a
partnership or corporation, desires to designate a new qualified representative or Minnesota
manager, a fee equal to one-half of the license fee shall be submitted to the board.
    Subd. 4. Status fee. At the time a licensed private detective or protective agent wishes to
change a license status, as in the case of an individual license holder establishing a corporation,
the difference between the individual license fee and the corporate license fee shall be paid to
the board.
    Subd. 5. Reissuance fee. License holders seeking license reissuance shall pay to the board a
license reissuance fee as determined by the board.
    Subd. 6. Business or division fee. If a private detective or protective agent license holder
wishes to add additional business names or corporate division names to an existing license, the
license holder shall be required to pay a fee as determined by the board.
    Subd. 6a. Training course certification fee. An applicant for training course certification,
as specified in section 326.3361, shall pay to the board a course certification fee determined by
the board.
    Subd. 6b. Training course recertification fee. An applicant for training course recertification
shall pay to the board a course recertification fee determined by the board.
    Subd. 7. Rules. All fees authorized by this section shall be established by rule by the board.
All fees paid to the board shall be paid to the general fund. The cost of administering sections
326.32 to 326.339, shall be paid from appropriations made to the board.
History: 1987 c 360 s 21; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 25-27

326.3387 DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
    Subdivision 1. Basis for action. The board may revoke or suspend or refuse to issue or
reissue a private detective or protective agent license if:
(a) the license holder violates a provision of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or a rule adopted
under those sections;
(b) the license holder has engaged in fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation while in the business
of private detective or protective agent;
(c) the license holder has made a false statement in an application submitted to the board or
in a document required to be submitted to the board; or
(d) the license holder violates an order of the board.
    Subd. 2. Hearing required. The board may impose the following penalties only after a
contested case hearing under chapter 14:
(a) revoke or suspend a private detective or protective agent license; or
(b) impose an administrative penalty in excess of $500.
History: 1987 c 360 s 22

326.3388 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.
The board shall, by rule, establish a graduated schedule of administrative penalties for
violations of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or the board's rules. The schedule must include minimum
and maximum penalties for each violation and be based on and reflect the culpability, frequency,
and severity of the violator's actions. The board may impose a penalty from the schedule on a
license holder for a violation of sections 326.32 to 326.339 or the rules of the board. The penalty
is in addition to any criminal penalty imposed for the same violation. Administrative penalties
imposed by the board must be paid to the general fund.
History: 1987 c 360 s 23

326.3389 LICENSES NONTRANSFERABLE.
A license issued under sections 326.32 to 326.339 may not be transferred.
History: 1987 c 360 s 24

326.339 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.
Unless otherwise specifically provided any violation of any provision or requirement of
sections 326.32 to 326.339 is a gross misdemeanor.
History: 1945 c 130 s 10; 1974 c 310 s 10; 1987 c 360 s 25

326.34-326.36 [Repealed, 1945 c 130 s 1]

326.37 RULES; CAPACITY STANDARDS; LICENSE EXEMPTION.
    Subdivision 1. Rules. The state commissioner of health may, by rule, prescribe minimum
standards which shall be uniform, and which standards shall thereafter be effective for all new
plumbing installations, including additions, extensions, alterations, and replacements connected
with any water or sewage disposal system owned or operated by or for any municipality,
institution, factory, office building, hotel, apartment building, or any other place of business
regardless of location or the population of the city or town in which located. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 4715.3130, as they apply to review of plans and
specifications, the commissioner may allow plumbing construction, alteration, or extension to
proceed without approval of the plans or specifications by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall administer the provisions of sections 326.37 to 326.45 and for such
purposes may employ plumbing inspectors and other assistants.
    Subd. 2. Standards for capacity. By January 1, 1993, all new floor-mounted water closets in
areas under jurisdiction of the State Plumbing Code may not have a flush volume of more than
1.6 gallons. The water closets must meet the standards of the commissioner and the American
National Standards Institute.
    Subd. 3. Exemption. No license authorized by this section shall be required of any contractor
or employee engaged in the work or business of pipe laying outside of buildings if such person is
engaged in a business or trade which has traditionally performed such work within the state prior
to January 1, 1994.
History: (5887-19) 1933 c 349 s 1; 1937 c 370 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 136 s 66;
1977 c 305 s 45; 1990 c 597 s 57; 1993 c 206 s 20; 1996 c 439 art 4 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 2 s 28

326.371 BAN ON LEAD IN PLUMBING.
Lead pipe, solders and flux containing more than 0.2 percent lead, and pipes and pipe fittings
containing more than eight percent lead shall not be used in any plumbing installation which
conveys a potable water supply. A Minnesota seller of lead solder, except for a seller whose
primary business is contracting in plumbing, heating, and air conditioning, shall not sell any
solder containing 0.2 percent lead unless the seller displays a sign which states,
Minnesota law prohibits the use of this solder in any
plumbing installation which is connected to a potable water
supply."
History: 1985 c 279 s 2; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 232

326.38 LOCAL REGULATIONS.
Any city having a system of waterworks or sewerage, or any town in which reside over 5,000
people exclusive of any statutory cities located therein, or the metropolitan airports commission,
may, by ordinance, adopt local regulations providing for plumbing permits, bonds, approval of
plans, and inspections of plumbing, which regulations are not in conflict with the plumbing
standards on the same subject prescribed by the state commissioner of health. No city or such
town shall prohibit plumbers licensed by the state commissioner of health from engaging in or
working at the business, except cities and statutory cities which, prior to April 21, 1933, by
ordinance required the licensing of plumbers. Any city by ordinance may prescribe regulations,
reasonable standards, and inspections and grant permits to any person, firm, or corporation
engaged in the business of installing water softeners, who is not licensed as a master plumber or
journeyman plumber by the state commissioner of health, to connect water softening and water
filtering equipment to private residence water distribution systems, where provision has been
previously made therefor and openings left for that purpose or by use of cold water connections to
a domestic water heater; where it is not necessary to rearrange, make any extension or alteration
of, or addition to any pipe, fixture or plumbing connected with the water system except to connect
the water softener, and provided the connections so made comply with minimum standards
prescribed by the state commissioner of health.
History: (5887-20) 1933 c 349 s 2; 1937 c 370 s 2; 1941 c 367 s 1; 1953 c 166 s 1; 1957 c
921 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 56; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113

326.39 VIOLATIONS TO BE REPORTED TO STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
Such local authority as may be designated by any such ordinance for the issuance of such
plumbing permits and approval of such plans shall report to the state commissioner of health
persistent or willful violation of the same and any incompetence of a licensed plumber observed
by the local authority.
History: (5887-21) 1933 c 349 s 3; 1977 c 305 s 45

326.40 LICENSING, BOND AND INSURANCE.
    Subdivision 1. License required; master and journeyman plumbers. In any city now or
hereafter having 5,000 or more population, according to the last federal census, and having a
system of waterworks or sewerage, no person, firm, or corporation shall engage in or work at
the business of a master plumber or journeyman plumber unless licensed to do so by the state
commissioner of health. A master plumber may also work as a journeyman plumber. Anyone
not so licensed may do plumbing work which complies with the provisions of the minimum
standard prescribed by the state commissioner of health on premises or that part of premises
owned and actually occupied by the worker as a residence, unless otherwise forbidden to do so
by a local ordinance.
In any such city no person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of installing
plumbing nor install plumbing in connection with the dealing in and selling of plumbing material
and supplies unless at all times a licensed master plumber, who shall be responsible for proper
installation, is in charge of the plumbing work of the person, firm, or corporation.
The Department of Health shall prescribe rules, not inconsistent herewith, for the
examination and licensing of plumbers.
    Subd. 2. Bond; insurance. Any person contracting to do plumbing work must give bond to
the state in the amount of $25,000 for all work entered into within the state. The bond shall be for
the benefit of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of failure to comply with the
requirements of the Plumbing Code. A bond given to the state shall be filed with the commissioner
of health and shall be in lieu of all other bonds to any political subdivision required for plumbing
work. The bond shall be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state.
In addition, each applicant for a master plumber license or renewal thereof, may provide
evidence of public liability insurance, including products liability insurance with limits of at least
$50,000 per person and $100,000 per occurrence and property damage insurance with limits of at
least $10,000. The insurance shall be written by an insurer licensed to do business in the state of
Minnesota and each licensed master plumber shall maintain on file with the state commissioner of
health a certificate evidencing the insurance providing that the insurance shall not be canceled
without the insurer first giving 15 days written notice to the commissioner. The term of the
insurance shall be concurrent with the term of the license. The certificate shall be in lieu of all
other certificates required by any political subdivision for licensing purposes.
    Subd. 3. Bond and insurance exemption. A master plumber who is an employee of a
master plumber or who is an employee engaged within the limits of property owned, leased and
operated, or maintained by the employer, in the maintenance and repair of plumbing equipment,
apparatus, or facilities owned or leased by the employer, shall not be required to meet the bond
and insurance requirements of subdivision 2.
    Subd. 4. Alternative compliance. Compliance with the local bond requirements of a
locale within which work is to be performed shall be deemed to satisfy the bond and insurance
requirements of subdivision 2, provided the local ordinance requires at least a $25,000 bond.
    Subd. 5. Fee. The state commissioner of health may charge each person giving bond an
annual bond filing fee commensurate with the cost of administering the bond and insurance
requirements of subdivision 2.
History: (5887-22) 1933 c 349 s 4; 1937 c 370 s 3; 1941 c 367 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977
c 305 s 45; 1978 c 604 s 1; 1980 c 487 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 245 art 2 s 39-41; 2004 c 251 s 12

326.401 PLUMBER'S APPRENTICES.
    Subdivision 1. Registration. A plumber's apprentice must be registered with the
commissioner of health on a registration application form supplied by the commissioner
showing the date of beginning training, age, schooling, previous experience, employer, and other
information required by the commissioner.
    Subd. 2. Journeyman exam. A plumber's apprentice who has completed four years of
practical plumbing experience is eligible to take the journeyman plumbing examination. Up to 24
months of practical plumbing experience prior to registration as an apprentice may be applied
to the four-year experience requirement. However, none of this practical plumbing experience
may be applied if the person did not have any practical plumbing experience in the 12-month
period immediately prior to registration. The commissioner may adopt rules to evaluate whether
the person's past practical plumbing experience is applicable in preparing for the journeyman's
examination. If two years after completing the training the person has not taken the examination,
the four years of experience shall be forfeited.
The commissioner may allow an extension of the two-year period for taking the exam for
cases of hardship or other appropriate circumstances.
    Subd. 3. Fees. The Department of Health may assess fees to pay for the administration of
the apprentice registration program.
History: 1986 c 402 s 2; 1986 c 444

326.405 RECIPROCITY WITH OTHER STATES.
The commissioner of health may license without examination, upon payment of the required
fee, nonresident applicants who are licensed under the laws of a state having standards for
licensing plumbers which the commissioner determines are substantially equivalent to the
standards of this state if the other state grants similar privileges to Minnesota residents duly
licensed in this state.
History: 1977 c 19 s 1; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 35

326.41 ADVISORY COUNCIL.
The state commissioner of health shall appoint nine persons to the Advisory Council on
Plumbing Code and Examinations, two of whom shall be master plumbers, one who represents
greater Minnesota and one who represents the metropolitan area, and two journeyman plumbers,
one who represents greater Minnesota and one who represents the metropolitan area. The council
shall expire and the terms, compensation and removal of members of the council shall be as
provided in section 15.059.
History: (5887-24) 1933 c 349 s 6; 1976 c 149 s 55; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1983 c 260 s 59; 1993
c 132 s 6; 1995 c 246 s 1

