Section 750.500  Continuing Education Requirements for Licensed Plumbers

a)         Each licensed plumber shall, as a condition of each annual license renewal after the first license renewal, provide proof of completion of four hours of continuing education.  Continuing education hours shall be completed in one or more courses offered by course sponsors approved by the Department pursuant to Section 750.510.

b)         A licensed plumber is not required to complete continuing education for the year in which that person's plumbing license was initially issued.

c)         A licensed retired plumber is not required to complete continuing education unless the licensed retired plumber wishes to restore his or her license to the status of a licensed plumber. The Department will determine the number of continuing education hours required for a change in licensure, based on the length of time the plumber has been retired in accordance with subsection (a).

d)         Licensed plumbers who have been found to have committed repeated violations of the Illinois Plumbing Code shall complete a minimum of two hours of additional continuing education conducted by the Department, at a time and location to be determined by the Department.

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 8786, effective June 17, 2016)