Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 553-12-.02 - Continuing Education-Residential
(1) Residential contractors by virtue of
their training, education and/or experience have been licensed by the State
Licensing Board for Residential and General contractors and therefore are
eligible to provide the public with needed professional services. In furnishing
these services the licensed residential contractor occupies a unique position
of public trust. It is essential in maintaining this trust that each licensed
residential contractor continuously strive to increase his or her technical
skills and knowledge.
(2) Pursuant
to the provision of O. C. G. A Section
43-41-6(k), the
Residential Division prescribes the following regulations establishing
requirements of continuing professional education to be met from time to time
by licensed residential contractors in order to demonstrate that they are
continuing their professional education as a condition to continued licensure
beginning with the 2012 renewal cycle.
(a)
For the 2012 renewal, an applicant for renewal of his or her residential
license must have completed 3 hours of acceptable continuing education for a
Residential Basic license and 6 hours of continuing education for a Residential
Light Commercial license. For the 2014 renewal and thereafter, an applicant for
renewal of his or her residential license must have completed 3 hours of
acceptable continuing education each year for a Residential Basic
license and 6 hours of continuing education each year for a
Residential Light Commercial license, with a year being July 1st through June
30th.
(b) Upon renewal of an
existing license and as a condition to the renewal thereof, residential
contractors licensed in the state of Georgia shall maintain and furnish to the
Residential Division, upon request or random audit, official documentation of
having completed three (3) hours of continuing education during each year for a
Residential Basic license and six (6) hours of continuing education during each
year for a Residential Light Commercial license. Official documentation of
course attendance must be maintained by a licensed residential contractor for
at least two (2) years following the end of the biennium during which the
course is taken.
(c) Compliance
with all continuing education requirements is a condition for license renewal.
Failure to complete all hours of mandatory continuing education shall serve as
grounds to deny the renewal of a license and may also result in disciplinary
action being taken against a licensee.
(d) The Residential Division may relax or
suspend the requirements of continuing education for reasons of individual
hardship or health of the applicant
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