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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1887
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1887 as follows:
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| 3 | on page 1, by replacing lines 5 and 6 with "amended by changing | ||||||
| 4 | Sections 15, 30, and 35 as follows:"; and | ||||||
| 5 | by deleting line 7 on page 1 through line 1 on page 5; and | ||||||
| 6 | on page 9, line 24, after "insurance" by inserting "; | ||||||
| 7 | renewals"; and | ||||||
| 8 | on page 10, by replacing lines 3 through 18 with the following: | ||||||
| 9 | "(b) Each license must be renewed every 2 years. Each | ||||||
| 10 | licensee must complete 16 hours of continuing education in the | ||||||
| 11 | 2-year period following his or her renewal or initial licensure | ||||||
| 12 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | ||||||
| 13 | General Assembly. Current licensure as a professional engineer | ||||||
| 14 | or proof of current NICET certification in Level III or IV | ||||||
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| 1 | shall satisfy this requirement for designated certified | ||||||
| 2 | persons. Continuing education offered through nationally | ||||||
| 3 | recognized building and fire code organizations and their | ||||||
| 4 | affiliates; nationally recognized fire sprinkler organizations | ||||||
| 5 | and their affiliates; institutions of higher education; | ||||||
| 6 | educational bodies specializing in automatic fire suppression | ||||||
| 7 | system technology; as well as other entities approved by the | ||||||
| 8 | State Fire Marshal shall be also acceptable. All continuing | ||||||
| 9 | education entities seeking to be approved providers of | ||||||
| 10 | continuing education shall make application to the State Fire | ||||||
| 11 | Marshal and offer programs that: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) contribute to the advancement, extension, or | ||||||
| 13 | enhancement of the professional skills or technical | ||||||
| 14 | knowledge of the licensee in the practice of fire sprinkler | ||||||
| 15 | contracting; and | ||||||
| 16 | (2) are developed and presented by persons with | ||||||
| 17 | education or experience in the subject manner of the | ||||||
| 18 | program.".
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