326.42 APPLICATIONS, FEES.
    Subdivision 1. Application. Applications for plumber's license shall be made to the state
commissioner of health, with fee. Unless the applicant is entitled to a renewal, the applicant shall
be licensed by the state commissioner of health only after passing a satisfactory examination by
the examiners showing fitness. Examination fees for both journeyman and master plumbers shall
be in an amount prescribed by the state commissioner of health pursuant to section 144.122. Upon
being notified that of having successfully passed the examination for original license the applicant
shall submit an application, with the license fee herein provided. License fees shall be in an
amount prescribed by the state commissioner of health pursuant to section 144.122. Licenses shall
expire and be renewed as prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to section 144.122.
    Subd. 2. Fees. Plumbing system plans and specifications that are submitted to the
commissioner for review shall be accompanied by the appropriate plan examination fees. If
the commissioner determines, upon review of the plans, that inadequate fees were paid, the
necessary additional fees shall be paid prior to plan approval. The commissioner shall charge the
following fees for plan reviews and audits of plumbing installations for public, commercial, and
industrial buildings:
(1) systems with both water distribution and drain, waste, and vent systems and having:
(i) 25 or fewer drainage fixture units, $150;
(ii) 26 to 50 drainage fixture units, $250;
(iii) 51 to 150 drainage fixture units, $350;
(iv) 151 to 249 drainage fixture units, $500;
(v) 250 or more drainage fixture units, $3 per drainage fixture unit to a maximum of $4,000;
and
(vi) interceptors, separators, or catch basins, $70 per interceptor, separator, or catch basin
design;
(2) building sewer service only, $150;
(3) building water service only, $150;
(4) building water distribution system only, no drainage system, $5 per supply fixture unit or
$150, whichever is greater;
(5) storm drainage system, a minimum fee of $150 or:
(i) $50 per drain opening, up to a maximum of $500; and
(ii) $70 per interceptor, separator, or catch basin design;
(6) manufactured home park or campground, one to 25 sites, $300;
(7) manufactured home park or campground, 26 to 50 sites, $350;
(8) manufactured home park or campground, 51 to 125 sites, $400;
(9) manufactured home park or campground, more than 125 sites, $500;
(10) accelerated review, double the regular fee, one-half to be refunded if no response from
the commissioner within 15 business days; and
(11) revision to previously reviewed or incomplete plans:
(i) review of plans for which commissioner has issued two or more requests for additional
information, per review, $100 or ten percent of the original fee, whichever is greater;
(ii) proposer-requested revision with no increase in project scope, $50 or ten percent of
original fee, whichever is greater; and
(iii) proposer-requested revision with an increase in project scope, $50 plus the difference
between the original project fee and the revised project fee.
History: (5887-25) 1933 c 349 s 7; 1937 c 370 s 5; 1941 c 367 s 3; 1959 c 78 s 1; 1974
c 205 s 1; 1974 c 471 s 15; 1975 c 310 s 31; 1976 c 2 s 169; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444;
1Sp2003 c 14 art 7 s 82; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 50

326.43 [Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]

326.44 FEES PAID TO STATE GOVERNMENT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
All fees received under sections 326.37 to 326.45 shall be deposited by the state
commissioner of health to the credit of the state government special revenue fund in the state
treasury. The salaries of the necessary employees of the commissioner and the per diem of the
inspectors and examiners hereinbefore provided, their expenses and all incidental expenses of the
commissioner in carrying out the provisions of sections 326.37 to 326.45, shall be paid, from
the appropriations made to the state commissioner of health, but no expense or claim shall be
incurred or paid in excess of the amount received from the fees herein provided.
History: (5887-28) 1933 c 349 s 10; 1975 c 204 s 82; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 72

326.45 STATE LICENSE; EXAMINATION; APPLICATION.
The provisions of sections 326.37 to 326.45 which require state licenses to engage in the
work or business of plumbing, and the provisions which provide for the examination of applicants
for such licenses, shall only apply in cities having a population of 5,000 or more.
History: (5887-29) 1933 c 349 s 11; 1937 c 370 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7

326.46 SUPERVISION OF HIGH PRESSURE PIPING.
The Department of Labor and Industry shall supervise all high pressure piping used on all
projects in this state, and may prescribe minimum standards which shall be uniform.
The department shall employ inspectors and other assistants to carry out the provisions of
sections 326.46 to 326.52.
History: (5887-30a) 1937 c 367 s 2; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1984 c 481 s 1

326.461 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 326.46 to 326.521, the following terms
have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 2. High pressure piping. "High pressure piping" means all high pressure piping used
in the installation of hot water or steam heating boilers, any systems of piping hot water or other
medium used for heating that exceed 30 p.s.i. gauge and 250 degrees Fahrenheit, or any system
of high pressure steam, ammonia piping, or bioprocess piping, but shall not include any high
pressure piping under the direct jurisdiction of the United States.
    Subd. 3. Municipality. "Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city.
History: 1984 c 481 s 2; 1987 c 132 s 1; 1989 c 22 s 1; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 42; 2006 c 241 s 4

326.47 APPLICATION, PERMIT, FILING, AND INSPECTION FEES.
    Subdivision 1. Required permit. No person, firm, or corporation shall construct or install
high pressure piping systems without first filing an application for a permit with the Department
of Labor and Industry or a municipality that has complied with subdivision 2. Projects under
construction prior to August 1, 1984, are not required to obtain a permit.
    Subd. 2. Permissive municipal regulation. A municipality may, by ordinance, provide for
the inspection of high pressure piping system materials and construction, and provide that it shall
not be constructed or installed except in accordance with minimum state standards. The authority
designated by the ordinance for issuing high pressure piping permits and assuring compliance
with state standards must report to the Department of Labor and Industry all violations of state
high pressure piping standards.
A municipality may not adopt an ordinance with high pressure piping standards that does
not conform to the uniform standards prescribed by the Department of Labor and Industry. The
Department of Labor and Industry shall specify by rule the minimum qualifications for municipal
inspectors.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1995 c 123 s 9]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1995 c 123 s 9]
    Subd. 5. Reporting of permits issued. Each municipality must submit to the Department of
Labor and Industry a copy of each permit issued within ten days after issuance.
All permits must be issued on forms prescribed by or approved by the Department of
Labor and Industry.
    Subd. 6. Filing and inspection fees. The Department of Labor and Industry must charge
a filing fee set by the commissioner under section 16A.1285 for all applications for permits to
construct or install high pressure piping systems. The fee for inspection of high pressure piping
system construction or installation shall be set by the commissioner under section 16A.1285.
This subdivision does not apply where a permit is issued by a municipality complying with
subdivision 2.
History: (5887-30b, 5887-30c) 1937 c 367 s 3,4; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984
c 481 s 3; 1987 c 132 s 2; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 32

326.48 LICENSING.
    Subdivision 1. License required; rules; time credit. No person shall engage in or work at
the business of a contracting pipefitter unless issued an individual contracting pipefitter license
to do so by the Department of Labor and Industry. No license shall be required for repairs on
existing installations. No person shall engage in or work at the business of journeyman pipefitter
unless issued an individual journeyman pipefitter competency license to do so by the Department
of Labor and Industry. A person possessing an individual contracting pipefitter competency
license may also work as a journeyman pipefitter.
No person, partnership, firm, or corporation shall install high pressure piping, nor install high
pressure piping in connection with the dealing in and selling of high pressure pipe material and
supplies, unless, at all times, a person possessing a contracting pipefitter individual competency
license or a journeyman pipefitter individual competency license is responsible for the high
pressure pipefitting work conducted by the person, partnership, firm, or corporation being in
conformity with Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
The Department of Labor and Industry shall prescribe rules, not inconsistent herewith, for
the examination and individual competency licensing of contracting pipefitters and journeyman
pipefitters and for issuance of permits by the department and municipalities for the installation of
high pressure piping.
An employee performing the duties of inspector for the Department of Labor and Industry
in regulating pipefitting shall not receive time credit for the inspection duties when making an
application for a license required by this section.
    Subd. 2. High pressure pipefitting business license. Before obtaining a permit for high
pressure piping work, a person, partnership, firm, or corporation must obtain or utilize a business
with a high pressure piping business license.
A person, partnership, firm, or corporation must have at all times as a full-time employee
at least one individual holding an individual contracting pipefitter competency license. Only
full-time employees who hold individual contracting pipefitter licenses are authorized to obtain
high pressure piping permits in the name of the business. The individual contracting pipefitter
competency license holder can be the employee of only one high pressure piping business at a
time.
To retain its business license without reapplication, a person, partnership, firm, or corporation
holding a high pressure piping business license that ceases to employ a person holding an
individual contracting pipefitter competency license shall have 60 days from the last day of
employment of its previous individual contracting pipefitter competency license holder to employ
another license holder. The Department of Labor and Industry must be notified no later than five
days after the last day of employment of the previous license holder.
No high pressure pipefitting work may be performed during any period when the high
pressure pipefitting business does not have an individual contracting pipefitter competency license
holder on staff. If a license holder is not employed within 60 days, the pipefitting business license
shall lapse.
The Department of Labor and Industry shall prescribe by rule procedures for application for
and issuance of business licenses and fees.
    Subd. 3. Bond. The applicant for a high pressure piping business license or renewal shall
give bond to the state in the total penal sum of $15,000 conditioned upon the faithful and lawful
performance of all work entered upon within the state. The bond shall run to and be for the benefit
of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of failure of payment or performance.
Claims and actions on the bond may be brought according to sections 574.26 to 574.38.
The term of the bond must be concurrent with the term of the high pressure pipefitting
business license and run without interruption from the date of the issuance of the license to
the end of the calendar year. All high pressure pipefitting business licenses must be annually
renewed on a calendar year basis.
The bond must be filed with the Department of Labor and Industry and shall be in lieu of any
other business license bonds required by any political subdivision for high pressure pipefitting.
The bond must be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state.
    Subd. 4. Insurance. In addition to the bond described in subdivision 3, each applicant for a
high pressure pipefitting business license or renewal shall have in force public liability insurance,
including products liability insurance, with limits of at least $100,000 per person and $300,000
per occurrence and property damage insurance with limits of at least $50,000.
The insurance must be kept in force for the entire term of the high pressure pipefitting
business license, and the license shall be suspended by the department if at any time the insurance
is not in force.
The insurance must be written by an insurer licensed to do business in the state and shall
be in lieu of any other insurance required by any subdivision of government for high pressure
pipefitting. Each person, partnership, firm, or corporation holding a high pressure pipefitting
business shall maintain on file with the department a certificate evidencing the insurance. Any
purported cancellation of insurance shall not be effective without the insurer first giving 30
days' written notice to the department.
    Subd. 5. Fee. The state Department of Labor and Industry may charge each applicant for a
high pressure pipefitting business license or for a renewal of a high pressure pipefitting business
license and an additional fee commensurate with the cost of administering the bond and insurance
requirements of subdivisions 3 and 4.
History: (5887-30d) 1937 c 367 s 5; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1978 c 604 s 2; 1979 c 50 s 40; 1981 c
72 s 1; 1984 c 481 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 132 s 3; 1995 c 123 s 1-5; 2004 c 251 s 13

326.49 [Repealed, 1984 c 481 s 8]

