(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)