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92_HB2148
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1 AN ACT concerning the regulation of professions.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended
5 by changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 14, and 20 and by adding
6 Section 13.1 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 320/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 1101)
8 Sec. 1. Purpose. It has been established by scientific
9 evidence that improper plumbing can result in the
10 introduction of pathogenic organisms into the potable water
11 supply, result in the escape of toxic gases into the
12 environment, and result in potentially lethal disease and
13 epidemic. It is further found that minimum numbers of
14 plumbing facilities and fixtures are necessary for the
15 comfort and convenience of workers and persons in public
16 places.
17 Consistent with its duty to safeguard the health of the
18 people of this State, the General Assembly therefore declares
19 that the regulation of plumbing and the plumbing trade is
20 necessary for the protection of the public health,
21 convenience, and welfare. The General Assembly therefore
22 declares that individuals who plan, inspect, install, alter,
23 extend, repair and maintain plumbing systems shall be
24 individuals of proven skill. Further, the General Assembly
25 declares that a guide for the minimum control and number of
26 plumbing materials and fixtures, the design of plumbing
27 systems, and the construction and installation methods of
28 plumbing systems is essential for the protection of public
29 health and convenience. In order to insure plumbing skill and
30 to authoritatively establish what shall be good plumbing
31 practice, this Act provides for the licensing of plumbers and
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1 plumbing contractors and for the promulgation of a Minimum
2 Plumbing Code of standards by the Department., This Act is
3 therefore declared to be essential to the public interest.
4 (Source: P.A. 87-885.)
5 (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102)
6 Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
7 "Agent" means a person designated by a sponsor as
8 responsible for supervision of an apprentice plumber and who
9 is also an Illinois licensed plumber.
10 "Apprentice plumber" means any licensed person who is
11 learning and performing plumbing under the supervision of a
12 sponsor or his agent in accordance with the provisions of
13 this Act.
14 "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship
15 program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of
16 Apprenticeship and Training and the Department under rules.
17 "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Plumbing
18 Examiners.
19 "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal
20 piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from
21 soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a
22 building and conveys it to 5 feet beyond the foundation walls
23 where it is connected to the building sewer.
24 "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping
25 of a drainage system that extends from the end of the
26 building drain, receives the discharge of the building drain
27 and conveys it to a public sewer or private sewage disposal
28 system.
29 "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
30 Health.
31 "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department
32 of Public Health.
33 "Governmental unit" means a city, village, incorporated
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1 town, county, or sanitary or water district.
2 "Irrigation contractor" means a person who installs or
3 supervises the installation of lawn sprinkler systems subject
4 to Section 2.5 of this Act, other than a licensed plumber or
5 a licensed apprentice plumber.
6 "Lawn sprinkler system" means any underground irrigation
7 system of lawn, shrubbery and other vegetation from any
8 potable water sources; and from any water sources, whether or
9 not potable, in: (i) any county with a population of
10 3,000,000 or more; (ii) any county with a population of
11 275,000 or more which is contiguous in whole or in part to a
12 county with a population of 3,000,000 or more; and (iii) any
13 county with a population of 37,000 or more but less than
14 150,000 which is contiguous to 2 or more counties with
15 respective populations in excess of 275,000. "Lawn sprinkler
16 system" includes without limitation the water supply piping,
17 valves, and sprinkler heads or other irrigation outlets, but
18 does not include the backflow prevention device. "Lawn
19 sprinkler system" does not include an irrigation system used
20 primarily for agricultural purposes.
21 "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation,
22 partnership, or association.
23 "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform
24 plumbing as defined in this Act, but does not include retired
25 plumbers as defined in this Act.
26 "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair,
27 maintenance, alteration or extension of a plumbing system by
28 any person.
29 "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances
30 and appliances for a supply of water for all purposes,
31 including without limitation lawn sprinkler systems and
32 backflow prevention devices connected to lawn sprinkler
33 systems, from the source of a private water supply on the
34 premises or from the main in the street, alley or at the curb
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1 to, within and about any building or buildings where a person
2 or persons live, work or assemble.
3 "Plumbing" includes all piping, from discharge of pumping
4 units to and including pressure tanks in water supply
5 systems.
