As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4-336:
“Agent” means a person designated by a sponsor as responsible for supervision of an apprentice plumber and who is also a licensed plumber.
“Apprentice plumber” means any licensed person who is learning and performing plumbing under the supervision of a sponsor or sponsor’s agent in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the Illinois Plumbing License Law.
“Approved apprenticeship program” means an apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and the Department.
“Board” means the Board of Plumbing Examiners created by Article II of Chapter 2-116.
“Building drain” means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to 5 feet beyond the foundation walls where it is connected to the building sewer.
“Building sewer” means that part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system that extends from the end of the building drain, receives the discharge of the building drain, and conveys it to a public sewer or private sewage disposal system.
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Buildings or the Commissioner’s designee.
“Department” means the Department of Buildings.
“Licensed plumber” means any licensed individual authorized to perform plumbing as defined in this chapter, including individuals licensed under this chapter or the Illinois Plumbing License Law, but does not include retired plumbers as defined in this chapter or the Illinois Plumbing License Law.
“Plumbing” means the actual installation, repair, maintenance, alteration, or extension of a plumbing system by any person.
“Plumbing” includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, including without limitation lawn sprinkler systems and backflow prevention devices connected to lawn sprinkler systems, from the source of a private water supply on the premises or from the main in the street, alley, or at the curb to, within, and about any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work, or assemble.
“Plumbing” includes all piping, from discharge of pumping units to and including pressure tanks in water supply systems.
“Plumbing” includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, and appliances for a building drain and a sanitary drainage and related ventilation system of any building or buildings where a person or persons live, work, or assemble from the point of connection of such building drain to the building sewer or private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the foundation walls.
“Plumbing” includes any work on a subsoil drain pipe or sewer that involves iron pipe or iron fittings.
“Plumbing” does not mean or include the trade of drain-laying, the trade of drilling water wells which constitute the sources of private water supplies, and of making connections between such wells and pumping units in the water supply systems of buildings served by such private water supplies, or the business of installing water softening equipment and of maintaining and servicing the same, or the business of manufacturing or selling plumbing fixtures, appliances, equipment, or hardware, nor does it mean or include minor repairs which do not require changes in the piping to or from plumbing fixtures or involve the removal, replacement, installation, or re-installation of any pipe or plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the installation, repair, maintenance, alteration, or extension of building sewers not involving iron pipe or iron fittings.
“Plumbing contractor” means any person who performs plumbing, as defined in this chapter, for another person. “Plumbing contractor” shall not include licensed plumbers and licensed apprentice plumbers who either are employed by persons engaged in the plumbing business or are employed by another person for the performance of plumbing solely for that other person, including, but not limited to, a hospital, university, or business maintenance staff.
“Plumbing fixtures” means installed receptacles, devices, or appliances that are supplied with water or that receive or discharge liquids or liquid borne wastes, with or without discharge into the drainage system with which they may be directly or indirectly connected.
“Plumbing system” means the water service, water supply, and distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste, and vent pipes; building drains; including their respective connections, devices, and appurtenances.
“Plumbing system” does not include building sewers as defined in this chapter.
“Retired plumber” means any licensed plumber in good standing who voluntarily surrenders the plumber’s license to the entity which issued the license. Retired plumbers cannot perform plumbing as defined in this chapter, cannot sponsor or supervise apprentice plumbers, and cannot inspect plumbing under this Code. A retired plumber cannot fulfill the requirements of Section 4-332-020*.
* Editor’s note – As set forth in Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3; the intended reference was likely § 4-332-030. Future legislation will correct if needed.
“Supervision” with respect to first and second year licensed apprentice plumbers means that such apprentices must perform all designing and planning of plumbing systems and all plumbing as defined in this chapter under the direct personal supervision of the sponsor or sponsor’s agent who must also be a licensed plumber, except for maintenance and repair work on existing plumbing systems done by second year apprentice plumbers; provided that before performing any maintenance and repair work without such supervision, such apprentice has received the minimum number of hours of annual classroom instruction recommended by the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for apprentice plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training approved plumber apprenticeship program or its equivalent. “Supervision” with respect to all other apprentice plumbers means that, except for maintenance and repair work on existing plumbing systems, any plumbing done by such apprentices must be inspected daily, after initial rough-in and after completion, by the sponsor or sponsor’s agent who is also a licensed plumber. In addition, all repair and maintenance work done by a licensed apprentice plumber on an existing plumbing system must be approved by the sponsor or sponsor’s agent who is also a licensed plumber.
“Sponsor” is a licensed plumber or an approved apprenticeship program that has accepted an individual as a licensed apprentice plumber for education and training in the field of plumbing and whose name and license number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the individual’s application for an apprentice plumber’
“Sponsored” means that each licensed apprentice plumber has been accepted by a licensed plumber or an approved apprenticeship program for apprenticeship training.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)