(a) All plumber’s licenses and apprentice plumber’s certificates of registration shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. Licenses and certificates of registration may be renewed for a period of one year upon payment of the appropriate renewal fee. A plumber’s license which has expired for failure to pay the appropriate license fee shall be reinstated by the board, without examination, upon payment of a lapsed renewal fee in addition to the appropriate license fee within five years following the date of expiration.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2019, each licensed plumber shall, as a condition of each annual license renewal, provide evidence of completion of four hours of continuing education in plumbing. Continuing education courses shall be supervised directly by another licensed plumber. In addition to any other applicable penalty the Commissioner of Buildings may require a licensed plumber who violates this chapter or the building provisions of this Code to complete a minimum of two hours of additional continuing education in plumbing prior to license renewal.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 1-23-19, p. 94952, Art. I, § 4)