4-332-110 License – Issuance conditions.

   The Commissioner shall issue a plumber’s license certificate to each applicant who passes the examination and has paid to the Department the required license fee. Each plumber’s license shall be issued in the name of the Department with the seal of the City of Chicago attached. Each plumber’s license shall be composed of a solid plastic card that includes a photo of the licensed plumber printed directly on the card.

   A person once licensed as a plumber under the provisions of this chapter shall not be relicensed except by renewal or restoration of such license as provided in this chapter.

   An applicant who is 21 years of age or older seeking a religious exemption to the photo requirement of this section shall furnish with the application an approved copy of United States Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Form 4029. Regardless of age, an applicant seeking a religious exemption to this photo requirement shall submit fingerprints in a form and manner prescribed by the Department with the application in lieu of a photo.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14)

4-332-120 Reserved.

Editor’s note – This section was renumbered as § 4-332-220 by Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3.

4-332-130 Reexamination waiting period.

   An applicant who fails to pass the examination for a plumber's license shall not be permitted to take another examination until after the expiration of one month following the date of such examination.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)

Editor’s note – Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14, repealed former § 4-332-130, which pertained to board power to subpoena.

4-332-140 License renewal; continuing education.

   (a)   All plumber’s licenses and apprentice plumber’s licenses issued under this chapter shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.

   An apprentice plumber’s license shall also expire the date that the sponsor of such licensed apprentice plumber severs the sponsor’s sponsor status with the licensed apprentice plumber. The sponsor shall immediately notify the Department of the severance of the sponsor’s relationship with the licensed apprentice plumber. Such apprentice plumber may, on forms provided by the Department, apply for reinstatement of the apprentice license by submitting to the Department a new application and new apprentice plumber’s license fee. The application shall verify that the applicant for reinstatement of the apprentice plumber’s license is sponsored by a licensed plumber or approved apprenticeship program. Licensed apprentice plumbers shall not accumulate more than 6 years as a licensed apprentice plumber.

   (b)   Licenses may be renewed for a period of one year upon payment of the appropriate renewal fee. A license which has expired for failure to pay the appropriate license fee shall be reinstated by the Department, without examination, upon payment of a reinstatement fee and all lapsed renewal fees in addition to the appropriate license fees within five years following the date of expiration.

   (c)   Beginning July 1, 2019, each licensed plumber shall, as a condition of each annual license renewal, certify or 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 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; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)

Editor’s note – Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14, repealed former § 4-332-140, which pertained to attendance of witnesses and production of documents.

4-332-150 Restoration after military service.

   The Department shall reinstate a license that expires while a licensee is in the active military service of the United States upon application to the Department by the former licensee within two years after termination of such military service, payment of the annual license fee, and submission of evidence of such military service. Such license shall be reinstated without examination and without payment of the lapsed renewal fee.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)

Editor’s note – Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14, repealed former § 4-332-150, which pertained to record of proceedings and transcripts.

4-332-160 Illinois Department of Public Health.

   (a)   Any person licensed as a plumber pursuant to this chapter, or licensed as a plumber by the Illinois Department of Public Health under the Illinois Plumbing License Law, may engage in plumbing within the City of Chicago, subject to the additional plumbing contractor licensing requirements in Chapter 4-336.

   (b)   The Commissioner shall provide the Illinois Department of Public Health with a copy of the records required by Section 4-332-080(7). The Commissioner shall advise the Illinois Department of Public Health of changes in such record at least every six months.

   (c)   In the event that a plumbing contractor’s license is suspended or revoked by the Commissioner pursuant to Chapter 4-336, the Commissioner shall notify the Illinois Department of Public Health.

(Added Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)

Editor’s note – Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14, repealed former § 4-332-160, which pertained to prima facie proof of signature.

4-332-170 Licensure by another jurisdiction.

   (a)   Upon the payment of the required fee, an applicant who is a plumber, registered or licensed by the State of Illinois, in another state, or in another municipality, may, without examination, be granted a license as a licensed plumber by the Department provided:

      (1)   that the applicant is at least twenty-one years of age, and

      (2)   that the Board finds that the requirements for the registration or licensing of plumbers in such other state or municipality, were, at the date of the registration or license, substantially equal to the requirements then in force for licensing under this Code, and provided that the same privilege of reciprocal recognition is accorded by said state or municipality to licensed plumbers in the City of Chicago.

   (b)   A plumber licensed or registered as a plumber by another state or municipality whose license requirements are substantially equal to the requirements for a City of Chicago plumber’s license, when such state or municipality does not offer reciprocal recognition of City of Chicago plumber’s licenses, may apply for and be issued a City of Chicago plumber’s license provided that the applicant successfully passes the plumber’s examination and pays the required fees.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)

4-332-200 License – Suspension or revocation – Hearing procedure.

   Petitions and hearings to contest the suspension or revocation of a license shall proceed in the manner set forth in Section 2-116-280 of this Code.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)

4-332-210 License – Suspension or revocation.

   The Commissioner may suspend or revoke the license of any person licensed under this chapter as provided in Section 14A-3-305 of this Code.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amended Coun. J. 9-5-01, p. 66630, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. II, § 62; Amend Coun. J. 1-24-24, p. 8615, § 3)