The Department may take disciplinary action against a
plumbing inspector for violations of the Act, this Part or the Illinois
Plumbing Code. Pursuant to Section 20 of the Act, such action may include
revocation, suspension, or denial of a plumbing license or plumbing inspector's
certificate 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. A violation, for the purposes of this Section, shall be considered
to mean a finding of violation of a Section of the Act, or this Part, or the
Illinois Plumbing Code by the Director in a final order issued pursuant to the
Act and shall include the following acts:
a) a plumbing inspector presenting, as his or
her own, the license of another person;
b) submitting false information or
misrepresenting facts to the Department for the purpose of obtaining
certification or renewal of certification as a plumbing inspector;
c) using or attempting to use a certificate
that has been suspended or revoked;
d) operating a business organization
advertising itself as a certified plumbing inspection business after the
termination of its only certified plumbing inspector without another member of
the business organization obtaining certification from the
Department;
e) commencing or
performing certified plumbing inspections for which a permit is required
pursuant to the Illinois Plumbing Code without the permit being in
effect;
f) willfully violating any
State law or rule, or any municipal or county ordinance, relating to
uncertified or certified plumbing inspections or committing any other form of
misconduct;
g) being convicted or
found guilty of, or entering a plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of
adjudication, a crime in any jurisdiction that directly relates to the practice
of plumbing;
h) violating any
provision of the Act, this Part, the Illinois Plumbing Code, or any county or
municipal plumbing ordinances or failing to follow any directive or order of
the Department;
i) performing any
act that assists a person or entity in engaging in the prohibited uncertified
practice of inspecting plumbing, if the certified plumbing inspector knows or
has reasonable grounds to know that the person or entity is uncertified;
or
j) knowingly assisting or
conspiring with an uncertified person by allowing one's plumbing inspector's
certificate to be used by the uncertified person with intent to violate the
requirements of Section
750.710. When a certified
plumbing inspector allows his or her certificate to be used by one or more
business organizations without participating in the operations, management, or
control of such business organizations, such act constitutes prima facie
evidence of an intent to evade the requirements of this Section.
