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.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-18.1

  • Apprentice plumber: means an individual who:

    Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2

  • Commission: means the Indiana plumbing commission created by this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Journeyman plumber: means a person who engages or offers to engage in, as an occupation or trade, the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, or removal and replacement of plumbing under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a licensed plumbing contractor. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Plumbing: means the practice of and the materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following:

    Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2

  • Plumbing contractor: means any person who, for compensation, undertakes to, or submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by others, construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, subtract from, or improve plumbing and who is responsible for substantially all the plumbing within the entire project, or one who fabricates units or plumbing substantially completed and ready for installation. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Registration: means the granting of a certificate by the commission that authorizes an individual to act as an apprentice plumber. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (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.

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