California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 8 - Contractors' State License Board › Article 2 - Application for License › Section 827 - Review of Application for Original License, Additional Classification, or Replacement of Qualifying Person

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Application Requiring Examination.
(1) The Board shall inform an applicant in
				writing within 60 days of receipt whether the application is complete and has
				been referred for examination or is deficient and what specific information is
				required. An application is "complete" when an acceptable application and fee
				have been filed by the applicant.
(2) When an application is returned which was
				previously rejected for deficiencies, the Board shall decide within 5 days of
				receipt whether the application is complete and accepted for filing.
(3) The Board shall decide within 115 days
				after a complete application has been referred for examination whether an
				applicant meets the requirements for licensure, provided that the examination
				has been successfully completed and the applicant has filed the bond(s), fee
				and other documents required by Division 3 of the Business and Professions
				Code.
(4) If an applicant has not
				successfully completed the examination as scheduled in subsection (3), or met
				the other requirements of that subsection (subject to the limitations of
				Business and Professions Code Section
				7074),
				the Board shall decide within 45 days of the successful completion of a
				subsequently scheduled examination and the filing of acceptable bond(s), fee
				and other documents required by Division 3 of the Business and Professions
				Code, whether the applicant meets the requirements for licensure.
(5) The periods specified in subsection (3)
				and (4) shall be extended by a period of 60 days, if the application must be
				investigated.
(6) The minimum,
				median and maximum times for an application requiring examination for licensure
				as a contractor, for an additional classification, or for replacement of the
				qualifying person from the time of receipt of the application until the Board
				decided to issue the license, grant the additional classification or the
				replacement of the qualifying person, based on the Board's past two years
				performance, were:
(A) Application for
				Original License, with Examination
Minimum:...........................
..........................11 days
Median:...........................
..........................253 days
Maximum:...........................
..........................726 days
(B)
				Application for Additional Classification, with Examination
Minimum:...........................
.......................... 20 days
Median:...........................
..........................96 days
Maximum:...........................
..........................617 days
(C)
				Application for Replacement of the Qualifying Person, with Examination
Minimum:...........................
.......................... 20 days
Median:...........................
.......................... 78 days
Maximum:...........................
..........................428 days
These periods include not only the Board's processing time,
				  but also the time for which the applicant is responsible: e.g., the return of a
				  rejected application, failure of and/or failure to appear at examinations,
				  filing of the required bond(s) and fee.