326.50 APPLICATION; FEES.
Application for an individual contracting pipefitter competency or an individual journeyman
pipefitter competency license shall be made to the Department of Labor and Industry, with fees.
The applicant shall be licensed only after passing an examination by the Department of Labor
and Industry.
History: (5887-30g) 1937 c 367 s 8; 1951 c 119 s 1; 1959 c 134 s 1; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1974
c 7 s 1; 1981 c 72 s 2; 1984 c 481 s 5; 1987 c 132 s 4; 1995 c 123 s 6; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 33;
1999 c 250 art 3 s 27

326.51 DEPARTMENT MAY REVOKE LICENSES.
The department may revoke or suspend, for cause, any license obtained through error or
fraud, or if the licensee is shown to be incompetent, or for a violation of any of its rules and
regulations applicable to high pressure pipefitting work. The licensee shall have notice, in writing,
enumerating the charges, and be entitled to a hearing on at least ten days' notice, with the right to
produce testimony. The hearing shall be held pursuant to chapter 14. The commissioner shall issue
a final order based on testimony and the record at hearing. One year from the date of revocation
application may be made for a new license.
History: (5887-30h) 1937 c 367 s 9; Ex 1967 c 1 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 132 s 5;
1995 c 123 s 7

326.52 DEPOSIT OF FEES.
All fees received under sections 326.46 to 326.52 shall be deposited by the Department of
Labor and Industry to the credit of the general fund in the state treasury. The salaries and per diem
of the inspectors and examiners hereinbefore provided, their expenses, and all incidental expenses
of the department in carrying out the provisions of sections 326.46 to 326.52 shall be paid from
the appropriations made to the Department of Labor and Industry. The commissioner by rule shall
set the amount of the fees at a level that approximates, to the greatest extent possible, the salaries,
per diem, and incidental expenses of the department.
History: (5887-30j) 1937 c 367 s 11; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1973 c 720 s 59; 1Sp1985 c 13 s
314; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 1995 c 123 s 8

326.521 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY PROVISIONS.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, any violation of any provision or requirement of
sections 326.46 to 326.52 is a misdemeanor.
History: 1987 c 132 s 6

326.523 LICENSE PROVISIONS; DISTRIBUTION; CANCELLATION.
No distributor shall hereafter license feature motion picture films to an exhibitor to be
exhibited, shown or performed in this state unless the license provides:
(1) that all the feature motion picture films, which such distributor will license during the
exhibition season, or the unexpired portion thereof, shall be included: the term "all the feature
motion picture films" applies to each producer for whom the distributor is acting; and
(2) that the exhibitor shall have the right to cancel a minimum of 20 percent of the total
number of feature motion pictures included in such license where the exhibitor deems the same
injurious and damaging to business or offensive on moral, religious, or racial grounds.
The cancellation shall be made proportionately among the several price brackets, if there be
such price brackets in the license agreement. Any number of cancellations to which an exhibitor
is entitled, may be made the lowest price bracket at the exhibitor's option.
The right to cancellation shall not be effective, unless the exhibitor exercises such right by
giving notice thereof, to the distributor, by certified mail, within 15 days after being notified of the
availability of a feature motion picture. In determining the number of feature motion pictures
that may be canceled, fractions of one-half or more shall be counted as one and fractions of less
than one-half shall not be counted.
History: 1941 c 460 s 2; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444

326.524 LICENSES MAY NOT CONTAIN CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
No distributor shall license feature motion picture films to an exhibitor to be exhibited,
shown, or performed in this state, upon the condition that the exhibitor must also license short
subjects, newsreels, trailers, serials, reissue, foreign, and western motion picture films.
History: 1941 c 460 s 3

326.525 LICENSES, WHEN VOID.
Any provision of any license hereafter made and entered into which is contrary to any
provisions of sections 326.523 to 326.526 and 326.01, subdivisions 14 to 19, is hereby declared to
be against public policy and void.
History: 1941 c 460 s 4

326.526 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 326.523 TO 326.526.
The provisions of sections 326.523 to 326.526 and 326.01, subdivisions 14 to 19, shall not
apply to the licensing of motion picture films to any school, college, university, church, or any
educational, fraternal, or religious organizations in this state.
History: 1941 c 460 s 7

326.53 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY PROVISIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Generally. (1) Any violation of chapter 326A is a gross misdemeanor.
(2) Every person violating any of the provisions of sections 326.523 to 326.526, or assisting
in such violation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $3,000 or, in
default of the payment of such fine, by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year.
In the case of a corporation, the violation of these sections shall be deemed to be also that of the
individual directors, officers, or agents of such corporation who have assisted in such violation, or
who have authorized, ordered, or done the acts or omissions constituting, in whole or in part, such
violation; and, upon conviction thereof, any such directors, officers, or agents shall be punished
by fine or imprisonment as herein provided.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]
    Subd. 3.[Renumbered 326.547]
History: (5697-12, 5705, 5886, 5887-27, 5887-30i) 1907 c 457 s 7; 1909 c 439 s 8; 1921
c 523 s 12; 1933 c 349 s 9; 1933 c 404 s 3; 1937 c 367 s 10; 1941 c 460 s 5; 1945 c 380 s 9;
Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1992 c 542 s 4; 2001 c 109 art 2 s 5

326.54 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.541 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.542 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.543 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.544 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.545 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.546 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.547 [Repealed, 1983 c 293 s 115]

326.55 NONPAYMENT OF LICENSE FEES.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) "Employment essential to the prosecution of the present war and to the national defense"
means employment by the United States of America, any of its agencies, or any contractor under
the United States of America, or subcontractor under such contractor, in work connected with the
prosecution of the present war or for the defense of the United States of America and others of
the United Nations during such war.
(2) "Outside of the United States" means outside of the territorial limits of the 50 states of
the United States and the District of Columbia.
    Subd. 2. Members of armed forces need not pay license fees. Any person required by law
to be licensed or registered in order to carry on or practice a trade, employment, occupation or
profession in the state of Minnesota who is also required by law to renew the license or certificate
of registration at stated intervals and to pay a fee for such renewal on or before a specified date, or
be subject to revocation of the license or certificate or other penalties, who has since the enactment
by the Congress of the United States of the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 entered,
or shall hereafter enter, the armed forces of the United States of America, or who has since the
enactment of said act been engaged, or shall hereafter be engaged, in employment, outside of the
United States, essential to the prosecution of the present war and to the national defense, whose
license or certificate of registration was effective at the time of entry into the armed forces or
engagement in the employment aforesaid, is hereby exempted from the payment of all renewal
fees and from the filing of any application for renewal, which but for this section would have been
required as a condition of the renewal of the license or certificate, during the time the person has
been in such armed forces or in such employment, and from any penalties for nonpayment or late
payment, and is hereby exempted from further payment of such renewal fees and from the making
of any application for renewal during the period the person shall remain in such armed forces
or is engaged in such employment, and for a further period of six months from discharge from
the armed forces, if a member thereof, or from the date of return within the boundaries of the
United States if engaged in the employment hereinbefore referred to. The license or certificate
in the meantime shall remain in full force and effect, and if it has been canceled or revoked
since the date of the enactment of the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 solely on the
ground of nonpayment of renewal fees, or failure to apply for a renewal, it shall be reinstated
upon the application of the licensee or registrant or any one on the licensee's or registrant's behalf
without the payment of any penalties or costs. Any such person may within six months from the
date of release from the armed forces of the United States, if the person has been a member of
such armed forces, or from the date of return within the boundaries of the United States if the
person has been engaged in employment hereinbefore referred to, make application for a renewal
of the license or certificate without penalty and in the same manner as if the person had made
application therefor at the time or times specified by existing laws.
History: 1943 c 121; 1965 c 45 s 52; 1986 c 444

326.56 LICENSES, CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION; RENEWALS.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section the terms defined in this
subdivision shall have the meanings ascribed to them.
(1) "Active military service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.
(2) "Employment essential to the prosecution of a war or to the national defense" means
employment by the federal government of the United States of America, or any of its agencies, or
by a federal government contractor or subcontractor in work connected with the prosecution of a
war or for the defense of the United States or its allies.
(3) "Outside of the United States" means outside of the territorial limits of the 50 states of
the United States and the District of Columbia.
    Subd. 2. License or registration, renewal; exemption for military service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of statutes, any person required by law to be licensed
or registered by the state of Minnesota in order to carry on or practice a trade, employment,
occupation or profession within this state who is also required by law to renew the license or
certificate of registration at stated intervals and to pay a fee for such renewal on or before a
specified date, or be subject to revocation of the license or certificate or other penalties, and who
has been ordered into active military service, or who has been engaged, or shall hereafter be
engaged, in employment outside of the United States essential to the prosecution of a war or to
the national defense, whose license or certificate of registration was effective at the time of the
person's entry into active military service or engagement in the employment, is hereby exempted
from the payment of all renewal fees and from the filing of any application for renewal, which but
for this section would have been required as a condition of the renewal of the license or certificate,
during the time the person has been in active military service or that employment, and from any
penalties for nonpayment or late payment, and is hereby exempted from further payment of such
renewal fees and from the making of any application for renewal during the period the person shall
remain in active military service or the employment, and for six months thereafter. The license or
certificate in the meantime shall remain in full force and effect, and if it has been canceled or
revoked solely on the basis of nonpayment of renewal fees or failure to apply for a renewal, it shall
be reinstated upon the application of the licensee or registrant or by anyone on the person's behalf
without the payment of any penalties or costs. Any such person may within six months from the
date of release from active military service, or from the date of return within the boundaries of the
United States if the person has been engaged in the essential employment, make application for a
renewal of the license or certificate without penalty and in the same manner as if the person had
made application therefor at the time or time specified by existing laws, irrespective of whether
the license or certificate has expired or is due to expire within that time period.
History: 1951 c 301 s 1, 2; 1965 c 45 s 53; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 273 s 10

326.57 WATER CONDITIONING CONTRACTOR AND INSTALLER STANDARDS.
    Subdivision 1. Rulemaking by commissioner of health. The state commissioner of health
shall, by rule, prescribe minimum standards which shall be uniform, and which standards
shall thereafter be effective for all new water conditioning servicing and water conditioning
installations, including additions, extensions, alterations, and replacements connected with any
water or sewage disposal system owned or operated by or for any municipality, institution,
factory, office building, hotel, apartment building or any other place of business, regardless of
location or the population of the city, county or town in which located. Such rules, upon approval
of the attorney general and their legal publication, shall have the force of law, and the violation of
any part thereof shall constitute a misdemeanor and may be enjoined by the attorney general.
    Subd. 2. Inspectors. The commissioner shall administer the provisions of sections 326.57 to
326.65 and for such purposes may employ water conditioning inspectors and other assistants.
History: 1969 c 898 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989
c 209 art 2 s 1

326.58 LOCAL REGULATIONS.
Any city or town with a population of 5,000 or more persons may, by ordinance, adopt local
regulations providing for water conditioning permits, bonds, approval of plans, and inspections of
water conditioning installations and servicing, which regulations shall not be in conflict with the
water conditioning standards on the same subject prescribed by the state commissioner of health.
No such city or town shall prohibit water conditioning contractors or installers licensed by the
state commissioner of health from engaging in or working at the business.
History: 1969 c 898 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 305 s 45

326.59 VIOLATIONS TO BE REPORTED TO STATE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
Such local authority as may be designated by any such ordinance for the issuance of such
water conditioning installation and servicing permits and approval of such plans shall report to the
state commissioner of health persistent or willful violations of the same and any incompetence
of a licensed water conditioning contractor or licensed water conditioning installer observed
by the local authority.
History: 1969 c 898 s 3; 1977 c 305 s 45

