Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 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.
