(b) Information for apprentice plumber registration shall be on an application form supplied by the Department of Health and the application form shall be filled out completely before consideration by the local apprenticeship committee.

(c) To establish a record of apprenticeship, every apprentice plumber shall within thirty (30) days after employment be registered with the local apprenticeship committee, the Department of Health, and USDOL/OA. It is the responsibility of the master plumber to require apprentices to register with the local apprenticeship committee. The Arkansas State Committee of Plumbing Examiners may take action against a master plumber for working an apprentice for over thirty (30) days without being so registered. In the absence of an established local apprenticeship committee, an apprentice shall register directly with the State Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee, USDOL/OA, and the Department of Health.

(d) All holders of an apprentice license issued under the provisions of this regulation may apply for renewal annually within thirty (30) days after the expiration date of the license. The Department of Health may not renew a license after the thirty (30) day period providing there is sufficient reason for not renewing such license in the time specified and upon payment of penalties as prescribed by regulations.

(e) EXPERIENCE CREDIT: The applicant must submit a request for experience credit within a sixty (60) day period of time from the date of application, furnish notarized records, affidavits, or bona fide evidence as may be required to substantiate the requested time. Please show all work experience present and past that you wish considered for work experience credit. The work experience must have a start date and end date (to present if current job) so work experience time can be calculated. The description of work experience should be sufficiently detailed to provide a clear understanding of work being performed. This time shall be evaluated by the local apprenticeship committee, if in existence, and approved by the State Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee. In the absence of the local committee, credit time shall be evaluated and may be granted by the State Plumbing Apprenticeship Committee. The applicant may be required to take an examination to determine credit time requested. Experience credit will only be granted for documented out of state work, for in state work while duly registered as required by these rules and regulations, or work done prior to 1984. Experience credit, when approved will be granted for both classroom and on the job hours.

(f) The term of apprenticeship shall be a minimum of four (4) years or equal consisting of eight (8) periods of one-thousand (1,000) hours of practical work experience and eight (8) periods of 80 hours each running concurrently of related classroom instruction in technical and supplemental subjects related to the trade or as approved by USDOL/OA. When an apprentice successfully completes the required term of apprenticeship, he/she will be eligible to take the state journeyman plumbers examination as administered by the Arkansas Department of Health / Plumbing and Natural Gas Section. The Arkansas Department of Health / Plumbing and Natural Gas Section will notify the State Apprenticeship Office of the test results (pass/fail). The apprentice must pass the state examination before being released from their indenture agreement by the local committee. If the apprentice does not pass the exam by January 1, the apprentice must report to the school to receive license renewal and may be charged a fee from the school.