326.60 LICENSING IN CERTAIN CITIES; QUALIFICATIONS; RULES.
    Subdivision 1. Licensing in certain cities. In any city or town now or hereafter having a
population of 5,000 or more according to the last federal census, no person, firm, or corporation
shall engage in or work at the business of water conditioning installation or servicing after January
1, 1970, unless (a) at all times a person licensed as a water conditioning contractor by the state
commissioner of health shall be responsible for the proper water conditioning installation and
servicing work of such person, firm, or corporation, and (b) all installations, other than exchanges
of portable equipment, are actually made by a licensed water conditioning contractor or licensed
water conditioning installer. Anyone not so licensed may do water conditioning work which
complies with the provisions of the minimum standard prescribed by the state commissioner of
health on premises or that part of premises owned and actually occupied by the worker as a
residence, unless otherwise forbidden to do so by a local ordinance.
    Subd. 2. Qualifications for licensing. A water conditioning contractor license shall be
issued only to a person who has demonstrated skill in planning, superintending, and servicing
water conditioning installations. A water conditioning installer license shall only be issued to a
person other than a water conditioning contractor who has demonstrated practical knowledge
of water conditioning installation.
    Subd. 3. Rules. The state commissioner of health shall:
(a) prescribe rules, not inconsistent herewith, for the licensing of water conditioning
contractors and installers;
(b) license water conditioning contractors and installers;
(c) prescribe rules not inconsistent herewith for the examining of water conditioning
contractors and installers prior to first granting a license as a water conditioning contractor or
water conditioning installer; and
(d) collect an examination fee from each examinee for a license as a water conditioning
contractor and a fee from each examinee for a license as a water conditioning installer in an
amount prescribed by the state commissioner of health pursuant to section 144.122. A water
conditioning installer must successfully pass the examination for water conditioning contractors
before being licensed as a water conditioning contractor.
History: 1969 c 898 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 471 s 16; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1980 c 487
s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444

326.601 ALTERNATIVE STATE BONDING AND INSURANCE REGULATION.
    Subdivision 1. Bonds. An applicant for a water conditioning contractor or installer license or
renewal thereof who is required by any political subdivision to give a bond to obtain or maintain
the license, may comply with any political subdivision bonding requirement by giving a bond to
the state in the total penal sum of $3,000 conditioned upon the faithful and lawful performance
of all water conditioning contracting or installing work done within the state. The bond shall be
for the benefit of persons suffering injuries or damages due to the work. The bond shall be filed
with the commissioner of health and shall be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business
in this state. No applicant for a water conditioning contractor or installer license who maintains
the bond under this subdivision shall be otherwise required to meet the bond requirements of
any political subdivision.
    Subd. 2. Insurance. Each applicant for a water conditioning contractor or installer license
or renewal thereof may, in lieu of all other insurance requirements of any political subdivision
for said licensing purposes, maintain the insurance specified by this subdivision. The insurance
shall provide coverage, including products liability coverage, for all damages in connection with
licensed work for which the licensee is liable, with personal damage limits of at least $50,000
per person and $100,000 per occurrence and property damage insurance with limits of at least
$10,000. The insurance shall be written by an insurer licensed to do business in this state and each
licensed water conditioning contractor or installer shall maintain on file with the commissioner
of health a certificate evidencing the insurance. The insurance shall not be canceled without the
insurer first giving 15 days' written notice to the commissioner.
    Subd. 3. Bond and insurance exemption. A water conditioning contractor or installer who
is an employee of a water conditioning contractor or installer, including an employee engaged in
the maintenance and repair of water conditioning equipment, apparatus, or facilities owned, leased
and operated, or maintained by the employer, is not required to meet the bond and insurance
requirements of subdivisions 1 and 2 or of any political subdivision.
    Subd. 4. Fee. The commissioner of health may establish by rule an additional fee
commensurate with the cost of administering the bond and insurance requirements of subdivisions
1 and 2, which may be charged each applicant for issuance or renewal of a water conditioning
contractor or installer license who elects to proceed under subdivisions 1 and 2.
History: 1980 c 614 s 134; 1986 c 444

326.61 DEFINITIONS; RULES.
    Subdivision 1. Water conditioning installation. "Water conditioning installation" as used
in sections 326.57 to 326.65 means the installation of appliances, appurtenances, and fixtures
designed to treat water so as to alter, modify, add or remove mineral, chemical or bacterial
content, said installation to be made in a water distribution system serving a single family
residential unit, which has been initially established by a licensed plumber, and does not involve
a direct connection without an air gap to a soil or waste pipe.
    Subd. 2. Water conditioning servicing. "Water conditioning servicing" as used in sections
326.57 to 326.65 means the servicing (including servicing prior to installation) of a water
conditioning installation.
    Subd. 3. Rules. In order to provide effective protection of the public health, the state
commissioner of health may by rule prescribe limitations on the nature of alteration to, extension
of, or connection with, the said water distribution system initially established by a licensed
plumber which may be performed by a person licensed hereunder, and may by rule in appropriate
instances require filing of plans, blueprints and specifications prior to commencement of
installation. Such rules, upon approval of the attorney general and their legal publication, shall
have the force of law, and the violation of any part thereof shall constitute a misdemeanor. The
installation of water heaters shall not constitute water conditioning installation and consequently
such work shall be accomplished in accordance with the provisions of sections 326.37 to 326.45.
    Subd. 4. Single family residential unit. "Single family residential unit" as used in sections
326.57 to 326.65 means a building or portion thereof which is arranged, designed, used or
intended to be used for residential occupancy by one family, but not including a motel, hotel or
rooming house.
History: 1969 c 898 s 5; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1

326.62 APPLICATIONS; FEES.
Applications for water conditioning contractor's or installer's licenses shall be made to the
state commissioner of health with the fee prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to section
144.122. Licenses shall expire and be renewed as prescribed by the commissioner pursuant to
section 144.122.
History: 1969 c 898 s 6; 1974 c 471 s 17; 1975 c 310 s 32; 1977 c 305 s 45

326.63 [Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]

326.64 FEES DEPOSITED.
All fees received under sections 326.57 to 326.65 shall be deposited by the state
commissioner of health to the credit of the general fund in the state treasury. The salaries of the
necessary employees of the commissioner and the per diem of the inspectors and examiners
hereinbefore provided, their expenses and the incidental expenses of the commissioner in carrying
out the provisions of sections 326.57 to 326.65 shall be paid from the appropriations made to the
state commissioner of health but no expense or claim shall be incurred or paid in excess of the
amount received from the fees herein provided.
History: 1969 c 898 s 8; 1975 c 204 s 83; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1

326.65 STATE LICENSE; EXAMINATION; APPLICATION; EXEMPTION.
The provisions of sections 326.57 to 326.65 which require the obtaining of licenses to
engage in the work or business of water conditioning installation, and the provisions which
provide for the examination of applicants for such licenses, shall only apply to work accomplished
in cities or towns having populations of 5,000 or more and shall not apply to master plumbers and
journeymen plumbers licensed under the provisions of sections 326.37 to 326.45.
History: 1969 c 898 s 9; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1

326.66 [Repealed, 1988 c 629 s 64]

326.70 TITLE.
Sections 326.70 to 326.81 may be cited as the "Asbestos Abatement Act."
History: 1987 c 303 s 1; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16

326.71 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 326.70 to
326.81.
    Subd. 2. Asbestos. "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of chrysotile (serpentine),
crocidolite (riebeckite), amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), anthophyllite, tremolite, and
actinolite.
    Subd. 3. Asbestos-containing material. "Asbestos-containing material" means material that
contains more than one percent asbestos by microscopic visual estimation by area.
    Subd. 4. Asbestos-related work. "Asbestos-related work" means the enclosure, removal, or
encapsulation of asbestos-containing material in a quantity that meets or exceeds 260 linear feet
of friable asbestos-containing material on pipes, 160 square feet of friable asbestos-containing
material on other facility components, or, if linear feet or square feet cannot be measured, a
total of 35 cubic feet of friable asbestos-containing material on or off all facility components
in one facility. In the case of single or multifamily residences, "asbestos-related work" also
means the enclosure, removal, or encapsulation of greater than ten but less than 260 linear
feet of friable asbestos-containing material on pipes, greater than six but less than 160 square
feet of friable asbestos-containing material on other facility components, or, if linear feet or
square feet cannot be measured, greater than one cubic foot but less than 35 cubic feet of friable
asbestos-containing material on or off all facility components in one facility. This provision
excludes asbestos-containing floor tiles and sheeting, roofing materials, siding, and all ceilings
with asbestos-containing material in single family residences and buildings with no more than
four dwelling units. Asbestos-related work includes asbestos abatement area preparation;
enclosure, removal, or encapsulation operations; and an air quality monitoring specified in rule to
assure that the abatement and adjacent areas are not contaminated with asbestos fibers during the
project and after completion.
For purposes of this subdivision, the quantity of asbestos containing material applies
separately for every project.
    Subd. 4a. Asbestos inspector. "Asbestos inspector" means an individual who inspects a
site for the presence and condition of asbestos-containing material, or who reinspects a site to
assess the condition of previously identified asbestos-containing material or the presence of
other asbestos-containing material.
    Subd. 4b. Asbestos management activity. "Asbestos management activity" means
the performance of periodic inspections to determine the existence and condition of
asbestos-containing material, the development of site specific written programs for the
maintenance of asbestos-containing material in a condition which prevents the release of asbestos
fibers, the development of site specific written programs governing response procedures in the
event of an asbestos fiber release episode, and the development of project specifications for
asbestos-related work projects.
    Subd. 4c. Asbestos management planner. "Asbestos management planner" means an
individual who develops a written site specific asbestos-containing material maintenance plan and
a written site specific asbestos fiber release episode response plan addressing asbestos-containing
material at the site.
    Subd. 4d. Asbestos project designer. "Asbestos project designer" means an individual who
designs the asbestos-related work project specifications.
    Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health.
    Subd. 6. Contracting entity. "Contracting entity" means a public or private body, board,
natural person, corporation, partnership, proprietorship, joint venture, fund, authority, or similar
entity that contracts with a person to do asbestos-related work or asbestos management activity
for the benefit of the contracting entity.
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1993 c 303 s 21]
    Subd. 8. Person. "Person" means an individual, body, board, corporation, partnership,
proprietorship, joint venture, fund, authority, or similar entity. This term also applies to the state,
its political subdivisions, and any boards, commissions, schools, institutions, or authorities
created or recognized by them.
History: 1987 c 303 s 2; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16; 1993 c 303 s 1-9; 1994 c 567 s 19; 1995 c
165 s 12; 1995 c 185 s 6; 1997 c 205 s 32,33; 1Sp1997 c 5 s 1

326.72 ASBESTOS LICENSE.
    Subdivision 1. When license required. A person within the state intending to
directly perform or cause to be performed through subcontracting or similar delegation any
asbestos-related work either for financial gain or with respect to the person's own property shall
first apply for and obtain a license from the commissioner. The license shall be in writing, be
dated when issued, contain an expiration date, be signed by the commissioner, and give the name
and address of the person to whom it is issued.
The domiciled owner of a single family residence is not required to hold a license or pay a
project permit fee to conduct asbestos-related work in the domiciled residence.
    Subd. 2. Display of license. Licensees shall post a project permit, obtained from the
commissioner after compliance with the provisions of section 326.74 and rules promulgated
under section 326.78, in a conspicuous place outside of the asbestos work area. The actual
license or a copy shall be readily available at the work site for inspection by the commissioner,
other public officials charged with the health, safety, and welfare of the state's citizens, and
the contracting entity.
History: 1987 c 303 s 3; 1993 c 303 s 10; 1997 c 205 s 34

