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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 3, 8, and 10 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 320/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 1103)
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7 | Sec. 3.
(1) All planning and designing of plumbing systems
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8 | and all plumbing shall be performed only by plumbers licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | under the
provisions of this Act hereinafter called "licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | plumbers" and "licensed
apprentice plumbers". The inspection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | of plumbing and plumbing systems
shall be done only by the | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | sponsor or his or her agent who shall be an Illinois
licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | plumber. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit licensed
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14 | plumbers or licensed apprentice plumbers under supervision | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | from planning,
designing, inspecting, installing, repairing, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | maintaining, altering or
extending building sewers in | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | accordance with this Act. No person who holds
a license or | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | certificate of registration under the Illinois Architecture
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19 | Practice Act of 1989, or the Structural Engineering
Practice | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Act of 1989,
or the Professional Engineering Practice Act of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 1989 shall be prevented
from planning and designing plumbing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | systems. Each licensed plumber shall, as a condition of each | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | annual license renewal after the first license, provide proof |
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1 | of completion of 4 hours of continuing education. Sponsors of | ||||||
2 | continuing education shall meet the criteria provided by the | ||||||
3 | Board of Plumbing Examiners and Plumbing Code advisory council. | ||||||
4 | Continuing education courses shall provide instruction in | ||||||
5 | plumbing, which is supervised directly by an Illinois licensed | ||||||
6 | plumber only.
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7 | (2) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the owner | ||||||
8 | occupant or lessee
occupant of a single family residence, or | ||||||
9 | the owner of a single family
residence under construction for | ||||||
10 | his or her occupancy, from planning,
installing, altering or | ||||||
11 | repairing the plumbing system of such residence,
provided that | ||||||
12 | (i) such plumbing shall comply with the minimum standards for
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13 | plumbing contained in the Illinois State Plumbing Code, and | ||||||
14 | shall be
subject to inspection by the Department or the local | ||||||
15 | governmental unit if
it retains a licensed plumber as an | ||||||
16 | inspector; and (ii) such owner, owner
occupant or lessee | ||||||
17 | occupant shall not employ other than a plumber licensed
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18 | pursuant to this Act to assist him or her.
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19 | For purposes of this subsection, a person shall be | ||||||
20 | considered an "occupant"
if and only if he or she has taken | ||||||
21 | possession of and is living in the premises
as his or her bona | ||||||
22 | fide sole and exclusive residence, or, in the case of
an owner | ||||||
23 | of a single family residence under construction for his or her
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24 | occupancy, he or she expects to take possession of and live in | ||||||
25 | the premises
as his or her bona fide sole and exclusive | ||||||
26 | residence, and he or she has a
current intention to live in |
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1 | such premises as his or her bona fide sole and
exclusive | ||||||
2 | residence for a period of not less than 6 months after the
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3 | completion of the plumbing work performed pursuant to the | ||||||
4 | authorization of
this subsection, or, in the case of an owner | ||||||
5 | of a single family residence
under construction for his or her | ||||||
6 | occupancy, for a period
of not less than 6 months after the | ||||||
7 | completion of construction of the
residence. Failure to possess | ||||||
8 | and live in the premises as a sole and
exclusive residence for | ||||||
9 | a period of 6 months or more shall create a
rebuttable | ||||||
10 | presumption of a lack of such intention.
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11 | (3) The employees of a firm, association, partnership or | ||||||
12 | corporation who
engage in plumbing shall be licensed plumbers | ||||||
13 | or licensed apprentice plumbers.
At least one member of every | ||||||
14 | firm, association or partnership engaged in
plumbing work, and | ||||||
15 | at least one corporate officer of every corporation
engaged in | ||||||
16 | plumbing work, as the case may be, shall be a licensed plumber.
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17 | A retired plumber cannot fulfill the requirements of this | ||||||
18 | subsection (3).
Plumbing contractors are also required to be | ||||||
19 | registered pursuant to the
provisions of this Act.
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20 | Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (3), it | ||||||
21 | shall be lawful
for
an irrigation
contractor registered under | ||||||
22 | Section 2.5 of this Act to employ or contract with
one or more | ||||||
23 | licensed plumbers in connection
with work on lawn sprinkler | ||||||
24 | systems pursuant to Section 2.5 of this Act.
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25 | (4) (a) A licensed apprentice plumber shall plan, design | ||||||
26 | and install
plumbing only under the supervision of the |
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1 | sponsor or his or her agent who is
also an Illinois | ||||||
2 | licensed plumber.
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3 | (b) An applicant for licensing as an apprentice plumber | ||||||
4 | shall be at
least 16 years of age and apply on the | ||||||
5 | application form provided by the
Department. Such | ||||||
6 | application shall verify that the applicant is sponsored
by | ||||||
7 | an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved apprenticeship | ||||||
8 | program and
shall contain the name and license number of | ||||||
9 | the licensed plumber or program
sponsor.
