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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to occupations and professions; regulating the practice of plumbing; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>regulating work on medical gas systems;proposing coding for new law in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 326B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[326B.438] MEDICAL GAS SYSTEMS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>this subdivision have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>(b) "Level 1 medical piped gas and vacuum system" means a system serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>occupancies where interruption of the medical piped gas and vacuum system would place <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>patients in imminent danger of morbidity or mortality.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(c) "Level 2 medical piped gas and vacuum system" means a system serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>occupancies where interruption of the medical piped gas and vacuum system would place <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>patients at manageable risk of morbidity or mortality.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(d) "Level 3 medical piped gas and vacuum system" means a system serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>occupancies where interruption of the medical piped gas and vacuum system would <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>terminate procedures and may place the patient's health at risk, but would not place <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>patients at risk of morbidity or mortality.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(e) "Medical gas system" means a level 1, 2, or 3 piped medical gas and vacuum <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>License required.</b> No person shall engage in the installation, maintenance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>or repair of a medical gas system unless the person possesses a current Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>journeyman plumber's license and is certified by rules adopted by the Minnesota Plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Exceptions.</b> An employee of the employer with a medical gas system <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>may maintain the employer's medical gas system without complying with subdivision 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>if the employer employs a person holding current certification from the National Fire <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>Protection Association as of August 1, 2009, in medical gas system installation. A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>so certified by the National Fire Protection Association may maintain and repair an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>employer's medical gas system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2009, except that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>requirement that a journeyman plumber must be certified by the Minnesota Plumbing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>Board is not effective until 180 days after the board adopts rules.<br />
         		
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