326.73 ASBESTOS CERTIFICATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Asbestos-related work certification. Before an individual performs
asbestos-related work, the individual shall first obtain a certificate from the commissioner
certifying that the individual is qualified to perform the work. No certificate shall be issued
unless the individual has shown evidence of training or experience in the general commercial
construction trades, has taken a course of training in asbestos control and removal, passed an
examination in those subjects, and demonstrated to the commissioner the ability to perform
asbestos-related work safely in accordance with the current state-of-the-art technology. The
commissioner shall specify the course of training necessary. The certificate issued by the
commissioner shall be in writing, be dated when issued, contain an expiration date, be signed
by the commissioner, and contain the name and address of the individual to whom it is issued.
The certificate shall be carried by the individual and be readily available for inspection by the
commissioner, other public officials charged with the health, safety, and welfare of the state's
citizens, and the contracting entity.
    Subd. 2. Asbestos inspector certification. Before an individual performs an asbestos
inspection, the individual shall first obtain a certificate from the commissioner. The commissioner
shall issue an asbestos inspector certificate to an individual who has shown evidence of completion
of training on asbestos inspection specified by the commissioner in rule, passed an examination in
that subject, and has shown evidence of experience as required by rule. The certificate issued by
the commissioner shall be in writing, be dated when issued, contain an expiration date, be signed
by the commissioner, and contain the name and address of the individual to whom it is issued.
    Subd. 3. Asbestos management planner certification. Before an individual develops an
asbestos management plan, the individual shall first obtain a certificate from the commissioner.
The commissioner shall issue an asbestos management planner certificate to an individual
who has shown evidence of completion of training on asbestos management plan development
specified by the commissioner in rule, passed an examination in that subject, and has shown
evidence of experience as required by rule. The certificate issued by the commissioner shall be in
writing, be dated when issued, contain an expiration date, be signed by the commissioner, and
contain the name and address of the individual to whom it is issued.
    Subd. 4. Asbestos project designer certification. Before an individual designs an
asbestos-related work project, the individual shall first obtain a certificate from the commissioner.
The commissioner shall issue an asbestos project designer certificate to an individual who
has shown evidence of completion of training on asbestos project design specified by the
commissioner in rule, passed an examination in that subject, and has shown evidence of
experience as required by rule. The certificate issued by the commissioner shall be in writing,
be dated when issued, contain an expiration date, be signed by the commissioner, and contain
the name and address of the individual to whom it is issued.
History: 1987 c 303 s 4; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 233; 1993 c 303 s 11

326.74 REPORTING ASBESTOS WORK.
Written notice shall be given to the commissioner of an asbestos-related work project by the
person holding the license issued under section 326.72, subdivision 1. Unless the project is an
emergency project, the notice shall be given to the commissioner at least five calendar days before
the project begins. The notice shall contain the following information:
(1) a brief description of the work to be performed;
(2) the name of the contracting entity;
(3) the location and address of the project work site;
(4) the approximate duration of the project;
(5) the approximate amount of the asbestos involved in the project;
(6) the name of any project manager; and
(7) other information required by the commissioner.
History: 1987 c 303 s 5; 1993 c 303 s 12; 1997 c 205 s 35

326.75 FEES.
    Subdivision 1. Licensing fee. A person required to be licensed under section 326.72 shall,
before receipt of the license and before causing asbestos-related work to be performed, pay the
commissioner an annual license fee of $100.
    Subd. 2. Certification fee. An individual required to be certified under section 326.73,
subdivision 1 , shall pay the commissioner a certification fee of $50 before the issuance of the
certificate. The commissioner may establish by rule fees required before the issuance of asbestos
inspector, asbestos management planner, and asbestos project designer certificates required under
section 326.73, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4.
    Subd. 3. Permit fee. Five calendar days before beginning asbestos-related work, a person
shall pay a project permit fee to the commissioner equal to one percent of the total costs of the
asbestos-related work. For asbestos-related work performed in single or multifamily residences,
of greater than ten but less than 260 linear feet of asbestos-containing material on pipes, or
greater than six but less than 160 square feet of asbestos-containing material on other facility
components, a person shall pay a project permit fee of $35 to the commissioner.
    Subd. 3a. Asbestos-related training course permit fee. The commissioner shall establish
by rule a permit fee to be paid by a training course provider on application for a training course
permit or renewal of a permit of each asbestos-related training course required for certification
or registration.
    Subd. 4. Deposit of fees. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the state
government special revenue fund.
History: 1987 c 303 s 6; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 13; 1993 c 303 s 13; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 73;
1994 c 567 s 20; 1995 c 165 s 13

326.76 DUTIES OF CONTRACTING ENTITIES.
A contracting entity intending to have asbestos-related work or asbestos management
activity performed for its benefit shall include in the specifications and contracts for the work a
requirement that the work be performed by contractors and subcontractors licensed or certified by
the commissioner under sections 326.70 to 326.81 and in accordance with rules prescribed by the
commissioner related to asbestos-related work and asbestos management activity. No contracting
entity shall allow asbestos-related work or asbestos management activity to be performed for its
benefit unless it has seen that the person has a valid license or certificate. A contracting entity's
failure to comply with this section does not relieve a person from any responsibilities under
sections 326.70 to 326.81.
History: 1987 c 303 s 7; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16; 1993 c 303 s 14; 1997 c 205 s 36

326.77 INDOOR AIR STANDARD.
(a) The commissioner may adopt rules establishing an indoor air standard for asbestos.
(b) Until the rules become effective, asbestos remaining in the air following the completion
of an abatement project shall not exceed .01 fibers greater than five microns in length per cubic
centimeter of air.
History: 1987 c 303 s 8

326.78 DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.
    Subdivision 1. Rulemaking. The commissioner shall adopt and begin enforcement of rules
necessary to implement sections 326.70 to 326.81. The rules adopted shall not be duplicative of
rules adopted by the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry. The rules shall
include rules in the following areas:
(1) application, enclosure, removal, and encapsulation procedures;
(2) license and certificate qualification requirements;
(3) examinations for obtaining a license and certificate;
(4) training necessary for individual certification;
(5) qualifications for managers of asbestos-related work projects;
(6) asbestos-related work and asbestos management activity specifications;
(7) any contractor bonding and insurance requirements deemed necessary by the
commissioner;
(8) license and certificate issuance and revocation procedures;
(9) suspension or revocation of licenses or certificates;
(10) license and certificate suspension and revocation criteria;
(11) cleanup standards;
(12) continuing education requirements; and
(13) other rules necessary to implement sections 326.70 to 326.81.
    Subd. 2. Issuance of licenses and certificates. The commissioner may issue licenses to
persons and certificates to individuals who meet the criteria in sections 326.70 to 326.81 and the
commissioner's rules. Licenses shall be valid for 12 months. Certificates shall be valid for 12
months after the completion date on the approved training course diploma.
    Subd. 3. Delegation. The commissioner may, in writing, delegate the inspection and
enforcement authority granted in sections 326.70 to 326.81 to other state agencies regulating
asbestos.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]
    Subd. 5. Subpoenas. In matters under investigation by or pending before the commissioner
under sections 326.70 to 326.81, the commissioner may issue subpoenas and compel the
attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, records, documents, and other
relevant evidentiary material. A person failing or refusing to comply with the subpoena or order
may, upon application by the commissioner to the district court in any district, be ordered by the
court to comply with the order or subpoena. The commissioner may also administer oaths and
affirmations to witnesses. Depositions may be taken within or without the state in the manner
provided by law for the taking of depositions in civil actions. A subpoena or other process or
paper may be served upon any person anywhere within the state by an officer authorized to
serve subpoenas in civil actions, with the same fees and mileage costs paid, and in the manner
as prescribed by law, for process of the state district courts. Fees and mileage and other costs of
persons subpoenaed by the commissioner shall be paid in the manner prescribed for proceedings
in district court.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]
    Subd. 7.[Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]
    Subd. 8.[Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]
    Subd. 9. Penalties. A person who violates any of the requirements of sections 326.70 to
326.81 or any requirement, rule, or order issued under those sections is subject to a civil penalty
of not more than $10,000 per day of violation. Penalties may be recovered in a civil action in the
name of the state brought by the attorney general.
History: 1987 c 303 s 9; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 183; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16; 1993 c 303 s 15;
1994 c 465 art 3 s 70; 1995 c 165 s 14,15; 1995 c 186 s 119; 1997 c 205 s 37

326.785 ASBESTOS CONTAINMENT BARRIERS.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 4620.3568, subparts 1 to 4, containment barriers, in
the case of tunnel abatement enclosures, are limited to double critical barriers.
History: 1990 c 381 s 1; 1993 c 303 s 16; 1997 c 205 s 38

326.79 [Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]

326.80 [Repealed, 1993 c 206 s 25]

326.81 DISCRIMINATION; SANCTIONS.
A person who discriminates against or otherwise sanctions an employee who complains to
or cooperates with the commissioner in administering sections 326.70 to 326.81 is guilty of
a misdemeanor.
History: 1987 c 303 s 12; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 16; 1993 c 303 s 19

326.82 [Repealed, 1990 c 594 art 3 s 15]