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10 | (c) No licensed plumber shall sponsor more than 2 | ||||||
11 | licensed apprentice
plumbers at the same time. If 2 | ||||||
12 | licensed apprentice plumbers are sponsored
by a plumber at | ||||||
13 | the same time, one of the apprentices must have, at a
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14 | minimum, 2 years experience as a licensed apprentice. No | ||||||
15 | licensed plumber
sponsor or his or her agent may supervise | ||||||
16 | 2 licensed apprentices with less
than 2 years experience at | ||||||
17 | the same time. The sponsor or agent shall
supervise and be | ||||||
18 | responsible for the plumbing performed by a licensed
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19 | apprentice.
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20 | (d) No agent shall supervise more than 2 licensed | ||||||
21 | apprentices at the
same time.
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22 | (e) No licensed plumber may, in any capacity, supervise | ||||||
23 | more than 2
licensed apprentice plumbers at the same time.
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24 | (f) No approved apprenticeship program may sponsor | ||||||
25 | more licensed
apprentices than 2 times the number of | ||||||
26 | licensed plumbers available to
supervise those licensed |
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1 | apprentices.
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2 | (g) No approved apprenticeship program may sponsor | ||||||
3 | more licensed
apprentices with less than 2 years experience | ||||||
4 | than it has licensed plumbers
available to supervise those | ||||||
5 | licensed apprentices.
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6 | (h) No individual shall work as an apprentice plumber | ||||||
7 | unless he or she
is properly licensed under this Act. The | ||||||
8 | Department shall issue an
apprentice plumber's license to | ||||||
9 | each approved applicant.
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10 | (i) No licensed apprentice plumber shall serve more | ||||||
11 | than a 6 year licensed
apprenticeship period. If, upon | ||||||
12 | completion of a 6 year licensed
apprenticeship period, such | ||||||
13 | licensed apprentice plumber does not apply for
the | ||||||
14 | examination for a plumber's license and successfully pass | ||||||
15 | the
examination for a plumber's license, his or her | ||||||
16 | apprentice plumber's
license shall not be renewed.
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17 | Nothing contained in P.A. 83-878, entitled "An Act in | ||||||
18 | relation to
professions", approved September 26, 1983, was | ||||||
19 | intended by the General
Assembly nor should it be construed to | ||||||
20 | require the employees of a
governmental unit or privately owned | ||||||
21 | municipal water supplier who operate,
maintain or repair a | ||||||
22 | water or sewer plant facility which is owned or
operated by | ||||||
23 | such governmental unit or privately owned municipal water
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24 | supplier to be licensed plumbers under this Act. In addition, | ||||||
25 | nothing
contained in P.A. 83-878 was intended by the General | ||||||
26 | Assembly nor should it
be construed to permit persons other |
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1 | than licensed plumbers to perform the
installation, repair, | ||||||
2 | maintenance or replacement of plumbing fixtures, such
as toilet | ||||||
3 | facilities, floor drains, showers and lavatories, and the | ||||||
4 | piping
attendant to those fixtures, within such facility or in | ||||||
5 | the construction of
a new facility.
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6 | Nothing contained in P.A. 83-878, entitled "An Act in | ||||||
7 | relation to
professions", approved September 26, 1983, was | ||||||
8 | intended by the General
Assembly nor should it be construed to | ||||||
9 | require the employees of a
governmental unit or privately owned | ||||||
10 | municipal water supplier who install,
repair or maintain water | ||||||
11 | service lines from water mains in the street, alley
or curb | ||||||
12 | line to private property lines and who install, repair or | ||||||
13 | maintain
water meters to be licensed plumbers under this Act if | ||||||
14 | such work was
customarily performed prior to the effective date | ||||||
15 | of such Act by employees
of such governmental unit or privately | ||||||
16 | owned municipal water supplier who
were not licensed plumbers. | ||||||
17 | Any such work which was customarily performed
prior to the | ||||||
18 | effective date of such Act by persons who were licensed
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19 | plumbers or subcontracted to persons who were licensed plumbers | ||||||
20 | must
continue to be performed by persons who are licensed | ||||||
21 | plumbers or
subcontracted to persons who are licensed plumbers. | ||||||
22 | When necessary under
this Act, the Department shall make the | ||||||
23 | determination whether or not
persons who are licensed plumbers | ||||||
24 | customarily performed such work.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00; 92-338, | ||||||
26 | eff. 8-10-01.)
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1 | (225 ILCS 320/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 1107)
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2 | Sec. 8. The Director shall:
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3 | (1) Prepare forms for application for examination for a | ||||||
4 | plumber's license.
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5 | (2) Prepare and issue licenses as provided in this Act.
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6 | (3) With the aid of the Board prescribe rules and | ||||||
7 | regulations for
examination of applicants for plumber's | ||||||
8 | licenses.
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9 | (4) With the aid of the Board prepare and give uniform and | ||||||
10 | comprehensive
examinations to applicants for a plumber's | ||||||
11 | license which shall test
their knowledge and qualifications in | ||||||
12 | the planning and design of plumbing
systems, their knowledge, | ||||||
13 | qualifications, and manual skills in plumbing,
and their | ||||||
14 | knowledge of the State's minimum code of standards relating to
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15 | fixtures, materials, design and installation methods of | ||||||
16 | plumbing
systems, promulgated pursuant to this Act.
