Alabama Administrative Code › Title 304 - ALABAMA ELECTRONIC SECURITY BOARD OF LICENSURE › Chapter 304-X-1 - INITIAL RULES › Section 304-X-1-.03 - Licensure Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
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Section 1
			 Company License
(a) No person
			 operating an alarm system company or locksmith company may sell, install,
			 monitor or otherwise operate in the state of Alabama without a license from the
			 Board of Licensure.
(b) The company
			 will complete an application and pay the necessary fees to the Board of
			 Licensure and upon receipt of a license they can operate. The administrative
			 fee and all other fines, penalties, and fees due at the time of the licensure
			 application must be paid before an initial license or renewal license will be
			 issued by the Board.
(c) The Board
			 has six calendar weeks to act upon a complete application.
(d) No company license can be issued without
			 submitting a complete company application and a complete application for the
			 company's qualifying agent.
1. A copy of the
			 company's most recent business license issued by an Alabama city or
			 county.
2. A check, money order, or
			 debit or credit card in the proper amount as prescribed in the
			 application.
3. Application must
			 contain the physical address of the business.
4. No license will be issued to a company
			 unless the company files with the Board of Licensure evidence of a policy of
			 liability insurance with limits of not less than two hundred fifty thousand
			 dollars ($250,000), said policy shall provide for certain coverage for both
			 bodily injury or death of a person as result of the negligent act or acts of
			 the principal insured or his or her agents operating in the course and scope of
			 his or her employment, and for the injury to or destruction of property of
			 others as the result of negligent act or acts of the principal insured or his
			 or her agents operating in the course and scope of his or her agency and any
			 other insurance required by law. The Licensee shall notify the Board of
			 Licensure of any change in coverage by a 30-day notice to the Board of
			 Licensure. The licensee's physical address shall be required on any certificate
			 of insurance (or its equivalent) filed with the board. Failure to maintain
			 liability insurance may subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the
			 Board.
(e) A company must
			 make application if it offers to undertake, represents itself as being able to
			 undertake, or does undertake the installation or service of locks for motor
			 vehicles or for residential or commercial use, or sells, installs, services,
			 monitors burglar alarm systems or holds privacy codes of customers' burglar
			 alarm systems, or sells, installs or services electronic access control systems
			 or CCTV.
(f) A subcontractor must
			 meet the licensing requirements of the Board of Licensure.
(g) Companies located out of the State of
			 Alabama must obtain a "Certificate of Authority of a Foreign Corporation to
			 Transact Business in Alabama" from the Alabama Secretary of State prior to
			 submitting an application to the Electronic Security Board of
			 Licensure.
(h) All licensed
			 companies must have a physical location in the state of Alabama or; if no
			 physical location in the State of Alabama, a registered agent that is capable
			 of providing a Board inspector with Board requested information upon
			 request.
(i) All personnel that
			 install, sell, monitor or service burglar alarm systems (B), CCTV systems (S),
			 monitoring station operators (MS), electronic access control systems (A), motor
			 vehicle locks or mechanical locking hardware on behalf of the licensee,
			 including but not limited to, installers, technicians, or locksmiths shall
			 comply with the educational requirements in 304-X-1-.04.
(j) No licensee shall engage in business or
			 advertise under a state issued license number regulated by this code under a
			 name other than the name of the licensee which appears on the certificate
			 issued by the Board of Licensure or in the name of the business entity which
			 the licensee has registered with the Board of Licensure.
(k) The license shall be issued for a
			 prorated term of one year or a full term of two years, companies with a
			 beginning letter of A-H renew in odd numbered years and I-Z companies renew in
			 even years. Each license shall be renewed by the expiration date of the current
			 license. The expiration date for both companies and individuals is December
			 31st of the second year of its licensing period. For
			 companies A-H, and individuals licensed with their respective company, shall
			 expire on December 31st in an even year. Companies
			 I-Z, and individuals licensed with their respective company, shall expire on
			 December 31st in an odd year. Failure to submit a
			 renewal application by the licensee's designated expiration date (as evidenced
			 by the postmark date) may result in the company being accessed a late fee.
			 Renewal applications must include current proof of insurance for the company
			 and training requirements for individuals.
(l) Following issuance, the company license
			 shall be posted at all times in a conspicuous place in the place of business of
			 the licensee. A license issued pursuant to this code shall not be
			 assignable.