Section 860IAC1-1-9. Admission to examination

   (a) This section and section 10 of this rule implement the requirements for admission to the journeyman plumber and plumbing contractor examination found in IC 25-28.5-1-12(c).

  (b) "Plumbing trade" means being engaged in the work of plumbing (as that term is defined in IC 25-28.5-1-2(1)) under the circumstances described in:

(1) IC 25-28.5-1-32(2);

(2) IC 25-28.5-1-32(6); or

(3) IC 25-28.5-1-32(7).

  (c) "Apprenticeship program approved by the commission" means a program that meets the requirements of 860 IAC 2-1-1.

  (d) "Four (4) year apprenticeship program" means satisfactory completion of a minimum of five hundred seventy-six (576) hours of classroom instruction and satisfactory completion of six thousand four hundred (6,400) hours of related on-job-training, over at least four (4) years. Credit for previous education, training, or experience may be counted toward the total required hours for the apprenticeship program if granted by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, a division of the United States Department of Labor, and approved by the commission. Credit must not exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the total hours of the apprenticeship program requirement. Approved credit must be documented and presented with the original apprenticeship registration application.

  (e) "Four (4) years of experience" means a minimum of six thousand four hundred (6,400) hours in the plumbing trade over at least four (4) years.

  (f) Not more than forty (40) hours shall be counted in any given calendar week toward meeting the requirements of either subsection (d) or (e). (Indiana Plumbing Commission; 860 IAC 1-1-9; filed Jan 16, 1992, 5:00 p.m.: 15 IR 1022; readopted filed May 29, 2001, 10:00 a.m.: 24 IR 3237; readopted filed Jul 19, 2007, 12:57 p.m.: 20070808-IR-860070061RFA; filed Nov 26, 2008, 12:38 p.m.: 20081217-IR-860080538FRA, eff Jan 1, 2009; readopted filed Nov 13, 2015, 11:09 a.m.: 20151209-IR-860150226RFA)