6 "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances,
7 and appliances for a building drain and a sanitary drainage
8 and related ventilation system of any building or buildings
9 where a person or persons live, work or assemble from the
10 point of connection of such building drain to the building
11 sewer or private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the
12 foundation walls.
13 "Plumbing" does not mean or include the trade of
14 drain-laying, the trade of drilling water wells which
15 constitute the sources of private water supplies, and of
16 making connections between such wells and pumping units in
17 the water supply systems of buildings served by such private
18 water supplies, or the business of installing water softening
19 equipment and of maintaining and servicing the same, or the
20 business of manufacturing or selling plumbing fixtures,
21 appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the installation and
22 servicing of electrical equipment sold by a not-for-profit
23 corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis,
24 that either on or before January 1, 1971, is or has been
25 financed in whole or in part under the federal Rural
26 Electrification Act of 1936 and the Acts amendatory thereof
27 and supplementary thereto, to its members for use on farms
28 owned by individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it
29 mean or include minor repairs which do not require changes in
30 the piping to or from plumbing fixtures or involve the
31 removal, replacement, installation or re-installation of any
32 pipe or plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the
33 installation, repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of
34 building sewers.
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1 "Plumbing contractor" means any person who performs
2 plumbing, as defined in this Act, for another person.
3 "Plumbing contractor" shall not include licensed plumbers and
4 licensed apprentice plumbers who either are employed by
5 persons engaged in the plumbing business or are employed by
6 another person for the performance of plumbing solely for
7 that other person, including, but not limited to, a hospital,
8 university, or business maintenance staff. "Plumbing
9 contractors" are required to be licensed pursuant to the
10 provisions of this Act.
11 "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles, devices
12 or appliances that are supplied with water or that receive or
13 discharge liquids or liquid borne wastes, with or without
14 discharge into the drainage system with which they may be
15 directly or indirectly connected.
16 "Plumbing system" means the water service, water supply
17 and distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil,
18 waste and vent pipes; building drains; including their
19 respective connections, devices and appurtenances. "Plumbing
20 system" does not include building sewers as defined in this
21 Act.
22 "Retired plumber" means any licensed plumber in good
23 standing who meets the requirements of this Act and the
24 requirements prescribed by Department rule to be licensed as
25 a retired plumber and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's
26 license to the Department, in exchange for a retired
27 plumber's license. Retired plumbers cannot perform plumbing
28 as defined in this Act, cannot sponsor or supervise
29 apprentice plumbers, and cannot inspect plumbing under this
30 Act. A retired plumber cannot fulfill the requirements of
31 subsection (3) of Section 3 of this Act.
32 "Supervision" with respect to first and second year
33 licensed apprentice plumbers means that such apprentices must
34 perform all designing and planning of plumbing systems and
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1 all plumbing as defined in this Act under the direct personal
2 supervision of the sponsor or his or her agent who must also
3 be an Illinois licensed plumber, except for maintenance and
4 repair work on existing plumbing systems done by second year
5 apprentice plumbers; provided that before performing any
6 maintenance and repair work without such supervision, such
7 apprentice has received the minimum number of hours of annual
8 classroom instruction recommended by the United States
9 Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
10 for apprentice plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and
11 Training approved plumber apprenticeship program or its
12 equivalent. "Supervision" with respect to all other
13 apprentice plumbers means that, except for maintenance and
14 repair work on existing plumbing systems, any plumbing done
15 by such apprentices must be inspected daily, after initial
16 rough-in and after completion by the sponsor or his or her
17 agent who is also an Illinois licensed plumber. In addition,
18 all repair and maintenance work done by a licensed apprentice
19 plumber on an existing plumbing system must be approved by
20 the sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois
21 licensed plumber.
22 "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved
23 apprenticeship program that has accepted an individual as an
24 Illinois licensed apprentice plumber for education and
25 training in the field of plumbing and whose name and license
26 number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the
27 individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license.
28 "Sponsored" means that each Illinois licensed apprentice
29 plumber has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber or
30 an approved apprenticeship program for apprenticeship
31 training.
32 "Telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications
33 carrier as defined in the Public Utilities Act.
