Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 750 - PLUMBERS LICENSING CODE › Subpart I - VIOLATIONS OF PLUMBER'S LICENSE AND PLUMBING INSPECTOR'S CERTIFICATION › Section 750.900 - Plumber's and Apprentice Plumber's License Violations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Department may take disciplinary
				action against a licensed plumber or licensed apprentice plumber for violations
				of the Act, this Part or the Illinois Plumbing Code. Pursuant to Section 20 of
				the Act, disciplinary action may include the revocation, suspension, or denial
				of a license issued by the Department; and under Section 5(b.10) of the Act may
				include an Order of Correction to a telecommunications carrier for improper
				advertising.
b) A violation, for
				the purposes of this Section, shall be considered to mean a finding of
				violation of a Section of the Act, this Part, or the Illinois Plumbing Code by
				the Director in a final order issued pursuant to the Act, and may include any
				one of the following acts:
1) Any licensed
				plumber who permits his/her name or plumbing license number to be used to imply
				that he/she is a member of a sole proprietorship, association, partnership or
				corporation, and evidence indicates that he/she is not participating in the
				plumbing activities of the sole proprietorship, association, partnership or
				corporation. Evidence used by the Department in making this determination may
				include payroll, records, time sheets, W-2 forms and documents on file with the
				Secretary of State;
2) Any licensed
				plumber who refuses to correct Illinois Plumbing Code violations as requested
				by the Department, continues to install plumbing in violation of Illinois
				Plumbing Code requirements, or is found guilty of negligence or incompetence in
				the performance of plumbing;
3) Any
				licensed plumber who employs individuals to install plumbing and fails or
				refuses to license them as Illinois apprentice plumbers;
4) Any licensed plumber who fails to
				adequately train apprentices under his employment or supervision in a manner
				qualifying them to pass the plumbing license examination. In reaching a finding
				of adequacy, the Department shall consider factors such as number of hours
				worked by the apprentice, types and varieties of plumbing work performed and
				inspections of finished work;
5)
				Any licensed plumber or approved apprenticeship program that sponsors an
				apprentice and does not directly supervise or employ the apprentice in the
				plumbing trade a minimum of 1,400 hours a year;
6) Any licensed plumber who does not complete
				continuing education as required by Section
				750.500
				for license renewal;
7) Any
				licensed plumber or approved apprenticeship program that fails to submit to the
				Department, within 15 days after an apprentice is no longer employed and
				supervised by that plumber or program, a letter stating that sponsorship of the
				apprentice has been canceled;
8)
				Any licensed plumber or licensed apprentice plumber who advertises his or her
				services as a certified plumbing inspector without obtaining certification from
				the Department or who uses or attempts to use the certificate of a certified
				plumbing inspector;
9) Any licensed
				apprentice plumber who performs plumbing work without the supervision of the
				sponsor/agent or approved apprenticeship program sponsoring the apprentice; or
10) Any licensed apprentice plumber
				who does not work in the plumbing trade for a minimum of 1,400 hours a year or
				who does not fulfill all requirements of an approved apprenticeship
				program.