Indiana § 25-28.5-1-18.1 Apprentice plumber; application for registration; certificate of
registration; events requiring discontinuation of work

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§ 25-28.5-1-18.1 — Apprentice plumber; application for registration; certificate of registration; events requiring discontinuation of work

Indiana § 25-28.5-1-18.1

Title 25PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Art. 28.5PLUMBERS

Ch. 1Regulation of Plumbers; Creation of Commission;

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Ind. Code § 25-28.5-1-18.1 (2026).

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(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 unde

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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).