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17 | (5) Issue a plumber's license and license renewal to every | ||||||
18 | applicant who
has passed the examination and who has paid the | ||||||
19 | required license and renewal
fee.
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20 | (6) Prescribe rules for hearings to deny, suspend, revoke | ||||||
21 | or reinstate
licenses as provided in this Act.
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22 | (7) Maintain a current record showing (a) the names and | ||||||
23 | addresses of
registered plumbing contractors,
licensed
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24 | plumbers, licensed apprentice plumbers, and licensed retired
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25 | plumbers, (b) the dates of issuance of
licenses, (c) the date |
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1 | and substance of the charges set forth in any hearing
for | ||||||
2 | denial, suspension or revocation of any license, (d) the date | ||||||
3 | and substance
of the final order issued upon each such hearing, | ||||||
4 | and (e) the date and
substance
of all petitions for | ||||||
5 | reinstatement of license and final orders on such
petitions.
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6 | (8) Prescribe, in consultation with the Board, uniform and | ||||||
7 | reasonable
rules defining what constitutes an approved course | ||||||
8 | of instruction in plumbing,
in colleges, universities, or
trade | ||||||
9 | schools, and approve or disapprove the courses of instruction | ||||||
10 | offered
by such colleges, universities, or trade schools by | ||||||
11 | reference to their
compliance
or noncompliance with such rules. | ||||||
12 | Such rules shall be designed to assure
that an approved course | ||||||
13 | of instruction will adequately teach the design,
planning, | ||||||
14 | installation, replacement, extension, alteration and repair of
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15 | plumbing.
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16 | Each instructor participating in a program of instruction | ||||||
17 | in plumbing shall be: | ||||||
18 | (a) an Illinois licensed plumber; | ||||||
19 | (b) an individual who possesses a provisional career and | ||||||
20 | technical educator endorsement on an educator license, issued | ||||||
21 | by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 21B-20 of | ||||||
22 | the School Code in a field related to plumbing, such as | ||||||
23 | hydraulics, pneumatics, or water chemistry; or | ||||||
24 | (c) a representative of an industry or a manufacturing | ||||||
25 | business related to plumbing, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
26 | the copper industry, plastic pipe industry, or cast iron |
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1 | industry. Courses that are taught by industry representatives | ||||||
2 | shall be educational and shall not be sales oriented. Industry | ||||||
3 | representatives shall be assisted by an Illinois licensed | ||||||
4 | plumber during the presentation of a course of instruction. | ||||||
5 | The instructor shall provide verification of the license or | ||||||
6 | certificate. A copy of the instructor's educator license will | ||||||
7 | establish verification. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 92-338, eff. 8-10-01.)
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9 | (225 ILCS 320/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 1109)
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10 | Sec. 10.
(1) An applicant for a plumber's license shall | ||||||
11 | file a written
application in the office of the Department on | ||||||
12 | the form designated by the
Department at least 30 days before | ||||||
13 | the date set by the Department for the
examination.
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14 | (2) The Director shall promptly approve the application for | ||||||
15 | examination if:
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16 | (a) the required application fee has been paid, and
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17 | (b) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she | ||||||
18 | is a citizen
of the United States or has declared his or | ||||||
19 | her intention to become a
citizen, and
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20 | (c) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she | ||||||
21 | has completed
at least a 2 year course of study in a high | ||||||
22 | school, or an equivalent
course of study, and
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23 | (d) the applicant has been employed as an Illinois | ||||||
24 | licensed apprentice
plumber under supervision in | ||||||
25 | accordance with this Act for at least 4 years
preceding the |
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1 | date of application and has submitted evidence that he or | ||||||
2 | she
has worked at the plumbing trade in accordance with | ||||||
3 | this Act for the 4 year
Illinois licensed apprentice | ||||||
4 | plumber apprenticeship period, or
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5 | (e) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she | ||||||
6 | has
successfully completed an approved course of | ||||||
7 | instruction in plumbing supervised directly by an Illinois | ||||||
8 | licensed plumber in
colleges, universities, or trade | ||||||
9 | schools.
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10 | (3) If the application for examination is approved, the | ||||||
11 | Department shall
promptly notify the applicant in writing of | ||||||
12 | such approval and of the place
and time of the examination. If | ||||||
13 | the application is disapproved, the Department
shall promptly | ||||||
14 | notify the applicant in writing of such disapproval, stating
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15 | the reasons for disapproval.
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16 | (4) If an applicant neglects, fails or refuses to take an | ||||||
17 | examination
for license under this Act, the application is | ||||||
18 | denied. However, such
applicant may submit a new application | ||||||
19 | for examination, accompanied by the
required application fee. | ||||||
20 | Application fees for examination for a plumber's
license are | ||||||
21 | not refundable.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 87-885.)
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