No application for a journeyperson’s license shall be filed at the department of labor and training nor shall any applicant be permitted to take the examination for a license as a journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer unless:

(1)  The application is accompanied with the nonrefundable application fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and

(2)  The applicant possesses a current apprentice certificate for a period of one year before application for journeyperson water-filtration/treatment-system installer is made.