326.83 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 326.83 to
326.98.
    Subd. 2. Affiliate. An "affiliate" of another person means any person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the other person.
    Subd. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.
    Subd. 4. Council. "Council" means the builders state advisory council.
    Subd. 5. Gross annual receipts. "Gross annual receipts" means the total amount derived
from residential contracting or remodeling activities, regardless of where the activities are
performed, and must not be reduced by cost of goods sold, expenses, losses, or any other amount.
    Subd. 6. Lessee. "Lessee" means one who rents residential real estate pursuant to a written
lease agreement of at least one year's duration.
    Subd. 7. Licensee. "Licensee" means a residential building contractor, residential remodeler,
manufactured home installer, or roofer licensed under sections 326.83 to 326.991.
    Subd. 8. Manufactured home. "Manufactured home" has the meaning given it in section
327.31, subdivision 6.
    Subd. 9. Manufactured home installer. "Manufactured home installer" has the meaning
given it in section 327.31, subdivision 11.
    Subd. 10. Mechanical contractor. "Mechanical contractor" means a person, sole proprietor,
partnership, joint venture, corporation, or other organization which is in the business of erection,
installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of any
heating, ventilating, cooling, process piping, plumbing, fire protection, or refrigeration systems,
incinerators, or other miscellaneous heat-producing appliance, piping, or equipment or appliances
associated with those systems.
    Subd. 11. Owner. Except in section 326.91, subdivision 1, "owner" means a person who
has any legal or equitable interest in real property. For purposes of sections 326.83 to 326.991,
"owner" does not include a residential building contractor or residential remodeler who constructs
or improves its own property for purposes of speculation. A residential building contractor or
residential remodeler will be presumed to be building or improving for purposes of speculation if
it constructs or improves more than one property within any 24-month period.
    Subd. 12. Person. "Person" means a natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability
company, corporation, or association, and the officers, directors, employees, or agents of that
person.
    Subd. 13. Public member. "Public member" means a person who is not, and never was, a
residential building contractor, residential remodeler, residential roofer, or specialty contractor or
the spouse of such person, or a person who has no, or never has had a, material financial interest
in acting as a residential building contractor, residential remodeler, or specialty contractor or
a directly related activity.
    Subd. 14. Qualifying person. "Qualifying person" means the individual who fulfills the
examination and education requirements for licensure on behalf of the licensee.
    Subd. 15. Residential building contractor. "Residential building contractor" means a
person in the business of building residential real estate, or of contracting or offering to contract
with an owner to build residential real estate, by providing two or more special skills as defined
in this section. A residential building contractor may also contract or offer to contract with an
owner to improve existing residential real estate.
    Subd. 16. Residential remodeler. "Residential remodeler" means a person in the business of
contracting or offering to contract with an owner to improve existing residential real estate by
providing two or more special skills as defined in this section.
    Subd. 17. Residential real estate. "Residential real estate" means a new or existing building
constructed for habitation by one to four families, and includes detached garages.
    Subd. 18. Roofer. "Roofer" means a person in the business of contracting, or offering to
contract with an owner, to complete work on residential real estate in roof coverings, roof
sheathing, roof weatherproofing and insulation, and repair of roof systems, but not construction
of new roof systems.
    Subd. 19. Special skill. "Special skill" means one of the following eight categories:
(a) Excavation. Excavation includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) excavation;
(2) trenching;
(3) grading; and
(4) site grading.
(b) Masonry and concrete. Masonry and concrete includes work in any of the following
areas:
(1) drain systems;
(2) poured walls;
(3) slabs and poured-in-place footings;
(4) masonry walls;
(5) masonry fireplaces;
(6) masonry veneer; and
(7) water resistance and waterproofing.
(c) Carpentry. Carpentry includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) rough framing;
(2) finish carpentry;
(3) doors, windows, and skylights;
(4) porches and decks, excluding footings;
(5) wood foundations; and
(6) drywall installation, excluding taping and finishing.
(d) Interior finishing. Interior finishing includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) floor covering;
(2) wood floors;
(3) cabinet and counter top installation;
(4) insulation and vapor barriers;
(5) interior or exterior painting;
(6) ceramic, marble, and quarry tile;
(7) ornamental guardrail and installation of prefabricated stairs; and
(8) wallpapering.
(e) Exterior finishing. Exterior finishing includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) siding;
(2) soffit, fascia, and trim;
(3) exterior plaster and stucco;
(4) painting; and
(5) rain carrying systems, including gutters and down spouts.
(f) Drywall and plaster. Drywall and plaster includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) installation;
(2) taping;
(3) finishing;
(4) interior plaster;
(5) painting; and
(6) wallpapering.
(g) Roofing. Roofing includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) roof coverings;
(2) roof sheathing;
(3) roof weatherproofing and insulation; and
(4) repair of roof support system, but not construction of new roof support system.
(h) General installation specialties. Installation includes work in any of the following areas:
(1) garage doors and openers;
(2) pools, spas, and hot tubs;
(3) fireplaces and wood stoves;
(4) asphalt paving and seal coating;
(5) exterior plaster and stucco; and
(6) ornamental guardrail and prefabricated stairs.
    Subd. 20. Specialty contractor. "Specialty contractor" means a person in the business of
contracting or offering to contract to build or improve residential real estate by providing one
special skill as defined in this section.
    Subd. 21. Garage. "Garage" means a structure attached to or in reasonable proximity
to a dwelling, which is used or intended to be used primarily for the protection or storage of
automobiles or other personal vehicles owned or driven by the occupants of the dwelling.
History: 1991 c 306 s 7; 1993 c 9 s 1-3; 1993 c 145 s 2-4; 1993 c 245 s 2-13; 1993 c 366 s
18; 1995 c 169 s 1,2; 1997 c 222 s 45,46; 1999 c 137 s 6

326.84 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Persons required to be licensed. A person who meets the definition of
a residential remodeler as defined in section 326.83, subdivision 16, or a residential building
contractor as defined in section 326.83, subdivision 15, must be licensed as a residential building
contractor or residential remodeler.
    Subd. 1a. Persons who may be licensed. A person who meets the definition of a specialty
contractor as defined in section 326.83, subdivision 20, may be licensed as a residential building
contractor or residential remodeler unless required to be licensed by the state as a specialty
contractor.
    Subd. 1b. Prohibition. Except as provided in subdivision 3, no persons required to be
licensed by subdivision 1 may act or hold themselves out as residential building contractors or
residential remodelers for compensation without a valid license issued by the commissioner.
    Subd. 1c. Licensing criteria. The examination and education requirements for licensure
under sections 326.84 to 326.991 must be fulfilled by a qualifying person designated by the
potential licensee. If the qualifying person is a managing employee, the qualifying person must
be an employee who is regularly employed by the licensee and is actively engaged in the
business of residential contracting or residential remodeling on behalf of the licensee. For a
sole proprietorship, the qualifying person must be the proprietor or managing employee. For a
partnership, the qualifying person must be a general partner or managing employee. For a limited
liability company, the qualifying person must be a chief manager or managing employee. For a
corporation, the qualifying person must be a chief executive officer or managing employee. A
qualifying person for a corporation may act as a qualifying person for one additional corporation
if one of the following conditions exists:
(1) there is a common ownership of at least 25 percent of each licensed corporation for
which the person acts in a qualifying capacity; or
(2) one corporation is a subsidiary of another corporation for which the same person acts in a
qualifying capacity. "Subsidiary," as used in this section, means a corporation of which at least 25
percent is owned by the parent corporation.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1993 c 245 s 40]
    Subd. 3. Exemptions. The license requirement does not apply to:
(1) an employee of a licensee performing work for the licensee;
(2) a material person, manufacturer, or retailer furnishing finished products, materials, or
articles of merchandise who does not install or attach the items;
(3) an owner or owners of residential real estate who build or improve residential real estate
and who do the work themselves or jointly with the owner's own bona fide employees. This
exemption does not apply to a person who engages in a pattern of building or improving real
estate for purposes of resale. Such a pattern is presumed to exist if the person constructs or
improves more than one property within any 24-month period;
(4) an architect or engineer engaging in professional practice as defined in this chapter;
(5) a person whose total gross annual receipts from projects regulated under this section do
not exceed $15,000;
(6) a mechanical contractor;
(7) a plumber, electrician, or other person whose profession is otherwise subject to statewide
licensing, when engaged in the activity which is the subject of licensure;
(8) specialty contractors who provide only one special skill as defined in section 326.83;
(9) a school district, or a technical college governed under chapter 136F;
(10) manufactured housing installers; and
(11) Habitat for Humanity and Builders Outreach Foundation, and their individual volunteers
when engaged in activities on their behalf.
To qualify for the exemption in clause (5), a person must obtain a certificate of exemption
from licensing from the commissioner.
A certificate of exemption will be issued upon the applicant's filing with the commissioner,
an affidavit stating that the applicant does not expect to exceed $15,000 in gross annual receipts
derived from contracting activities during the calendar year for which the exemption is requested.
To renew the exemption in clause (5), the applicant must file an affidavit stating that the
applicant did not exceed $15,000 in gross annual receipts during the past calendar year, and the
applicant does not expect to exceed $15,000 in gross annual receipts during the calendar year for
which the exemption is requested.
If a person, operating under the exemption in clause (5), exceeds $15,000 in gross receipts
during any calendar year, the person must immediately surrender the exemption certificate and
apply for the appropriate license. The person must remain licensed until such time as the person's
gross annual receipts during a calendar year fall below $15,000. The person may then apply
for this exemption for the next calendar year.
History: 1991 c 306 s 8; 1993 c 245 s 14,15; 1995 c 169 s 3; 1996 c 395 s 18; 1997 c 222 s 47

326.841 MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLERS.
Manufactured home installers are subject to all of the requirements of sections 326.83
to 326.98, except for the following:
(1) manufactured home installers are not members of the advisory council under section
326.85;
(2) manufactured home installers are not subject to the continuing education requirements of
section 326.87;
(3) the examination requirement of section 326.89, subdivision 3, for manufactured home
installers shall be satisfied by successful completion of a written examination designed specifically
for manufactured home installers. The examination must be designed by the commissioner in
conjunction with the state building code division. The commissioner and State Building Code
Division shall seek advice on the grading, monitoring, and updating of examinations from the
Minnesota Manufactured Housing Association;
(4) the amount of the bond required by section 326.94 shall be $2,500 for manufactured
home installers;
(5) a local government unit may not place a surcharge on a license fee, and may not charge
a separate fee to installers;
(6) a dealer or distributor who does not install or repair manufactured homes is exempt from
licensure under sections 326.83 to 326.98; and
(7) the exemption under section 326.84, subdivision 3, clause (5), does not apply.
History: 1993 c 9 s 4; 1997 c 206 s 11

326.842 ROOFERS.
Roofers are subject to all of the requirements of sections 326.83 to 326.98 and 326.991,
except the recovery fund in section 326.975.
History: 1993 c 145 s 5; 1993 c 366 s 19

326.85 ADVISORY COUNCIL.
    Subdivision 1. Builders Advisory Council. The commissioner shall appoint eight persons
to the Builders Advisory Council. At least three members of the council must reside in greater
Minnesota, as defined in section 116O.02, subdivision 5. At least one member of the council must
be a residential building contractor, one a residential remodeler, one a specialty contractor, one a
representative of the commissioner, one a local building official, one a public member, and one a
representative of organized labor designated by the AFL-CIO, this member shall not be subject to
the membership term limits under section 15.059.
    Subd. 2. Membership terms. The membership terms, compensation, removal, and filling
of vacancies of the council are as provided in section 15.059.
    Subd. 3. Duties. The council shall advise the commissioner on matters related to sections
326.83 to 326.98.
    Subd. 4. Nonexpiration. The council is not subject to the expiration provisions of section
15.059, subdivision 5.
History: 1991 c 306 s 9; 1993 c 245 s 16; 1997 c 222 s 48

326.86 FEES.
    Subdivision 1. Licensing fee. The licensing fee for persons licensed pursuant to sections
326.83 to 326.991 is $100 per year.
    Subd. 2. Local surcharge. A local government unit may place a surcharge in an amount no
greater than $5 on each building permit that requires a licensed residential building contractor,
residential remodeler, or specialty contractor for the purpose of license verification. The local
government may verify a license by telephone or facsimile machine.
History: 1991 c 306 s 10; 1993 c 245 s 17; 1996 c 305 art 3 s 34; 1997 c 200 art 1 s 72;
1999 c 223 art 2 s 46; 1999 c 250 art 3 s 28

326.87 CONTINUING EDUCATION.
    Subdivision 1. Standards. The commissioner, in consultation with the council, may adopt
standards for continuing education requirements and course approval. The standards must include
requirements for continuing education in the implementation of energy codes applicable to
buildings and other building codes designed to conserve energy. Except for the course content,
the standards must be consistent with the standards established for real estate agents and other
professions licensed by the Department of Commerce. At a minimum, the content of one hour of
any required continuing education must contain information on lead abatement rules and safe
lead abatement procedures.
    Subd. 2. Hours. A qualifying person of a licensee must provide proof of completion of seven
hours of continuing education per year. To the extent the commissioner considers it appropriate,
courses or parts of courses may be considered to satisfy both continuing education requirements
under this section and continuing real estate education requirements.
    Subd. 3. Accessibility. To the extent possible, the commissioner shall ensure that continuing
education courses are offered throughout the state and are easily accessible to all licensees.
    Subd. 4. Renewal of accreditation. The commissioner is authorized to establish a procedure
for renewal of course accreditation.
History: 1991 c 306 s 11; 1992 c 522 s 23; 1992 c 595 s 25; 1992 c 597 s 17; 1993 c 245
s 18; 1996 c 439 art 4 s 2

