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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 7 - License Classifications › Section 158:40-7-3 - Electrical inspectors [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff 5-28-02; Revoked at 28 Ok
				  Reg 2341, eff 8-25-11
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 7 - License Classifications › Section 158:40-7-4 - Limited electrical contractor

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
A limited electrical contractor is prohibited from engaging
				  in the work of a journeyman electrician, performing or supervising field work,
				  and has met the following requirements:
(1) Applicants for Limited Electrical
				Contractor examination must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and must
				have a degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or
				university. Additionally, an applicant must have eight thousand (8,000) hours
				(4 years) of electrical experience in field construction, electrical
				estimating, electrical project management in commercial and industrial
				electrical work; or
(2) Applicants
				for a Limited Electrical Contractor examination must be eighteen (18) years of
				age or older and must verify sixteen thousand (16,000) hours (8 years)
				experience in the electrical trade performing electrical work, estimating or
				project management. The experience must be verified in commercial and/or
				industrial work.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff
				  5-28-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 7 - License Classifications › Section 158:40-7-6 - Refinery electrical license

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Applicants for a refinery electrical
				journeyman examination must:
(1) be eighteen
				(18) years of age or older;
(2)
				successfully pass the unlimited refinery electrical journeyman exam;
				and
(3) have a verifiable license
				in the unlimited electrical classification issued by a jurisdiction outside of
				the State of Oklahoma. The license must be:
(A) current, and
(B) in good standing.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 7 - License Classifications › Section 158:40-7-7 - Poultry house contractor license

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Definition. "Poultry house
				contractor"
means any person who has qualified to become licensed in
				accordance with 59 O.S. §
									1686.1
				and
				158:40-7-7.
(b)
Limitations.
Poultry house
				contractor license holders cannot perform any wiring for a structure or
				electrical facility that is not directly involved in the operation of the
				environmentally controlled poultry house wiring system. The poultry house
				contractor license allows contracting only for wiring of environmentally
				controlled poultry house systems and does not disallow or exclude unlimited
				electrical contractors from performing poultry house wiring work under an
				unlimited electrical contractor license without a poultry house contractor
				license. All licenses shall be nontransferable.
(c)
License requirements.
(1) Applicants for Poultry House Contractor
				must be eighteen (18) years of age or over, be the party performing,
				overseeing, or otherwise responsible for the work performing solely poultry
				house premise wiring for environmentally controlled poultry house systems, and
				the insured poultry house wiring to connect the premise wiring, and who do not
				perform any wiring for a structure or electrical facility that is not directly
				involved in the operation of the environmentally controlled poultry house
				wiring system.
(2) Applicants must
				provide all necessary information and documentation required under the
				Electrical Licensing Act, rules, and as requested by the Board.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-1 - Examination applications

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				Applicants for electrical license examinations who are not licensed and wish to
				include experience gained in Oklahoma must maintain an apprentice registration
				on file with the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board for all experience
				obtained in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Construction Industries Board will not
				consider experience obtained in or outside of Oklahoma for periods in which an
				apprentice is unregistered , except for experience lawfully obtained according
				to any applicable federal or state laws , and must be comprised of electrical
				construction work as defined in the Act .
(b) Formal electrical education shall mean
				attendance at a technical school or one or more training courses approved by
				the Committee, with specialization in electrical wiring skills. The credit
				shall be based upon actual classroom hours. Applicants must present transcripts
				showing schools, classroom hours attended, grades and certificates achieved to
				substitute education for experience. The Administrator shall make the final
				determination.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 28 Ok
				  Reg 2341, eff 8-25-11
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-2 - Examinations and licensure

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				Electrical license examinations may include, without limitation, the following
				parts:
(1) Written questions, consisting of
				open book, closed book and problems, based on the standard of installation as
				described in OAC
				158:40-1-4
				and other related questions; and
(2) Practical shop, which for contractors
				shall also include written questions on job estimating and the laws and
				regulations relating to electricians as found in the Act and this
				Chapter.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-2.1 - Acceptance of Military education, training and experience toward qualification for licensure examination

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Licensure
				- military service.
See OAC
				158:1-3-10
				for provisions related to the application of substantially equivalent
				education, training, and experience completed as a member of the Armed Forces
				or Reserves of the United States, National Guard of any jurisdiction, the
				Military Reserves of any jurisdiction, or the Naval Militias of any
				jurisdiction toward satisfying the qualifications for examination and license
				or registration issuance.
(b)
Military spouse applicant.
See OAC
				158:1-3-10
				for provisions related to issuance of equivalent a license or registration in
				an equivalent category for the spouse of an active-duty member of the Armed
				Forces or Reserves of the United States.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-2.2 - Expediting issuances of license to military spouse

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
See OAC
				  158:1-3-11
				  for provisions related the Board expediting the issuance of a license for
				  spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces on active duty in this
				  State.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-2.3 - Renewals for licensee - post-military service

