Where a West Virginia journeyman plumber license transfers

West Virginia issues a statewide Journeyman plumber license through the Division of Labor under W. Va. Code Chapter 21, Article 14 (Supervision of Plumbing Work). Since January 1, 2009 a person performing or offering to perform plumbing work in the state must hold a Commissioner of Labor license and carry it on the job; the statute defines a journeyman plumber as a person who has passed a written journeyman examination with a score of at least 70 percent and who is competent to instruct and supervise a plumber in training. A plumber-in-training registration (fee capped at $25) exists for persons who have not yet passed the journeyman exam. Out-of-state journeymen can apply under the reciprocity section of the Division's plumbing rule (42CSR32 section 14), which lets the Commissioner grant a license of the same classification without examination to a plumber licensed in a state with equivalent requirements who meets every condition of the Review and Credential Acknowledgement Procedures Act (W. Va. Code 21-17-3(a)), including holding the origin license for at least one year. The Division publishes no named plumber reciprocity partners. Plumbing contractor work is a separate Contractor Licensing Board license (W. Va. Code 30-42) and is not this credential.