2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › BUSINESS PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-100-101 — 12-165-113) › Article 155 - PLUMBERS (§§ 12-155-101 — 12-155-125) › Section 12-155-112 - License and registration - term of license - renewal - fees -reinstatement - continuing education - rules

(1)
(a)
Beginning with the plumbing license cycle that begins on March 1, 2027, and each subsequent license cycle thereafter, the board shall issue and renew plumbing licenses for a period of three years unless otherwise determined by the director.
(b)
Except as provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section, all license and registration renewal and renewal fees shall be in accordance with sections
12-20-105
and
12-20-202 (1)
.
(2)
(a)
Licenses and registrations issued pursuant to this article 155 are subject to the renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and delinquency fee provisions specified in section
12-20-202 (1) and (2)
. Any person whose license or registration has expired is subject to the penalties provided in this article 155 or section
12-20-202 (1)
.
(b)
This subsection (2)(b) does not apply to water conditioning installers and water conditioning principals. To reinstate a license or registration that has been expired for two or more years, a person must demonstrate competency by:
(I)
Providing verification of a license in good standing from another state and proof of active practice in that state for the year previous to the date of receipt of the reinstatement application;
(II)
Satisfactorily passing the state plumbing examination in accordance with section
12-155-110
; or
(III)
Any other means approved by the board.
(c)
To reinstate a license or registration that has been expired for less than two years, a person must comply with subsection (3)(a) of this section; except that this subsection (2)(c) does not apply to water conditioning installers and water conditioning principals.
(3)
(a)
On or after May 1, 2021, the board shall not renew or reinstate a license unless the applicant has completed eight hours of continuing education for every twelve months that have passed after the later of the last date of renewal or reinstatement. This subsection (3)(a) does not apply to the first renewal or reinstatement of a license for which, as a condition of issuance, the applicant successfully completed a licensing examination pursuant to section
12-155-110
.
(b)
On or before July 1, 2020, the board, in collaboration with established industry training programs and industry representatives, shall adopt rules establishing continuing education requirements and standards. The requirements and standards must include course work related to the code, including core competencies, as determined by the board. The board may count a licensed plumber's enrollment in a course designed to help the plumber attain nationally recognized plumbing and building inspection certifications towards the plumber's continuing education requirements. A renewal or reinstatement license applicant must furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the board, in a form and manner determined by the board, documentation demonstrating compliance with this subsection (3) and rules promulgated to implement this subsection (3).
(c)
To ensure consumer protection, the board's rules may include audit standards for licensee compliance with continuing education requirements and requirements pertaining to the testing of licensees by the continuing education vendor.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 343,§ 13, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 109, § 3, eff. 1/1/2020.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-58-108
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 300, § 4, eff. 6/5/2015.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 280, § 8, eff. 5/24/2013.
L. 82: Entire article R&RE, p. 271, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: Entire section R&RE, p. 587, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 1856, § 112, effective August 4. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-162), ch. 280, p. 1456, § 8, effective May 24. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (SB 15-202), ch. 300, p. 1234, § 4, effective June 5.
This section is similar to former § 12-58-108 as it existed prior to 2019.