Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 553 - RULES OF STATE LICENSING BOARD FOR RESIDENTIAL AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS › Chapter 553-3 - QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE - RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR DIVISION › Rule 553-3-.02 - Licensure Requirements for an Individual to Practice as a Residential-Light Commercial Contractor in the Individual's Own Name or Doing Business as an Individual in a Trade Name or as a Sole Proprietorship

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) An individual person seeking issuance of
			 a Georgia license in his or her own name for purposes of engaging in the
			 profession of residential-light commercial contracting in his or her own name
			 or doing business as an individual in a trade name as a sole proprietorship
			 shall file an application on a form provided by the residential contractor
			 division, accompanied by an application fee as provided by the board.
(2) Additionally, such applicants must submit
			 to and successfully pass an examination prepared by the residential contractor
			 division, except where an applicant is otherwise qualified for licensure and
			 has satisfied the residential contractor division requirements and regulations
			 for licensure pursuant to Code Section
			  43-41-8 exempting such applicant
			 from the examination requirement.
(3) A person shall be eligible for licensure
			 as a residential-light commercial contractor by the residential-light
			 commercial subdivision if the person:
(a) Is
			 at least 21 years of age;
(b) Is of
			 a good character and is otherwise qualified as to competency, ability, and
			 integrity;
(c) Meets eligibility
			 requirements according to one of the following criteria:
1. Has received a baccalaureate degree from
			 an accredited four-year college or university in the field of engineering,
			 architecture, construction management, building construction, or other field
			 acceptable to the division and has at least one year of proven experience
			 working as or in the employment of a residential contractor, general
			 contractor, or other proven experience deemed substantially similar by the
			 division;
2. Has a combination
			 acceptable to the division of academic credits from any accredited
			 college-level courses and proven practical experience working as or in the
			 employment of a residential contractor, general contractor, or other proven
			 experience deemed substantially similar by the division equaling at least four
			 years in the aggregate. For purposes of this subparagraph, all university,
			 college, junior college, or community college-level courses shall be considered
			 accredited college-level courses; or
3. Has a total of at least four years of
			 proven active experience working in a construction industry related field, at
			 least two of which shall have been as or in the employment of a residential
			 contractor, or other proven experience deemed acceptable by the division;
			 and
(d) Has had
			 significant responsibility for the successful performance and completion of at
			 least two projects falling within the residence-light commercial category in
			 the four years immediately preceding application. To prove "successful
			 performance and completion" the applicant must include, together with the
			 application for licensure, an appropriate reference letter from a Georgia
			 registered architect, a designer, a licensed professional engineer
			 (predominately practicing structural engineering), or any other reference
			 acceptable to the subdivision.
(e)
			 In order to satisfactorily prove (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, each applicant
			 must swear on the application for licensure that the applicant satisfies each
			 requirement and submit satisfactory proof of such when and where directed to do
			 so by the application. In completing and submitting the application to the
			 residential contractor division, the applicant consents to the division
			 performing a background check, including a criminal history, on the applicant
			 if the division so chooses.