Sec. 18.1. (a) An individual age seventeen (17) years or older wanting to be registered by the commission as an apprentice plumber shall, on a form provided by the commission, make application for registration. The applicant shall also provide to the commission a statement signed by a licensed plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber who is the employer of the applicant that the prospective apprentice is the employer's employee and will work under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a licensed contractor or journeyman plumber.
(b) If the commission approves the application for registration, it shall issue a certificate of registration as an apprentice plumber to the applicant.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), an individual may apply to be a registered apprentice plumber under this section and may work under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a licensed plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber for one (1) year, so long as the individual has applied for acceptance in a commission approved apprenticeship program. The requirements of this subsection are met even if the individual:
(1) is awaiting a response from the apprenticeship program; or
(2) has been placed on the apprenticeship program's waiting list;
at the time that the individual is working under the supervision of the licensed plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber.
(d) A registered apprentice plumber under subsection (c) shall discontinue working under the direct and immediate personal supervision of a licensed plumbing contractor or journeyman if any of the following events occurs:
(1) The registered apprentice plumber is not accepted into an apprenticeship program.
(2) The registered apprentice plumber is removed from the apprenticeship program's waiting list and does not begin the apprenticeship program.
(3) The registered apprentice plumber does not begin the apprenticeship program and remains on the apprenticeship program's waiting list for a period longer than one (1) year.
(4) The registered apprentice plumber withdraws the application submitted to the apprenticeship program.
(e) A licensed plumbing contractor or journeyman supervising a registered apprentice plumber under subsection (c) must notify the commission of the occurrence of an event described under subsection (d).
As added by P.L.248-1985, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.127-2019, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 1. Regulation of Plumbers; Creation of Commission; Licensing
25-28.5-1-1. Declaration of Policy
25-28.5-1-3. Indiana Plumbing Commission; Creation; Administration and Enforcement of Chapter
25-28.5-1-4. Members; Appointments; Terms; Political Representation
25-28.5-1-5. Compensation of Members of Commission
25-28.5-1-6. Organization and Records of Commission
25-28.5-1-7. Duties of Commission
25-28.5-1-8. Powers of Commission
25-28.5-1-9. Meetings of Commission; Notice; Quorum; Record
25-28.5-1-10. Office and Supplies of Commission; Employees
25-28.5-1-12. Licensing Requirements; Apprenticeship; Nonresidents
25-28.5-1-13. Application for License; Corporations, Partnerships, or Associations; Requisites
25-28.5-1-14. Refusal to Examine or License
25-28.5-1-16. Preparation and Administration of Examination
25-28.5-1-18.3. Expiration of License
25-28.5-1-18.5. Temporary Plumbing Contractor's License; Issuance
25-28.5-1-20. Nonresident Applicants; Service of Process
25-28.5-1-22. Expiration of License or Certificate of Registration; Renewal; Fees
25-28.5-1-24. Disposition of Fees; Expenses of Commission
25-28.5-1-27. Investigations; Motion of Commission or Complaint; Approval
25-28.5-1-28. Proceedings for Suspension or Revocation of License; Review
25-28.5-1-29. Record of Commission as Evidence; Conclusiveness of Verdicts
25-28.5-1-32. Exceptions to Application of Chapter
25-28.5-1-33. Political Subdivisions; Power to Regulate
25-28.5-1-35. Display of License; Register Available for Public Inspection
25-28.5-1-36. Actions to Recover for Services by Unlicensed or Unregistered Plumbers Barred
25-28.5-1-37. Subpoena Powers of Commission; Service and Witness Fees; Enforcement
25-28.5-1-38. Rules and Regulations
25-28.5-1-39. Loss of Bid Due to Chapter Violations; Injunctive Relief