Full Text of SB0038 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 2 and 35 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
| 8 | | "Agent" means a person designated by a sponsor as | 9 | | responsible for
supervision of an apprentice plumber and who is | 10 | | also an Illinois
licensed plumber.
| 11 | | "Apprentice plumber" means any licensed person who is | 12 | | learning and
performing plumbing under the supervision of a | 13 | | sponsor or his agent in
accordance with the provisions of this | 14 | | Act.
| 15 | | "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship | 16 | | program
approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of | 17 | | Apprenticeship and
Training and the Department under rules.
| 18 | | "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Plumbing | 19 | | Examiners.
| 20 | | "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal | 21 | | piping
of a drainage system that receives the discharge from | 22 | | soil, waste, and
other drainage pipes inside the walls of a | 23 | | building and conveys it to 5
feet beyond the foundation walls |
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| 1 | | where it is connected to the building sewer.
| 2 | | "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping | 3 | | of a drainage
system that extends from the end of the building | 4 | | drain, receives the discharge
of the building drain and conveys | 5 | | it to a public sewer or private sewage
disposal system.
| 6 | | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | 7 | | Health.
| 8 | | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 9 | | Public Health.
| 10 | | "Governmental unit" means a city, village, incorporated | 11 | | town, county,
or sanitary or water district.
| 12 | | "Irrigation contractor" means a person who installs or | 13 | | supervises the
installation of lawn sprinkler systems subject | 14 | | to Section 2.5 of this Act,
other than a licensed plumber or a
| 15 | | licensed apprentice plumber.
| 16 | | "Irrigation employee" means a person who is employed by a | 17 | | registered irrigation contractor or a licensed plumber, and who | 18 | | designs, repairs, alters, maintains, or installs lawn | 19 | | sprinkler systems that are subject to Section 2.5 of this Law.
| 20 | | "Lawn sprinkler system" means any underground irrigation | 21 | | system of lawn,
shrubbery and other vegetation from any potable | 22 | | water sources; and from any
water sources, whether or not | 23 | | potable. "Lawn sprinkler system" includes
without limitation | 24 | | the water supply piping, valves, control systems, low voltage | 25 | | wiring, sprinkler heads or
other irrigation outlets, and | 26 | | moisture or rainfall sensing equipment, but does not include |
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| 1 | | the backflow prevention
device. "Lawn sprinkler system" does | 2 | | not include an irrigation
system used primarily for | 3 | | agricultural purposes.
| 4 | | "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, | 5 | | partnership, or
association.
| 6 | | "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform | 7 | | plumbing
as defined in this Act, but does not include retired | 8 | | plumbers as defined in
this Act.
| 9 | | "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair, | 10 | | maintenance, alteration
or extension of a plumbing system by | 11 | | any person.
| 12 | | "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances | 13 | | and
appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, | 14 | | including without limitation
lawn sprinkler systems and | 15 | | backflow prevention devices connected to lawn
sprinkler | 16 | | systems, from the
source of a private water supply on the | 17 | | premises or from
the main in the street, alley or at the curb | 18 | | to, within and about any building
or buildings where a person | 19 | | or persons live, work or assemble.
| 20 | | "Plumbing" includes rainwater harvesting distribution | 21 | | systems. Rainwater harvesting distribution systems shall be | 22 | | for non-potable use only. "Plumbing" does not include any | 23 | | rainwater harvesting distribution system or rainwater | 24 | | harvesting collection system unless otherwise required by the | 25 | | Illinois Plumbing Code. Rainwater harvesting distribution | 26 | | systems shall be constructed in accordance with the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Plumbing Code. | 2 | | "Plumbing" includes all piping, from discharge of pumping | 3 | | units to
and including pressure tanks in water supply systems.
| 4 | | "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, | 5 | | and
appliances for
a building drain and a sanitary drainage and | 6 | | related ventilation system
of any building or buildings where a | 7 | | person or persons live, work or assemble
from the point of | 8 | | connection of such building drain to the building sewer
or | 9 | | private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the foundation | 10 | | walls.
| 11 | | "Plumbing" does not mean or include the trade of | 12 | | drain-laying, the
trade of drilling water wells which | 13 | | constitute the sources of private water
supplies, and of making | 14 | | connections between such wells and pumping units
in the water | 15 | | supply systems of buildings served by such private water
| 16 | | supplies, or the business of installing water softening | 17 | | equipment and of
maintaining and servicing the same, or the | 18 | | business of manufacturing or
selling plumbing fixtures, | 19 | | appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the
installation and | 20 | | servicing of electrical equipment sold by a not-for-profit
| 21 | | corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis, | 22 | | that either
on or before January 1, 1971, is or has been | 23 | | financed in whole or in part
under the federal Rural | 24 | | Electrification Act of 1936 and the Acts
amendatory
thereof and | 25 | | supplementary thereto, to its members for use on farms owned
by | 26 | | individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it mean or |
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| 1 | | include minor
repairs which do not require changes in the | 2 | | piping to or from plumbing fixtures
or involve the removal, | 3 | | replacement, installation or re-installation of
any pipe or | 4 | | plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the installation,
| 5 | | repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of building | 6 | | sewers , or the installation, repair, or maintenance of | 7 | | rainwater harvesting collection systems unless otherwise | 8 | | required by the Illinois Plumbing Code .
| 9 | | "Plumbing contractor" means any person who performs | 10 | | plumbing,
as defined in this Act, for another person. "Plumbing | 11 | | contractor"
shall not include licensed plumbers and licensed | 12 | | apprentice plumbers
who
either
are employed by persons engaged | 13 | | in the plumbing business or are
employed by another person for | 14 | | the performance of
plumbing
solely
for that other person, | 15 | | including, but not limited to, a
hospital, university, or | 16 | | business maintenance staff.
