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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 J. 2-22-17, p. 43876, § 14, repealed former § 4-332-130, which pertained to board power to subpoena.
(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.
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.
(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.
(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)
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)
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)
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