34 (Source: P.A. 91-184, eff. 1-1-00; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)
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1 (225 ILCS 320/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 1103)
2 Sec. 3. (1) All planning and designing of plumbing
3 systems and all plumbing shall be performed only by plumbers
4 licensed under the provisions of this Act hereinafter called
5 "licensed plumbers" and "licensed apprentice plumbers". The
6 inspection of plumbing and plumbing systems shall be done
7 only by the sponsor or his or her agent who shall be an
8 Illinois licensed plumber. Nothing herein contained shall
9 prohibit licensed plumbers or licensed apprentice plumbers
10 under supervision from planning, designing, inspecting,
11 installing, repairing, maintaining, altering or extending
12 building sewers in accordance with this Act. No person who
13 holds a license or certificate of registration under the
14 Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, or the Structural
15 Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or the Professional
16 Engineering Practice Act of 1989 shall be prevented from
17 planning and designing plumbing systems.
18 (2) Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the owner
19 occupant or lessee occupant of a single family residence, or
20 the owner of a single family residence under construction for
21 his or her occupancy, from planning, installing, altering or
22 repairing the plumbing system of such residence, provided
23 that (i) such plumbing shall comply with the minimum
24 standards for plumbing contained in the Illinois State
25 Plumbing Code, and shall be subject to inspection by the
26 Department or the local governmental unit if it retains a
27 licensed plumber as an inspector; and (ii) such owner, owner
28 occupant or lessee occupant shall not employ other than a
29 plumber licensed pursuant to this Act to assist him or her.
30 For purposes of this subsection, a person shall be
31 considered an "occupant" if and only if he or she has taken
32 possession of and is living in the premises as his or her
33 bona fide sole and exclusive residence, or, in the case of
34 an owner of a single family residence under construction for
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1 his or her occupancy, he or she expects to take possession of
2 and live in the premises as his or her bona fide sole and
3 exclusive residence, and he or she has a current intention to
4 live in such premises as his or her bona fide sole and
5 exclusive residence for a period of not less than 6 months
6 after the completion of the plumbing work performed pursuant
7 to the authorization of this subsection, or, in the case of
8 an owner of a single family residence under construction for
9 his or her occupancy, for a period of not less than 6 months
10 after the completion of construction of the residence.
11 Failure to possess and live in the premises as a sole and
12 exclusive residence for a period of 6 months or more shall
13 create a rebuttable presumption of a lack of such intention.
14 (3) The employees of a firm, association, partnership or
15 corporation who engage in plumbing shall be licensed plumbers
16 or licensed apprentice plumbers. At least one member of every
17 firm, association or partnership engaged in plumbing work,
18 and at least one corporate officer of every corporation
19 engaged in plumbing work, as the case may be, shall be a
20 licensed plumber. A retired plumber cannot fulfill the
21 requirements of this subsection (3).
22 Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (3), it
23 shall be lawful for An irrigation contractor registered under
24 Section 2.5 of this Act may employ or contract with one or
25 more licensed plumbers in connection with work on lawn
26 sprinkler systems pursuant to Section 2.5 of this Act.
27 (4) (a) A licensed apprentice plumber shall plan, design
28 and install plumbing only under the supervision of the
29 sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois
30 licensed plumber.
31 (b) An applicant for licensing as an apprentice
32 plumber shall be at least 16 years of age and apply on
33 the application form provided by the Department. Such
34 application shall verify that the applicant is sponsored
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1 by an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved
2 apprenticeship program and shall contain the name and
3 license number of the licensed plumber or program
4 sponsor.
5 (c) No licensed plumber shall sponsor more than 2
6 licensed apprentice plumbers at the same time. If 2
7 licensed apprentice plumbers are sponsored by a plumber
8 at the same time, one of the apprentices must have, at a
9 minimum, 2 years experience as a licensed apprentice. No
10 licensed plumber sponsor or his or her agent may
11 supervise 2 licensed apprentices with less than 2 years
12 experience at the same time. The sponsor or agent shall
13 supervise and be responsible for the plumbing performed
14 by a licensed apprentice.
15 (d) No agent shall supervise more than 2 licensed
16 apprentices at the same time.
17 (e) No licensed plumber may, in any capacity,
18 supervise more than 2 licensed apprentice plumbers at the
19 same time.
