Alabama Administrative Code › Title 440 - ALABAMA BOARD OF HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS › Chapter 440-X-3 - LICENSING AND FEES › Section 440-X-3-.04 - Forms Of Licensing

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Any
			 individual with the desire to qualify as a certified heating and air
			 conditioning contractor or refrigeration contractor via examination process
			 shall be required to sit for a prelicensure examination prior to being
			 considered for licensing by the Board. Any applicant who fails to pass their
			 prelicensure examination the first time taken, shall be entitled to take the
			 same written examination, upon request by the applicant, a practical
			 examination which is equivalent to the written examination, again within six
			 months from the date he or she failed the examination the first time.
			 Certifications shall be issued only to those individuals or legal entities who
			 have properly submitted the appropriate applications to the Board under Alabama
			 law and the Board's rules and regulations, and who have taken and passed the
			 Board's written examination or practical examination as provided in Alabama
			 law.
(2) An individual who desires
			 to obtain status as a certified heating and air conditioning contractor or
			 refrigeration contractor via reciprocity may qualify if they hold a current and
			 valid license in a qualifying reciprocal state with no previous or pending
			 disciplinary action. Certifications shall be issued only to those individuals
			 or legal entities who have properly submitted the appropriate applications to
			 the Board under Alabama law and the Board's rules and regulations.
(3) Any individual applying for a heating and
			 air conditioning license must personally satisfy all licensure requirements
			 before issuance of the license as certified contractor by the Board.
(4) Any person or legal entity applying for a
			 refrigeration license must satisfy all licensure requirements before issuance
			 of a license as a certified refrigeration contractor by the Board.
(5) All new heating and air conditioning, or
			 refrigeration contractor applicants must provide a performance bond in the
			 amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) to the Board. Proof of bond may
			 be required annually during the renewal process.
(6) Applying for certification by the Board
			 to engage in the business of heating and air condition and/or refrigeration
			 installation, service, or repair as a partnership, corporation, business trust,
			 or other legal entity must be done so through a person in responsible charge as
			 defined by Alabama law and the Rules and Regulations of the Board. The
			 application to the Board shall provide the name of the partnership and its
			 partners; the name of the corporation and its officers and directors; the name
			 of the business trust and its trustees; or the name of any other legal entity
			 and its members. The application to the Board shall establish that the person
			 in responsible charge under Alabama law and these Rules and Regulations is
			 legally qualified to act for the business organization in all matters connected
			 with its heating, air conditioning, and/ or refrigeration installation,
			 service, or repair business. The heating and air conditioning, and/or
			 refrigeration certification by the Board issued upon such application described
			 in this Rule shall be issued in the name of the person in responsible charge
			 and shall include the name of the business organization engaged in the heating,
			 air conditioning, and/or refrigeration installation, service, or repair
			 business.
Previous Rule .03 was renumbered .04 as per certification
				  published November 30, 2022; effective January 14,
				  2023.
Author:
Jeffrey M. Becraft
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-31-18.