Delaware Administrative Code
Title 24 - Regulated Professions and Occupations
Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
1800 - Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Examiners
Section 1800-2.0 - Plumbing Licensing Requirements

2.1.1 Board approval is required before an applicant will be allowed to sit for the exam. To get Board approval, an applicant must complete and return an application form to the Board's office, showing that the applicant has two (2) years of verified experience under the supervision of a licensed plumber after having received a Journeyman's Certificate in an apprenticeship program that meets or exceeds the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training Standard. Alternatively, the applicant can show seven (7) years of verified experience under the supervision of a licensed plumber if the applicant has successfully completed the series of state-approved tests offered in the Delaware technical high schools or other apprenticeship school.

2.1.2 Supporting documentation. The applicant shall present a copy of the Journeyman certificate or the applicant shall present proof of passing the series of state-approved tests offered in the Delaware technical high schools or other apprenticeship school. Verification of the required experience shall be by affidavit of thesupervising licensed plumber on the form approved by the Board. If the applicant is unable to obtain an affidavit from the supervising licensed plumber, the tax form W-2 or the affidavit of the employer or officer of the employing company may be submitted as proof of experience at the discretion of the Board.

2.1.3 Disciplinary record. An applicant must also certify to the Board that he or she has not engaged in any of the acts that would be grounds for discipline of a licensee of the State of Delaware and that he or she does not have any disciplinary proceedings or unresolved complaints pending against him or her in any jurisdiction where he or she has previously been or currently is licensed, or certified as a plumber. An applicant currently or previously licensed or certified in another jurisdiction shall provide the Board with certified statements from all other such jurisdictions verifying their disciplinary and complaint records.

2.1.4 Complete application. An application to sit for the examination is not considered complete until the Division of Professional Regulation has received the application form, all supporting documents (including verifications of disciplinary record) and all fees required by this section.

2.2.1 The exam will be offered four (4) times per year, once quarterly. No person shall be permitted to sit for the exam until he or she has completed the pre-examination requirements of Subsection 2.1 and received the Board's approval to take the exam.

2.2.2 Reexamination. Applicants who do not earn a passing score on the exam may retake it two (2) additional times, at the next regularly scheduled administrations, without further Board approval. An applicant who does not pass the exam after three (3) attempts must reapply to the Board for permission to retake the exam. Such applicants may not reapply until one (1) year has passed from the date he or she last took the exam.

2.3.1 An applicant under this section must demonstrate that the standards for licensure of the state through which the applicant seeks reciprocity are equivalent to those of this State. Applicants must provide that state's laws and regulations governing licensure to the Board.