20 (f) No approved apprenticeship program may sponsor
21 more licensed apprentices than 2 times the number of
22 licensed plumbers available to supervise those licensed
23 apprentices.
24 (g) No approved apprenticeship program may sponsor
25 more licensed apprentices with less than 2 years
26 experience than it has licensed plumbers available to
27 supervise those licensed apprentices.
28 (h) No individual shall work as an apprentice
29 plumber unless he or she is properly licensed under this
30 Act. The Department shall issue an apprentice plumber's
31 license to each approved applicant.
32 (i) No licensed apprentice plumber shall serve more
33 than a 6 year licensed apprenticeship period. If, upon
34 completion of a 6 year licensed apprenticeship period,
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1 such licensed apprentice plumber does not apply for the
2 examination for a plumber's license and successfully pass
3 the examination for a plumber's license, his or her
4 apprentice plumber's license shall not be renewed.
5 Nothing contained in P.A. 83-878, entitled "An Act in
6 relation to professions", approved September 26, 1983, was
7 intended by the General Assembly nor should it be construed
8 to require the employees of a governmental unit or privately
9 owned municipal water supplier who operate, maintain or
10 repair a water or sewer plant facility which is owned or
11 operated by such governmental unit or privately owned
12 municipal water supplier to be licensed plumbers under this
13 Act. In addition, nothing contained in P.A. 83-878 was
14 intended by the General Assembly nor should it be construed
15 to permit persons other than licensed plumbers to perform the
16 installation, repair, maintenance or replacement of plumbing
17 fixtures, such as toilet facilities, floor drains, showers
18 and lavatories, and the piping attendant to those fixtures,
19 within such facility or in the construction of a new
20 facility.
21 Nothing contained in P.A. 83-878, entitled "An Act in
22 relation to professions", approved September 26, 1983, was
23 intended by the General Assembly nor should it be construed
24 to require the employees of a governmental unit or privately
25 owned municipal water supplier who install, repair or
26 maintain water service lines from water mains in the street,
27 alley or curb line to private property lines and who install,
28 repair or maintain water meters to be licensed plumbers under
29 this Act if such work was customarily performed prior to the
30 effective date of such Act by employees of such governmental
31 unit or privately owned municipal water supplier who were not
32 licensed plumbers. Any such work which was customarily
33 performed prior to the effective date of such Act by persons
34 who were licensed plumbers or subcontracted to persons who
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1 were licensed plumbers must continue to be performed by
2 persons who are licensed plumbers or subcontracted to persons
3 who are licensed plumbers. When necessary under this Act,
4 the Department shall make the determination whether or not
5 persons who are licensed plumbers customarily performed such
6 work.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)
8 (225 ILCS 320/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 1107)
9 Sec. 8. The Director shall:
10 (1) Prepare forms for application for examination for a
11 plumber's license.
12 (2) Prepare and issue licenses as provided in this Act.
13 (3) With the aid of the Board prescribe rules and
14 regulations for examination of applicants for plumber's
15 licenses.
16 (4) With the aid of the Board prepare and give uniform
17 and comprehensive examinations to applicants for a plumber's
18 license which shall test their knowledge and qualifications
19 in the planning and design of plumbing systems, their
20 knowledge, qualifications, and manual skills in plumbing, and
21 their knowledge of the State's minimum code of standards
22 relating to fixtures, materials, design and installation
23 methods of plumbing systems, promulgated pursuant to this
24 Act.
25 (5) Issue a plumber's license and license renewal to
26 every applicant who has passed the examination and who has
27 paid the required license and renewal fee.
28 (6) Prescribe rules for hearings to deny, suspend,
29 revoke or reinstate licenses as provided in this Act.
30 (7) Maintain a current record showing (a) the names and
31 addresses of licensed plumbing contractors, licensed
32 plumbers, licensed apprentice plumbers, and licensed retired
33 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
4 hearing, and (e) the date and substance of all petitions for
5 reinstatement of license and final orders on such petitions.
