Bill Text: IL HB3975 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Plumbing License Law. Provides that Illinois licensed professional engineers and licensed environmental practitioners who provide continuing education for licensed plumbers are not required to have oversight of their continuing education sponsorship or courses by any other licensed profession or Illinois licensed plumbers, have their programs reviewed by another licensed professional or Illinois licensed plumber, or have another licensed professional or Illinois licensed plumber attend or provide oversight of their continuing education courses or programs. Provides that Illinois licensed professional engineers and licensed environmental practitioners who provide continuing education for plumbers are not required to provide a licensed plumber of record when submitting sponsorship or continuing education course approval. The oversight and approval of the Department of Public Health's Plumbing Inspector shall be sufficient oversight for sponsor or course approval submitted by Illinois licensed professional engineers and licensed environmental practitioners. Provides that no additional requirements for the approval for the Illinois licensed professional engineers and licensed environmental practitioners as a sponsor or for approval of a continuing education course shall be mandated. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3975 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3975-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 14 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 320/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 1113)
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| 7 | Sec. 14. License renewal; continuing education. All | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | plumber's licenses
and apprentice plumber's licenses
issued
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| 9 | under this Act shall expire on April 30 next
following date of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | issuance.
The term for retired plumber's licenses shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | prescribed by Department
rule
after consultation with the Board | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | of Plumbing Examiners.
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| 13 | An apprentice plumber's license shall also expire the date | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | that the licensed
plumber sponsor of such licensed apprentice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | plumber
severs his or her sponsor status with the licensed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | apprentice
plumber. The licensed plumber sponsor shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | immediately
notify the Department of the severance of his or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | her relationship with the
licensed apprentice plumber. Such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | apprentice plumber
may, on forms provided by the Department, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | apply for reinstatement of his or
her
apprentice license by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | submitting to the Department a new
application and new | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | apprentice plumber's license fee. The application shall
verify | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | that the applicant for
reinstatement of his or her apprentice | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | plumber's license is sponsored
by an Illinois licensed plumber. | ||||||
| 2 | If the applicant is employed by a firm,
the application
shall | ||||||
| 3 | contain the name and license number of an Illinois licensed | ||||||
| 4 | plumber
employee of the firm or name and license number of an | ||||||
| 5 | Illinois licensed
plumber member of the firm, or name and | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois plumber's license number
of an officer of a | ||||||
| 7 | corporation who is the sponsor. Licensed apprentice
plumbers | ||||||
| 8 | shall not accumulate more than 6 years as a licensed apprentice
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| 9 | plumber.
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| 10 | Upon the recommendation of the Board, the Department may | ||||||
| 11 | require by rule
that each licensed plumber annually complete a | ||||||
| 12 | minimum number of hours of
classroom
instruction and provide | ||||||
| 13 | evidence of attending the classes before
receiving a renewal | ||||||
| 14 | plumber license. A continuing education requirement
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| 15 | established by the Department for all licensed plumbers shall | ||||||
| 16 | not exceed 15
hours per year. In addition, the Department shall | ||||||
| 17 | by rule establish guidelines
for additional continuing | ||||||
| 18 | education to be required for licensed plumbers found
to have | ||||||
| 19 | committed repeated Plumbing Code violations. In support of | ||||||
| 20 | these
requirements, the Department shall by rule establish | ||||||
| 21 | curricula for continuing
education and requirements for | ||||||
| 22 | instructors and may certify instructors and
training
programs | ||||||
| 23 | and schools for continuing education.
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| 24 | A plumber's license and an apprentice plumber's license may | ||||||
| 25 | be renewed for a
period
of one year from each succeeding May | ||||||
| 26 | 1st upon payment prior to May 1st of
the required renewal fee
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| 1 | and submission of required evidence of successful completion of | ||||||
| 2 | any required
continuing education courses. Application for | ||||||
| 3 | renewal shall be on forms
provided by
the Department.
An | ||||||
| 4 | application
for renewal of licenses received by the Department | ||||||
| 5 | after May 1st shall include
the annual renewal fees plus | ||||||
| 6 | reinstatement
fees, provided that the apprentice plumber's | ||||||
| 7 | application is received
by November 1 of the same year.
