145.08(1)(L)(L) Issuing an automatic fire sprinkler contractor’s license. 145.08(1)(Lm)(Lm) Issuing an automatic fire sprinkler — maintenance only registration. 145.08(1)(m)(m) Administering a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter’s examination. 145.08(1)(n)(n) Issuing a journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter’s license. 145.08(1)(nm)(nm) Issuing an automatic fire sprinkler fitter — maintenance only registration certificate. 145.08(1g)(1g) The department may not charge a plumbing supervisor employed by the department in accord with s. 145.02 (3) (a) a fee for the appropriate 4-year license for which the plumbing supervisor has previously qualified. 145.08(2)(2) No license or registration may be issued for longer than 4 years. Any license or registration may be renewed upon application made prior to the date of expiration. The department may renew licenses or registrations upon application made after the date of expiration if it is satisfied that the applicant has good cause for not applying for renewal prior to the date of expiration and upon payment of the renewal and additional fees prescribed. 145.08(3)(3) To establish a record of beginning an apprenticeship, as a plumber, as an automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice, or as a plumber learner (restricted), every plumbing and automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice and every plumbing learner (restricted) shall within 30 days after beginning an apprenticeship or learnership register with the department. A fee established by the department by rule shall be paid at the time of registration and before January 1 of each subsequent calendar year during which the apprentice is engaged in the apprenticeship or learnership. 145.09(1m)(1m) Any person may be accepted for examination for the appropriate classification of license without submitting evidence required under s. 145.07, if: 145.09(1m)(a)(a) The person holds a current license under the laws of any other state, or under the ordinances of any city, town or village, having license provisions governing plumbers that the department determines are equivalent to the requirements of this chapter; or 145.09(1m)(b)(b) The person has practical experience in plumbing in another state that the department determines is equivalent to the experience required under this chapter. 145.09(2m)(2m) The department shall accept for a journeyman plumber’s examination a person to whom all of the following apply: 145.09(2m)(a)(a) The person completed a plumbing apprenticeship under s. 106.025 or under the laws of any other state. 145.09(2m)(b)(b) The person passed a journeyman plumber’s examination in any other state. 145.09(2m)(c)(c) The person has practiced for at least 5 years under a journeyman plumber’s license or equivalent license issued by another state having licensure provisions governing plumbers that the department determines are substantially similar to the requirements under this chapter and the rules promulgated under this chapter, and the person has not been the subject of any disciplinary actions related to that license or any other equivalent license. 145.09 HistoryHistory: 1981 c. 60; 2017 a. 59. 145.10145.10 Investigations, hearings; suspension, revocation. 145.10(1)(1) The department may make investigations and conduct hearings and may, on its own or upon complaint in writing duly signed and verified by the complainant, and after providing not less than 10 days’ notice to the licensee, suspend any master or journeyman plumber’s license, cross-connection control tester’s registration, utility contractor’s license or temporary permit if it has reason to believe, and may revoke such license, registration or permit in the manner provided under this section if it finds, that the holder of such license, registration or permit has: 145.10(1)(a)(a) Made a material misstatement in the application for a license or registration or renewal thereof or for a temporary permit; 145.10(1)(am)(am) Committed gross negligence or misconduct or is incompetent in the practice covered by the person’s license, registration or permit; 145.10(1)(b)(b) Failed to correct an installation for which he or she is responsible, at his or her own expense, within 30 days following notification by the department of a violation of any rule adopted under this chapter; or 145.10(2)(2) A copy of the complaint with notice of the suspension of license, registration or permit shall be served on the person complained against, and the person’s answer to the complaint shall be filed with the department and the complainant within 10 days after service. The department shall thereupon set the matter for hearing as promptly as possible and within 30 days after the date of filing the complaint. Either party may appear at the hearing in person or by attorney or agent. The department shall make its findings and determination within 90 days after the date that the hearing is concluded and send a copy to each interested party. 145.10(3)(3) No order revoking a license, registration or permit shall be made until after a public hearing to be held before the department at such place as the department designates. At least 10 days prior to the hearing the department shall send written notice of the time and place of the hearing to the licensee or permittee and to the person’s attorney or agent of record by mailing the notice to the last-known address of such persons. The testimony presented and proceedings had at the hearing shall be recorded and preserved as the records of the department. The department shall as soon thereafter as possible make its findings and determination and send a copy to each interested party. One year after the date of revocation, application may be made for a new license or registration.