326.875 NOTICE OF CHANGE.
Written notice must be given to the commissioner by each licensee of any change in personal
name, trade name, qualifying person, address, or business location not later than 15 business
days after the change. The commissioner shall issue an amended license, if required, for the
unexpired period.
History: 1993 c 245 s 19

326.88 LOSS OF QUALIFYING PERSON.
Upon the departure or disqualification of a licensee's qualifying person because of death,
disability, retirement, position change, or other reason, the licensee must notify the commissioner
within 15 business days. The licensee shall have 120 days from the departure of the qualifying
person to obtain a new qualifying person. Failure to secure a new qualifying person within 120
days will result in the automatic termination of the license.
History: 1991 c 306 s 12; 1993 c 245 s 20

326.89 APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION.
    Subdivision 1. Form. An applicant for a license under sections 326.83 to 326.98 must
submit an application to the commissioner, under oath, on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
Within 30 business days of receiving all required information, the commissioner must act on the
license request. If one of the categories in the application does not apply, the applicant must state
the reason. The commissioner may refuse to issue a license if the application is not complete or
contains unsatisfactory information.
    Subd. 2. Contents. The application must include the following information regarding the
applicant:
(1) Minnesota workers' compensation insurance certificate;
(2) employment insurance account number;
(3) certificate of liability insurance;
(4) type of license requested;
(5) name and address of the applicant:
(i) name and address of the applicant's qualifying person, if other than applicant; and
(ii) if the applicant is a sole proprietorship, the name and address of the sole proprietor; if
the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each partner; if the applicant is a limited
liability company, the name and address of each governor and manager; if the applicant is a
corporation, the name and address of each of the corporate officers, directors, and all shareholders
holding more than ten percent of the outstanding stock in the corporation;
(6) whether the applicant, any employee, or qualifying person has ever been licensed in this
or any other state and has had a professional or vocational license refused, suspended, or revoked,
or has been the subject of any administrative action;
(7) whether the applicant, qualifying person, or any of the applicant's corporate or partnership
directors, limited liability company governors, officers, limited or general partners, managers, all
shareholders holding more than ten percent of the share of the corporation that have been issued,
or all members holding more than ten percent of the voting power of the membership interests
that have been issued, has been convicted of a crime that either related directly to the business for
which the license is sought or involved fraud, misrepresentation, or misuse of funds; has suffered
a judgment in a civil action involving fraud, misrepresentation, negligence, or breach of contract,
or conversion within the ten years prior to the submission of the application; or has had any
government license or permit suspended or revoked as a result of an action brought by a federal,
state, or local governmental unit or agency in this or any other state;
(8) the applicant's and qualifying person's business history for the past five years and whether
the applicant, any employee, or qualifying person has ever filed for bankruptcy or protection from
creditors or has any unsatisfied judgments against the applicant, employee, or qualifying person;
(9) where the applicant is a firm, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company,
corporation, or association, whether there has been a sale or transfer of the business or other
change in ownership, control, or name in the last five years and the details thereof, and the
names and addresses of all prior, predecessor, subsidiary, affiliated, parent, or related entities,
and whether each such entity, or its owners, officers, directors, members or shareholders holding
more than ten percent of the stock, or an employee has ever taken or been subject to an action
that is subject to clause (6), (7), or (8) in the last ten years; and
(10) whether the qualifying person is the qualifying person for more than one licensee.
For purposes of this subdivision, "applicant" includes employees who exercise management
or policy control over the residential contracting and remodeling activities in the state of
Minnesota, including affiliates, partners, directors, governors, officers, limited or general partners,
managers, all shareholders holding more than ten percent of the shares that have been issued, a
shareholder holding more than ten percent of the voting power of the shares that have been issued,
or all members holding more than ten percent of the membership interests that have been issued
or more than ten percent of the voting power of the membership interests that have been issued.
The commissioner may require further information as the commissioner deems appropriate
to administer the provisions and further the purposes of this chapter.
    Subd. 3. Examination. (a) Each qualifying person must satisfactorily complete a written
examination for the type of license requested. The commissioner may establish the examination
qualifications, including related education experience and education, the examination procedure,
and the examination for each licensing group. The examination must include at a minimum
the following areas:
(1) appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used and the knowledge of
reference materials and code books to be used for technical information; and
(2) understanding of the general principles of business management and other pertinent
state laws.
(b) Each examination must be designed for the specified type of license requested. The
council shall advise the commissioner on the grading, monitoring, and updating of examinations.
(c) A person's passing examination results expire two years from the examination date. A
person who passes the examination but does not choose to apply to act as a qualifying person for a
licensee within two years from the examination date, must, upon application provide:
(1) passing examination results within two years from the date of application; or
(2) proof that the person has fulfilled the continuing education requirements in section
326.87 in the manner required for a qualifying person of a licensee for each license period after
the expiration of the examination results.
    Subd. 3a.[Repealed, 1999 c 137 s 11]
    Subd. 4. Competency skills. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the council,
determine the competency skills and installation knowledge required for the licensing of specialty
contractors.
    Subd. 5. Exemption. A general retailer whose primary business is not being a residential
building contractor, remodeler, or specialty contractor and who has completed a comparable
license examination in another state is exempt from subdivisions 3 and 4 and sections 326.87
and 326.88.
    Subd. 6. Additional licensing requirements. As an alternative to denying an application
for licensure pursuant to section 326.91, subdivision 1, the commissioner may, as a condition
of licensure and based upon information received pursuant to section 326.89, subdivision 2,
clauses (6) to (8), or a finding pursuant to section 326.91, subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (9), impose
additional insurance, bonding, reporting, record keeping, and other requirements on the applicant
as are reasonable to protect the public.
History: 1991 c 306 s 13; 1993 c 245 s 21-24; 1999 c 137 s 7

326.90 LOCAL LICENSES.
    Subdivision 1. Local license prohibited. Except as provided in sections 326.90, subdivision
2 , and 326.991, a political subdivision may not require a person licensed under sections 326.83
to 326.991 to also be licensed or pay a registration or other fee related to licensure under any
ordinance, law, rule, or regulation of the political subdivision. This section does not prohibit
charges for building permits or other charges not directly related to licensure.
    Subd. 2. Exception. This section does not prohibit a political subdivision from requiring
licensure or certification under any ordinance, law, rule, or regulation of the political subdivision
for persons who engage in the installation of an on-site sewage treatment system.
History: 1991 c 306 s 14; 1993 c 245 s 25; 2001 c 207 s 7

326.91 DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES.
    Subdivision 1. Cause. The commissioner may by order deny, suspend, or revoke any license
or may censure a licensee, and may impose a civil penalty as provided for in section 45.027,
subdivision 6 , if the commissioner finds that the order is in the public interest, and that the
applicant, licensee, or affiliate of an applicant or licensee, or other agent, owner, partner, director,
governor, shareholder, member, officer, qualifying person, or managing employee of the applicant
or licensee or any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions:
(1) has filed an application for a license which is incomplete in any material respect or
contains any statement which, in light of the circumstances under which it is made, is false or
misleading with respect to any material fact;
(2) has engaged in a fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest practice;
(3) is permanently or temporarily enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction from
engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice involving any aspect of the business;
(4) has failed to reasonably supervise employees, agents, subcontractors, or salespersons, or
has performed negligently or in breach of contract, so as to cause injury or harm to the public;
(5) has violated or failed to comply with any provision of sections 326.83 to 326.98 or any
rule or order under sections 326.83 to 326.98;
(6) has been shown to be incompetent, untrustworthy, or financially irresponsible;
(7) has been convicted of a violation of the State Building Code or, in jurisdictions that do
not enforce the State Building Code, has refused to correct a violation of the State Building Code
when the violation has been certified by a Minnesota licensed structural engineer;
(8) has failed to use the proceeds of any payment made to the licensee for the construction of,
or any improvement to, residential real estate, as defined in section 326.83, subdivision 17, for the
payment of labor, skill, material, and machinery contributed to the construction or improvement,
knowing that the cost of any labor performed, or skill, material, or machinery furnished for
the improvement remains unpaid;
(9) has not furnished to the person making payment either a valid lien waiver as to any
unpaid labor performed, or skill, material, or machinery furnished for an improvement, or a
payment bond in the basic amount of the contract price for the improvement conditioned for the
prompt payment to any person or persons entitled to payment;
(10) has engaged in conduct which was the basis for a contractor's recovery fund payment
pursuant to section 326.975, which payment has not been reimbursed;
(11) has engaged in bad faith, unreasonable delays, or frivolous claims in defense of a civil
lawsuit arising out of their activities as a licensee under this chapter;
(12) has had a judgment entered against them for failure to make payments to employees
or subcontractors, and all appeals of the judgment have been exhausted or the period for appeal
has expired;
(13) if unlicensed, has obtained a building permit by the fraudulent use of a fictitious license
number or the license number of another, or, if licensed, has knowingly allowed an unlicensed
person to use the licensee's license number for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a building
permit; or
(14) has made use of forged mechanics' lien waivers under chapter 514.
    Subd. 2. Administrative action. Section 45.027 applies to any action taken by the
commissioner in connection with the administration of sections 326.83 to 326.991.
Nothing in this section prevents the commissioner from denying, suspending, revoking, or
restricting a license, or from censuring a licensee based on acts or omissions not specifically
enumerated in this subdivision.
    Subd. 3. Certificate of exemption holders. For cause shown under subdivision 1 or 2, the
commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate of exemption issued under section
326.84, subdivision 3, clause (5), in the same manner as a license.
    Subd. 4. Action against unlicensed persons. Nothing in this section prevents the
commissioner from taking actions, including cease and desist actions, against persons required
to be licensed under sections 326.83 to 326.991, based on conduct that would provide grounds
for administrative action against a licensee under this section.
History: 1991 c 306 s 15; 1993 c 245 s 26,27; 1995 c 169 s 4; 1996 c 439 art 4 s 3,4;
2001 c 208 s 22

326.92 PENALTIES.
    Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. A person required to be licensed under sections 326.83 to
326.991 who performs unlicensed work is guilty of a misdemeanor.
    Subd. 1a. Gross misdemeanor. A person required to be licensed under sections 326.84 to
326.991 who violates an order under subdivision 3 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
    Subd. 2. Lien rights. An unlicensed person who knowingly violates sections 326.83 to
326.98 has no right to claim a lien under section 514.01 and the lien is void. Nothing in this section
affects the lien rights of material suppliers and licensed contractors to the extent provided by law.
    Subd. 3. Commissioner action. The commissioner may bring actions, including cease and
desist actions, against any person licensed or required to be licensed under sections 326.83 to
326.991 to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
History: 1991 c 306 s 16; 1993 c 245 s 28,29; 1999 c 137 s 8

326.921 BUILDING PERMIT CONDITIONED ON LICENSURE.
A political subdivision shall not issue a building permit to an unlicensed person who is
required to be licensed under sections 326.83 to 326.991. A political subdivision that issues
zoning or land use permits in lieu of a building permit shall not issue those permits to an
unlicensed person who is required to be licensed under sections 326.83 to 326.991. The political
subdivision shall report the person applying for the permit to the commissioner who may bring an
action against the person.
History: 1993 c 245 s 30; 1997 c 222 s 49; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 86