6 (8) Prescribe, in consultation with the Board, uniform
7 and reasonable rules defining what constitutes an approved
8 course of instruction in plumbing, in colleges, universities,
9 or trade schools, and approve or disapprove the courses of
10 instruction offered by such colleges, universities, or trade
11 schools by reference to their compliance or noncompliance
12 with such rules. Such rules shall be designed to assure that
13 an approved course of instruction will adequately teach the
14 design, planning, installation, replacement, extension,
15 alteration and repair of plumbing.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-665, eff. 8-14-96.)
17 (225 ILCS 320/13.1 new)
18 Sec. 13.1. Plumbing contractors; license required;
19 applications.
20 (1) After May 1, 2002 all plumbing contractors doing
21 business in Illinois shall be licensed in accordance with the
22 provisions of this Act.
23 (2) Application for licensure shall be filed with the
24 Department each year, on or before the first day of May, in
25 writing on forms prepared and furnished by the Department.
26 All plumbing contractor licenses shall expire on the last day
27 of April of each year.
28 (3) Applications shall contain the name, address, and
29 telephone number of the person and the Illinois plumber's
30 license number of (i) the individual, if a sole
31 proprietorship; (ii) the partner, if a partnership; or, (iii)
32 an officer, if a corporation. The application shall contain
33 the business name and address, evidence of financial
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1 responsibility, and any other information as the Department
2 may by rule require.
3 (4) Applicants shall submit to the Department a
4 certificate documenting that the contractor carries liability
5 insurance, self insurance, group insurance, group self
6 insurance, a letter of credit, or a bond in an amount of at
7 least $20,000 for work performed in accordance with this Act
8 and the rules promulgated under this Act. No contractor may
9 be licensed in the absence of a certificate. Certificates
10 must be in force at all times during licensure.
11 (5) At least one owner or officer of every licensed
12 plumbing contractor shall be licensed as a plumber in
13 accordance with this Act. All employees of a licensed
14 plumbing contractor who engage in plumbing work shall be
15 licensed as plumbers or apprentice plumbers in accordance
16 with this Act.
17 (6) Licensed plumbing contractors shall submit an annual
18 licensure fee in an amount to be established by rule.
19 (7) Plumbing contractor licenses shall be renewed
20 annually upon the submission of the licensure fee and proof
21 of the $20,000 performance indemnification, which must occur
22 30 days prior to expiration of the current license.
23 (8) The Department shall be notified in advance of any
24 changes in the business structure, name, or location, or in
25 the addition or deletion of the owner or officer who is the
26 licensed plumber listed in the application. Failure to notify
27 the Department of this information is grounds for suspension
28 or revocation of the plumbing contractor's license.
29 (225 ILCS 320/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 1113)
30 Sec. 14. License renewal; continuing education. All
31 plumbing contractor's licenses, plumber's licenses, and
32 apprentice plumber's licenses issued under this Act shall
33 expire on April 30 next following date of issuance. The term
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1 for retired plumber's licenses shall be prescribed by
2 Department rule after consultation with the Board of Plumbing
3 Examiners.
4 An apprentice plumber's license shall also expire the
5 date that the licensed plumber sponsor of such licensed
6 apprentice plumber severs his or her sponsor status with the
7 licensed apprentice plumber. The licensed plumber sponsor
8 shall immediately notify the Department of the severance of
9 his or her relationship with the licensed apprentice plumber.
10 Such apprentice plumber may, on forms provided by the
11 Department, apply for reinstatement of his or her apprentice
12 license by submitting to the Department a new application and
13 new apprentice plumber's license fee. The application shall
14 verify that the applicant for reinstatement of his or her
15 apprentice plumber's license is sponsored by an Illinois
16 licensed plumber. If the applicant is employed by a firm,
17 the application shall contain the name and license number of
18 an Illinois licensed plumber employee of the firm or name and
19 license number of an Illinois licensed plumber member of the
20 firm, or name and Illinois plumber's license number of an
21 officer of a corporation who is the sponsor. Licensed
22 apprentice plumbers shall not accumulate more than 6 years as
23 a licensed apprentice plumber.