| 17 | | "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles, devices | 18 | | or appliances
that are supplied with water or that receive or | 19 | | discharge liquids or liquid
borne wastes, with or without | 20 | | discharge into the drainage system with which
they may be | 21 | | directly or indirectly connected.
| 22 | | "Plumbing system" means the water service, water supply and | 23 | | distribution
pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste | 24 | | and vent pipes; building
drains; including their respective | 25 | | connections, devices and appurtenances.
| 26 | | "Plumbing system" does not include building sewers as |
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| 1 | | defined in this
Act.
| 2 | | "Rainwater harvesting collection system" is a system for | 3 | | the capture, diversion, and storage of rainwater and consists | 4 | | of one or more cisterns, pipe, fittings, and appurtenances | 5 | | required for or used to harvest rainwater for non-potable | 6 | | purposes. These systems must be constructed in accordance with | 7 | | the Illinois Plumbing Code. | 8 | | "Rainwater harvesting distribution system" is a system for | 9 | | the distribution of rainwater collected by an approved | 10 | | rainwater harvesting collection system. This system consists | 11 | | of pumps, pipe, fittings, or other plumbing appurtenances and | 12 | | must be constructed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing | 13 | | Code. | 14 | | "Retired plumber" means any licensed plumber in good | 15 | | standing who meets the
requirements of this Act and the | 16 | | requirements prescribed by Department rule to
be licensed as a | 17 | | retired plumber and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's
| 18 | | license to the Department, in exchange for a retired plumber's | 19 | | license.
Retired
plumbers cannot perform plumbing as defined in | 20 | | this Act, cannot sponsor or
supervise apprentice plumbers, and | 21 | | cannot inspect plumbing under this Act. A
retired plumber | 22 | | cannot fulfill the requirements of subsection (3) of Section 3
| 23 | | of this Act.
| 24 | | "Supervision" with respect to first and second year | 25 | | licensed apprentice
plumbers means that such apprentices must | 26 | | perform all designing and
planning of plumbing systems and all |
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| 1 | | plumbing as defined in this Act under
the direct personal | 2 | | supervision of the sponsor or his or her agent who must
also be | 3 | | an Illinois licensed plumber, except for maintenance and repair
| 4 | | work on existing plumbing systems done by second year | 5 | | apprentice plumbers;
provided that before performing any | 6 | | maintenance and repair work
without such supervision, such | 7 | | apprentice has received the minimum number of
hours of annual | 8 | | classroom instruction recommended by the United States
| 9 | | Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for | 10 | | apprentice
plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training | 11 | | approved plumber
apprenticeship program or its equivalent. | 12 | | "Supervision" with respect to
all other apprentice plumbers | 13 | | means that, except for maintenance and repair
work on existing | 14 | | plumbing systems, any plumbing done by such apprentices
must be | 15 | | inspected daily, after initial rough-in and after completion by | 16 | | the
sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois | 17 | | licensed plumber. In
addition, all repair and maintenance work | 18 | | done by a licensed apprentice
plumber on an existing plumbing | 19 | | system must be approved by the sponsor or
his or her agent who | 20 | | is also an Illinois licensed plumber.
| 21 | | "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved | 22 | | apprenticeship
program that has accepted an individual as an | 23 | | Illinois licensed apprentice
plumber for education and | 24 | | training in the field of plumbing and whose name
and license | 25 | | number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the
| 26 | | individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license.
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| 1 | | "Sponsored" means that each Illinois licensed apprentice | 2 | | plumber
has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber or an | 3 | | approved
apprenticeship program for apprenticeship training.
| 4 | | "Telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications | 5 | | carrier as defined
in the Public Utilities Act.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 94-101, eff. 1-1-08 .)
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 320/35) (from Ch. 111, par. 1133)
| 8 | | Sec. 35.
The Department shall promulgate and publish and | 9 | | may from time
to time amend a minimum code of standards for | 10 | | plumbing and the fixtures,
materials, design and installation | 11 | | methods of plumbing systems based upon
the findings of the | 12 | | sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics, after consideration
of | 13 | | the recommendations of the Plumbing Code Advisory Council.
The | 14 | | Department may promulgate and publish rules in the State's | 15 | | minimum
code of standards for the minimum number of plumbing | 16 | | fixtures required for
the comfort and convenience of workers | 17 | | and the public not inconsistent
with, but not limited to, the | 18 | | requirements of the federal Americans With
Disabilities Act, | 19 | | the Equitable Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department
of Labor, | 20 | | Office of Safety and Health Administration. The Department | 21 | | shall adopt and publish a minimum code of standards for | 22 | | rainwater harvesting collection systems and rainwater | 23 | | harvesting distribution systems by January 1, 2012. The minimum
| 24 | | code of standards for plumbing and any amendments thereto shall | 25 | | be filed
with the Secretary of State as a public record. In |
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| 1 | | preparing plumbing code
standards and amendments thereto the | 2 | | Department may give consideration to
the recommendations | 3 | | contained in nationally recognized plumbing codes and
| 4 | | recommendations of nationally recognized material and | 5 | | equipment testing
laboratories. The plumbing code promulgated | 6 | | by the Department under
authority of this Act shall remain in | 7 | | effect as the minimum
code authorized by this Act until the | 8 | | Department promulgates a new code
under authority of this Act. | 9 | | At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing
shall be given by | 10 | | the Department in a manner which the Department considers
| 11 | | adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of persons | 12 | | interested in
plumbing code standards. Notice of any public | 13 | | hearing shall be given by
the Department to those who file a | 14 | | request for a notice of hearings.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 87-885.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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