326.93 SERVICE OF PROCESS; NONRESIDENT LICENSING.
    Subdivision 1. License. A nonresident of Minnesota may be licensed as a residential building
contractor or residential remodeler upon compliance with all the provisions of sections 326.83
to 326.991.
    Subd. 2. Service of process. Service of process upon a person performing work in the
state of a type that would require a license under sections 326.83 to 326.98 may be made as
provided in section 45.028.
History: 1991 c 306 s 17; 1993 c 245 s 31

326.94 BOND; INSURANCE.
    Subdivision 1. Bond. (a) Licensed manufactured home installers and licensed roofers must
post a license bond with the commissioner, conditioned that the applicant shall faithfully perform
the duties and in all things comply with all laws, ordinances, and rules pertaining to the license
or permit applied for and all contracts entered into. The annual bond must be continuous and
maintained for so long as the licensee remains licensed. The aggregate liability of the surety on
the bond to any and all persons, regardless of the number of claims made against the bond, may
not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond may be canceled as to future liability by the surety
upon 30 days' written notice mailed to the commissioner by regular mail.
(b) A licensed roofer must post a bond of at least $5,000.
    Subd. 2. Insurance. Licensees must have public liability insurance with limits of at least
$100,000 per occurrence, which must include at least $10,000 property damage coverage. The
insurance must be written by an insurer licensed to do business in this state. The commissioner
may increase the minimum amount of insurance required for any licensee or class of licensees if
the commissioner considers it to be in the public interest and necessary to protect the interests
of Minnesota consumers.
History: 1991 c 306 s 18; 1993 c 245 s 32; 1999 c 137 s 9

326.945 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR AND REMODELER; BOND.
    Subdivision 1. License as of June 30, 1993; license bond. A residential building contractor
or remodeler licensed under section 326.84 who had a license in effect as of June 30, 1993, must,
until the license is renewed, continuously maintain the license bond which was posted with the
commissioner under section 326.94 when the person was initially licensed.
    Subd. 2. License on or after July 1, 1993; license bond. A residential building contractor or
remodeler who obtains a license on or after July 1, 1993, but before April 1, 1994, must post a
license bond with the commissioner, conditioned that the applicant shall faithfully perform the
duties and in all things comply with all laws, ordinances, and rules pertaining to the license or
permit applied for and all contracts entered into, and must continuously maintain the license bond
until the license is renewed. The required license bond must be in the following amount:
(1) $5,000 for a residential building contractor or remodeler with annual gross receipts
of $1,000,000 or less;
(2) $10,000 for a residential building contractor or remodeler with annual gross receipts of
more than $1,000,000 but less than $5,000,000; or
(3) $15,000 for a residential building contractor or remodeler with annual gross receipts of
$5,000,000 or more.
    Subd. 3. Residential building contractors and remodelers; recovery fund fee prorated. A
residential building contractor or remodeler licensed under section 326.84, who does not maintain
a license bond under section 326.94, shall pay a one-twelfth share of the contractor's recovery
fund fee set in section 326.975, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), in lieu of the license bond
for each month or any portion of a month the licensee is not bonded prior to license renewal.
History: 1994 c 404 s 2

326.95 LICENSE NUMBER; ADVERTISING.
    Subdivision 1. License number must be displayed. The license number of a licensee must
be placed on all building permits and building permit applications made to or issued by the state
or a political subdivision. In jurisdictions that have not adopted the State Building Code, the
license number must be placed on the site plan review or zoning permit. License numbers must be
on all business cards and all contracts to perform work for which a license is required.
    Subd. 2. Advertising. The license number of a licensee must appear in any advertising
by that licensee including but not limited to signs, vehicles, business cards, published display
ads, flyers, and brochures.
    Subd. 3. Contracts. Contracts entered into by a licensee must state that the person is licensed
and must state the license number.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1996 c 439 art 4 s 6]
History: 1991 c 306 s 19; 1995 c 169 s 5

326.951 DISCLOSURES.
If a licensee sells or offers to sell residential property, constructed by the licensee, which is
or has been occupied by the licensee, the licensee must, prior to entering into a binding purchase
agreement, provide to the buyer a written disclosure which states that any claims that arise as a
result of the licensee's construction of the property: (1) will not be covered under the statutory
warranty established by chapter 327A, and (2) if the licensee has occupied the residential property
for one year or more, will not be eligible for reimbursement from the contractor's recovery fund.
History: 1993 c 245 s 33

326.96 PUBLIC EDUCATION.
The commissioner may develop materials and programs to educate the public concerning
licensing requirements and methods for reporting unlicensed contracting activity.
History: 1991 c 306 s 20

326.97 LICENSE RENEWAL.
    Subdivision 1. Renewal. Licensees whose applications have been properly and timely filed
and who have not received notice of denial of renewal are considered to have been approved for
renewal and may continue to transact business whether or not the renewed license has been
received. Applications are timely if received or postmarked by March 1 of the renewal year.
Applications must be made on a form approved by the commissioner.
    Subd. 1a. Annual renewal. Any license issued or renewed after August 1, 1993, must
be renewed annually.
    Subd. 2. Failure to apply. A person who has failed to make a timely application for renewal
of a license by March 31 of the renewal year is unlicensed until the license has been issued by the
commissioner and is received by the applicant.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1996 c 439 art 4 s 6]
History: 1991 c 306 s 21; 1993 c 245 s 34,35

326.975 CONTRACTOR'S RECOVERY FUND.
    Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) In addition to any other fees, each applicant for a license under
sections 326.83 to 326.98 shall pay a fee to the contractor's recovery fund. The contractor's
recovery fund is created in the state treasury and must be administered by the commissioner in
the manner and subject to all the requirements and limitations provided by section 82.43 with
the following exceptions:
(1) each licensee who renews a license shall pay in addition to the appropriate renewal fee an
additional fee which shall be credited to the contractor's recovery fund. The amount of the fee
shall be based on the licensee's gross annual receipts for the licensee's most recent fiscal year
preceding the renewal, on the following scale:

		Fee	Gross Receipts
		$100	under $1,000,000
		$150	$1,000,000 to $5,000,000
		$200	over $5,000,000

Any person who receives a new license shall pay a fee based on the same scale;
(2) the purpose of this fund is:
(i) to compensate any aggrieved owner or lessee of residential property located within this
state who obtains a final judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction against a licensee
licensed under section 326.84, on grounds of fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest practices,
conversion of funds, or failure of performance arising directly out of any transaction when the
judgment debtor was licensed and performed any of the activities enumerated under section
326.83, subdivision 19, on the owner's residential property or on residential property rented by
the lessee, or on new residential construction which was never occupied prior to purchase by the
owner, or which was occupied by the licensee for less than one year prior to purchase by the
owner, and which cause of action arose on or after April 1, 1994; and
(ii) to reimburse the Department of Commerce for all legal and administrative expenses,
including staffing costs, incurred in administering the fund;
(3) nothing may obligate the fund for more than $50,000 per claimant, nor more than
$75,000 per licensee; and
(4) nothing may obligate the fund for claims based on a cause of action that arose before
the licensee paid the recovery fund fee set in clause (1), or as provided in section 326.945,
subdivision 3 .
(b) Should the commissioner pay from the contractor's recovery fund any amount in
settlement of a claim or toward satisfaction of a judgment against a licensee, the license shall be
automatically suspended upon the effective date of an order by the court authorizing payment
from the fund. No licensee shall be granted reinstatement until the licensee has repaid in full, plus
interest at the rate of 12 percent a year, twice the amount paid from the fund on the licensee's
account, and has obtained a surety bond issued by an insurer authorized to transact business in
this state in the amount of at least $40,000.
    Subd. 1a. Limitation. Nothing may obligate the fund for claims brought by:
(1) insurers or sureties under subrogation or similar theories; or
(2) owners of residential property where the contracting activity complained of was the result
of a contract entered into with a prior owner, unless the claim is brought and judgment rendered
for breach of the statutory warranty set forth in chapter 327A.
    Subd. 1b. Condominiums or townhouses. For purposes of this section, the owner or
lessee of a condominium or townhouse is considered an owner or lessee of residential property
regardless of the number of residential units per building.
    Subd. 2. Accelerated claims payment. Recovery fund claims that do not exceed the
jurisdiction limits for conciliation court matters as specified in section 491A.01 shall be paid on
an accelerated basis if all of the following requirements have been satisfied:
(a) When any aggrieved person obtains a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction,
regardless of whether the judgment has been discharged by a bankruptcy court against a residential
building contractor or residential remodeler on grounds specified in subdivision 1, paragraph
(a), clause (2), the aggrieved person may file a verified application with the commissioner for
payment out of the fund of the amount of actual and direct out-of-pocket loss in the transaction,
but excluding any attorney fees, interest on the loss and on any judgment obtained as a result of
the loss, up to the conciliation court jurisdiction limits, of the amount unpaid upon the judgment.
For purposes of this section, persons who are joint tenants or tenants in common are deemed to
be a single claimant.
(b) The commissioner has sent the licensee a copy of the verified application by first-class
mail to the licensee's address as it appears in the records of the Department of Commerce with a
notice that the claim will be paid 15 days from the date of the notice unless the licensee notifies
the commissioner prior to that date of the commencement of an appeal of the judgment, if the
time for appeal has not expired, and that payment of the claim will result in automatic suspension
of the licensee's license.
(c) If the licensee does not notify the commissioner of the commencement of an appeal, the
commissioner shall pay the claim at the end of the 15-day period.
(d) If an appeal is commenced, the payment of the claim is stayed until the conclusion of
the appeal.
(e) The commissioner may pay claims which total no more than $15,000 against the licensee
under this accelerated process. The commissioner may prorate the amount of claims paid under
this subdivision if claims in excess of $15,000 against the licensee are submitted. Any unpaid
portions of such claims shall be satisfied in the manner set forth in subdivision 1.
    Subd. 3. Appropriation. Money in the contractor's recovery fund is appropriated to the
commissioner for the purposes of this section.
History: 1993 c 245 s 36; 1994 c 404 s 1; 1994 c 465 art 2 s 17; 1995 c 169 s 6; 2000 c 483
s 50; 2001 c 208 s 23; 2002 c 387 s 15,16; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 94

326.98 RULES.
The commissioner may adopt rules to administer and enforce sections 326.83 to 326.98.
History: 1991 c 306 s 22

326.99 [Repealed, 1996 c 439 art 4 s 6]

    Subdivision 1.MS 2004 [Expired]
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 2006 c 212 art 1 s 26]

326.992 BOND REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTORS.
(a) A person contracting to do gas, heating, ventilation, cooling, air conditioning, fuel
burning, or refrigeration work must give bond to the state in the amount of $25,000 for all work
entered into within the state. The bond must be for the benefit of persons suffering financial loss
by reason of the contractor's failure to comply with the requirements of the State Mechanical
Code. A bond given to the state must be filed with the commissioner of administration and is in
lieu of all other bonds to any political subdivision required for work covered by this section. The
bond must be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state.
(b) The commissioner of administration may charge each person giving bond under this
section an annual bond filing fee of $15. The money must be deposited in a special revenue fund
and is appropriated to the commissioner to cover the cost of administering the bond program.
History: 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 83