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-.04 - Licensure Requirements for an Individual Acting as a Qualifying Agent for a Business Organization Seeking to Engage in the Profession of Residential-Light Commercial Contracting in the Name of the Business Organization

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) An individual
			 person affiliated by ownership or employment with and acting as a qualifying
			 agent for a business organization seeking to engage in the profession of
			 residential-light commercial contracting in the name of the business
			 organization in accordance with and pursuant to Code Section
			  43-41-9 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 or where the applicant is an individual acting
			 as a qualifying agent for a business organization and has previously obtained
			 and maintained continuously a license issued by the residential contractor
			 division.
(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.