(225 ILCS 320/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 1113)
Sec. 14.
License renewal; continuing education.
All plumber's licenses
and apprentice plumber's licenses
issued
under this Act shall expire on April 30 next
following date of issuance.
The term for retired plumber's licenses shall be prescribed by Department
rule
after consultation with the Board of Plumbing Examiners.
An apprentice plumber's license shall also expire the date that the licensed
plumber sponsor of such licensed apprentice plumber
severs his or her sponsor status with the licensed apprentice
plumber. The licensed plumber sponsor shall immediately
notify the Department of the severance of his or her relationship with the
licensed apprentice plumber. Such apprentice plumber
may, on forms provided by the Department, apply for reinstatement of his or
her
apprentice license by submitting to the Department a new
application and new apprentice plumber's license fee. The application shall
verify that the applicant for
reinstatement of his or her apprentice plumber's license is sponsored
by an Illinois licensed plumber. If the applicant is employed by a firm,
the application
shall contain the name and license number of an Illinois licensed plumber
employee of the firm or name and license number of an Illinois licensed
plumber member of the firm, or name and Illinois plumber's license number
of an officer of a corporation who is the sponsor. Licensed apprentice
plumbers shall not accumulate more than 6 years as a licensed apprentice
plumber.
Upon the recommendation of the Board, the Department may require by rule
that each licensed plumber annually complete a minimum number of hours of
classroom
instruction and provide evidence of attending the classes before
receiving a renewal plumber license. A continuing education requirement
established by the Department for all licensed plumbers shall not exceed 15
hours per year. In addition, the Department shall by rule establish guidelines
for additional continuing education to be required for licensed plumbers found
to have committed repeated Plumbing Code violations. In support of these
requirements, the Department shall by rule establish curricula for continuing
education and requirements for instructors and may certify instructors and
training
programs and schools for continuing education.
A plumber's license and an apprentice plumber's license may be renewed for a
period
of one year from each succeeding May 1st upon payment prior to May 1st of
the required renewal fee
and submission of required evidence of successful completion of any required
continuing education courses. Application for renewal shall be on forms
provided by
the Department.
An application
for renewal of licenses received by the Department after May 1st shall include
the annual renewal fees plus reinstatement
fees, provided that the apprentice plumber's application is received
by November 1 of the same year.
A plumber licensed pursuant to this Act whose license has been expired
for a period of less than 5 years may apply to the Department for reinstatement
of his or her
plumber's license. The Department shall issue such license renewal provided
the applicant
pays to the Department all lapsed renewal fees, plus the reinstatement fee.
A plumber licensed pursuant to this
Act who has permitted
his or her license to expire for more than 5 years may apply, in writing,
to the
Department for
restoration of his or her license. The Department shall restore his or
her
license provided
he or she
pays to the Department the required restoration fee and shall successfully pass
the
examination for an Illinois plumber's license. The restoration fee includes
the
applicant's examination fee. Failure by the applicant to successfully pass the
plumber's license examination shall be sufficient grounds for the Department to
withhold issuance of the requested restoration of the applicant's plumber's
license. The
applicant may retake the examination in accordance with the provisions of this
Act.
A retired plumber licensed under this Act who has
surrendered his or her plumber's license for a period of less than 5 years may
apply to
the Department for
reinstatement of his or her plumber's license. The Department shall renew the
license provided the applicant pays to the Department any reinstatement fee
required by Department rule. A retired plumber licensed under this Act who has
surrendered his or her plumber's license for a period of more than 5 years may
apply
in writing to the Department for restoration of his or her license. The
Department shall restore his or her license provided he or she pays to the
Department the restoration fee required by Department rule and successfully
passes the examination for an Illinois plumber's license. The restoration fee
includes the applicant's examination fee. Failure by the applicant to
successfully pass the plumber's license examination shall be sufficient grounds
for the Department to withhold issuance of the requested restoration of the
applicant's plumber's license. The applicant may retake the examination in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-665, eff. 8-14-96; 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
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