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| 8 | A plumber licensed pursuant to this Act whose license has | ||||||
| 9 | been expired
for a period of less than 5 years may apply to the | ||||||
| 10 | Department for reinstatement
of his or her
plumber's license. | ||||||
| 11 | The Department shall issue such license renewal provided
the | ||||||
| 12 | applicant
pays to the Department all lapsed renewal fees, plus | ||||||
| 13 | the reinstatement fee.
A plumber licensed pursuant to this
Act | ||||||
| 14 | who has permitted
his or her license to expire for more than 5 | ||||||
| 15 | years may apply, in writing,
to the
Department for
restoration | ||||||
| 16 | of his or her license. The Department shall restore his or
her
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| 17 | license provided
he or she
pays to the Department the required | ||||||
| 18 | restoration fee and shall successfully pass
the
examination for | ||||||
| 19 | an Illinois plumber's license. The restoration fee includes
the
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| 20 | applicant's examination fee. Failure by the applicant to | ||||||
| 21 | successfully pass the
plumber's license examination shall be | ||||||
| 22 | sufficient grounds for the Department to
withhold issuance of | ||||||
| 23 | the requested restoration of the applicant's plumber's
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| 24 | license. The
applicant may retake the examination in accordance | ||||||
| 25 | with the provisions of this
Act.
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| 26 | A retired plumber licensed under this Act who has
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| 1 | surrendered his or her plumber's license for a period of less | ||||||
| 2 | than 5 years may
apply to
the Department for
reinstatement of | ||||||
| 3 | his or her plumber's license. The Department shall renew the
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| 4 | license provided the applicant pays to the Department any | ||||||
| 5 | reinstatement fee
required by Department rule. A retired | ||||||
| 6 | plumber licensed under this Act who has
surrendered his or her | ||||||
| 7 | plumber's license for a period of more than 5 years may
apply
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| 8 | in writing to the Department for restoration of his or her | ||||||
| 9 | license. The
Department shall restore his or her license | ||||||
| 10 | provided he or she pays to the
Department the restoration fee | ||||||
| 11 | required by Department rule and successfully
passes the | ||||||
| 12 | examination for an Illinois plumber's license. The restoration | ||||||
| 13 | fee
includes the applicant's examination fee. Failure by the | ||||||
| 14 | applicant to
successfully pass the plumber's license | ||||||
| 15 | examination shall be sufficient grounds
for the Department to | ||||||
| 16 | withhold issuance of the requested restoration of the
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| 17 | applicant's plumber's license. The applicant may retake the | ||||||
| 18 | examination in
accordance with the provisions of this Act.
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| 19 | Illinois licensed professional engineers and licensed | ||||||
| 20 | environmental practitioners who provide continuing education | ||||||
| 21 | for licensed plumbers are not required to have oversight of | ||||||
| 22 | their continuing education sponsorship or courses by any other | ||||||
| 23 | licensed profession or Illinois licensed plumbers, have their | ||||||
| 24 | programs reviewed by another licensed professional or Illinois | ||||||
| 25 | licensed plumber, or have another licensed professional or | ||||||
| 26 | Illinois licensed plumber attend or provide oversight of their | ||||||
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| 1 | continuing education courses or programs. | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois licensed professional engineers and licensed | ||||||
| 3 | environmental practitioners who provide continuing education | ||||||
| 4 | for plumbers are not required to provide a licensed plumber of | ||||||
| 5 | record when submitting sponsorship or continuing education | ||||||
| 6 | course approval. The oversight and approval of the Department's | ||||||
| 7 | Plumbing Inspector shall be sufficient oversight for sponsor or | ||||||
| 8 | course approval submitted by Illinois licensed professional | ||||||
| 9 | engineers and licensed environmental practitioners. No | ||||||
| 10 | additional requirements for the approval for the Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | licensed professional engineers and licensed environmental | ||||||
| 12 | practitioners as a sponsor or for approval of a continuing | ||||||
| 13 | education course shall be mandated. | ||||||
| 14 | (Source: P.A. 89-665, eff. 8-14-96; 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
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| 15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 16 | becoming law.
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