Plumbers Requirements -Illinois

Listed below are the current state requirements for a(n) Plumbers in the state of Illinois.

Completion Requirements
4 hours of continuing education annually.

Renewal Dates
April 30th annually

All plumbers' licenses shall expire on April 30 of each year, except initial licenses issued after February 15 shall expire one year after the next April 30.

Statute:
TITLE 68, PART 750, CHAPTER IV, SECTION 750.500

Special Designations or Stipulations:
A licensed plumber is not required to complete continuing education for the year in which the person's plumbing license was initially issued.

Audit Potential:
N/A

Allowed Carry-Over Hours:
N/A

Applicable Course of Study:
Approved courses of instruction in plumbing shall provide instruction in the topics specified in subsections (a) through
(dd) below. Approved continuing education courses shall provide instruction in at least one of the topics specified below.
a) Public Health and its relationship to plumbing;
b) State of Illinois Plumbing License Law;
1) administration and enforcement;
2) licensing of apprentice plumbers and plumbers;
3) plumbing code requirements;
4) plumbing inspection;
c) Basic principles of plumbing;
d) Planning and designing a plumbing system including estimating, installation, repair, maintenance, alteration, extension, and dismantling;
e) Plumbing materials, fixtures, and equipment;
f) Joints and connections;
g) Traps and cleanouts;
h) Interceptors and separators;
i) Hangers and supports;
j) Indirect waste piping and special wastes;
k) Water supply and distribution system;
l) Public and private water supply systems;
m) Drainage system;
n) Private sewage disposal systems, municipal or public sewage disposal systems, and/or sanitary districts;
o) Vents and venting systems;
p) Inspection and testing of a plumbing system;
q) Sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics as they apply to plumbing;
r) Safety devices allied with a plumbing system;
s) Hot water systems and water heaters;
t) Soldering, welding, caulking, and wiping;
u) Copper material plumbing system;
v) Glass material plumbing system;
w) Plastics and thermoplastics material plumbing system;
x) Cast iron plumbing system, including Durham system;
y) Job safety;
z) Use and care of tools and equipment;
aa) Handling and disposition of wastes that would damage a plumbing system and sewage disposal facilities;
bb) Alternate plumbing systems;
cc) Solar plumbing systems; and
dd) Pumping of wastes.

Proof of Compliance:
As a condition of renewal, a licensed plumber must provide proof of completion of four hours of continuing education in one or more courses approved by the Department.

Non-Compliance Penalties:
N/A

Disallowed Credits:
N/A

Exceptions or exemptions:
A licensed retired plumber is not required to complete continuing education unless the licensed retired plumber wishes to restore his or her license to the status of a licensed plumber. The Department will determine the number of continuing education hours required for such a change in licensure, based on the length of time the plumber has been retired.

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