24 Upon the recommendation of the Board, the Department may
25 require by rule that each licensed plumber annually complete
26 a minimum number of hours of classroom instruction and
27 provide evidence of attending the classes before receiving a
28 renewal plumber license. A continuing education requirement
29 established by the Department for all licensed plumbers shall
30 not exceed 15 hours per year. In addition, the Department
31 shall by rule establish guidelines for additional continuing
32 education to be required for licensed plumbers found to have
33 committed repeated Plumbing Code violations. In support of
34 these requirements, the Department shall by rule establish
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1 curricula for continuing education and requirements for
2 instructors and may certify instructors and training programs
3 and schools for continuing education.
4 A plumber's license and an apprentice plumber's license
5 may be renewed for a period of one year from each succeeding
6 May 1st upon payment prior to May 1st of the required renewal
7 fee and submission of required evidence of successful
8 completion of any required continuing education courses.
9 Application for renewal shall be on forms provided by the
10 Department. An application for renewal of licenses received
11 by the Department after May 1st shall include the annual
12 renewal fees plus reinstatement fees, provided that the
13 apprentice plumber's application is received by November 1 of
14 the same year.
15 A plumber licensed pursuant to this Act whose license has
16 been expired for a period of less than 5 years may apply to
17 the Department for reinstatement of his or her plumber's
18 license. The Department shall issue such license renewal
19 provided the applicant pays to the Department all lapsed
20 renewal fees, plus the reinstatement fee. A plumber
21 licensed pursuant to this Act who has permitted his or her
22 license to expire for more than 5 years may apply, in
23 writing, to the Department for restoration of his or her
24 license. The Department shall restore his or her license
25 provided he or she pays to the Department the required
26 restoration fee and shall successfully pass the examination
27 for an Illinois plumber's license. The restoration fee
28 includes the applicant's examination fee. Failure by the
29 applicant to successfully pass the plumber's license
30 examination shall be sufficient grounds for the Department to
31 withhold issuance of the requested restoration of the
32 applicant's plumber's license. The applicant may retake the
33 examination in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
34 A retired plumber licensed under this Act who has
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1 surrendered his or her plumber's license for a period of less
2 than 5 years may apply to the Department for reinstatement of
3 his or her plumber's license. The Department shall renew the
4 license provided the applicant pays to the Department any
5 reinstatement fee required by Department rule. A retired
6 plumber licensed under this Act who has surrendered his or
7 her plumber's license for a period of more than 5 years may
8 apply in writing to the Department for restoration of his or
9 her license. The Department shall restore his or her license
10 provided he or she pays to the Department the restoration fee
11 required by Department rule and successfully passes the
12 examination for an Illinois plumber's license. The
13 restoration fee includes the applicant's examination fee.
14 Failure by the applicant to successfully pass the plumber's
15 license examination shall be sufficient grounds for the
16 Department to withhold issuance of the requested restoration
17 of the applicant's plumber's license. The applicant may
18 retake the examination in accordance with the provisions of
19 this Act.
20 (Source: P.A. 89-665, eff. 8-14-96; 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
21 (225 ILCS 320/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 1119)
22 Sec. 20. Grounds for discipline. (1) The Director may
23 deny, revoke or suspend a license when findings show one or
24 more of the following:
25 (a) That the licensee obtained or conspired with
26 others to obtain a license by inducing the issuance
27 thereof in consideration of the payment of money or
28 delivery of any other thing of value or by and through
29 misrepresentation of facts.
30 (b) That the licensee willfully violated any law of
31 this State or any rule, regulation or code promulgated
32 thereunder regulating plumbing, licensed plumbing
33 contractors, licensed plumbers, licensed apprentice
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1 plumbers, licensed retired plumbers, water well pump
2 installations and private sewage disposal systems.
3 (c) That the licensee has been guilty of negligence
4 or incompetence in the performance of plumbing.
5 (d) That the licensee has loaned or in any manner
6 transferred his or her license to another person.
7 (e) That the sponsor or his or her agent has failed
8 to properly supervise a licensed apprentice plumber.
9 (2) If a license is suspended or revoked, the license
10 shall be surrendered to the Department but, if suspended, it
11 shall be returned to the licensee upon the termination of the
12 suspension period.
13 The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the
14 license of any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
15 the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to
16 pay any final assessment of tax, penalty or interest, as
17 required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois
18 Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
19 any such tax Act are satisfied.
20 (Source: P.A. 87-885.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.