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
See OAC
				  158:1-3-12
				  for provisions related to license renewal while a licensee holder is a member
				  of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty, and for provisions
				  related to a licensee whose license expires while on active duty as a member of
				  the National Guard or reserve component of the Armed Forces.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-2.4 - Exam equivalency

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) An
				electrical journeyman or contractor from a state without an Oklahoma reciprocal
				agreement or statewide licensing who is seeking Oklahoma licensure may be
				eligible for exam equivalency in the category of the home state license or
				local jurisdiction license. If exam equivalency is approved by the Board, an
				applicant for a journeyman license will not be required to take the Oklahoma
				journeyman license exam and the applicant for a contractor license will not be
				required to take the technical trade section of the Oklahoma contractor license
				exam. The applicant for the contractor exam will still be required to take and
				pass the Oklahoma business law section of the contractor exam and all
				applicants will need to meet all other licensure requirements under Oklahoma
				law.
(b) Prior to an individual
				applying for exam equivalency, the Board must have previously approved the
				jurisdiction's exam for equivalency. An exam will be reviewed by the Committee
				and recommended to the Board if the exam is deemed to be substantially similar.
				Upon approval of exam equivalency by the Board, the individual applicant must:
(1) Complete the application form.
(2) Provide a certified letter from the
				current jurisdiction in which he or she is license through examination stating:
(A) he or she is currently licensed and in
				good standing,
(B) the category
				name of the license,
(C) he or she
				passed the licensing exam with a 70% or higher, and
(D) no disciplinary actions are
				pending.
(3) Meet all
				other requirements under Oklahoma law of licensure.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-3 - License and registration fees and renewals

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Examination fees for contractors and journeyman.
The Construction
				Industries Board, or its designated representative, may collect for the actual
				cost of any examination provided by this Chapter. The cost for each such
				examination referenced in OAC
				158:40-9-2
				shall be posted in plain view at the testing site that provides and administers
				the examination. Every person whose application for examination is approved
				shall be informed of the specific fee prior to setting for the examination. The
				unit testing fee shall be the amount negotiated by the Administrator in
				accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, but
				cannot exceed the maximum allowable fee provided in 59 O.S. §
				1000.5(A)(2). Documentation confirming the contractual fee shall be available
				upon request.
(b)
Licensing,
				registration and application fee schedule for contractors, journeyman, and
				apprentices.
The licensure, application, and registration and annual
				renewal fees shall be as follows:
(1)
				contractors application - $30.00
(2) initial contractor license - $300.00
(3) renewal contractor license -
				$200.00
(4) renewal contractor
				license with late fee - $300.00
(5) journeyman application - $25.00
(6) initial journeyman license -
				$50.00
(7) renewal journeyman
				license - $75.00
(8) renewal
				journeyman license with late fee - $100.00
(9) apprentice application - $5.00
(10) apprentice registration - $20.00
(11) initial alarm endorsement -
				$75.00
(12) renewal alarm
				endorsement - $25.00
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Examination Applications, Examinations and License and Registration Fees and Renewals › Section 158:40-9-4 - Continuing education

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Continuing Education Requirements.
(1) No contractor or journeyman license shall
				be renewed unless the licensee has completed at least six (6) hours of
				continuing education (CE) every three (3) years or thirty-six (36) months
				preceding the license expiration date. The continuing education course and
				instructor shall be approved in advance by the Committee. Exceptions to advance
				approval, or post-course approval, may be allowed by the Committee, or its
				designee, for substitute instructors in emergency situations when written
				notice of the emergency is provided to the Committee or its designee within
				seven (7) days of the course. The continuing education material shall cover
				codes and revisions adopted by the OUBCC and/or other trade related subject
				matters appropriate for topics of continuing education for licensees and
				approved by the Committee including: examination materials, manufacturers'
				installation of equipment or parts, the licensing Act, the trade regulations as
				set forth in this Chapter as well as the rules of the Construction Industries
				Board in OAC 158:10, and other trade or safety related subject matters approved
				by the Committee.
(2) If a license
				expires before the licensee completes the CE requirement, any CE that is
				completed while the license is expired will be applied to the CE requirement
				for the thirty-six (36) months preceding the date the license expired. Six (6)
				hours of CE will still have to be completed in order to meet the CE requirement
				for the subsequent thirty-six (36) month period.
(3) Credit will be given for CE programs
				approved by the Committee or its designee.
(4) Except as provided herein this Section
				shall apply to every journeyman or contractor licensed by the Construction
				Industries Board.
(5) A licensee is
				exempt from the educational requirements of this Section for three (3) years
				from the date he or she passed their current licensing exam.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 11 - License Revocation or Suspension and Prohibited Acts › Section 158:40-11-1 - License revocation or suspension

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The employment and use of unlicensed
				individuals performing electrical work, the employment and use of individuals
				as apprentices without registration, or cheating may be considered
				justification to suspend or revoke said electrical contractor's license based
				upon illegal use of license.
(b)
				The repeated violation of any of the rules in this Chapter or any provision of
				the Act, or the violation of a multiple of any of the rules in this Chapter or
				provision of the Act, may be considered justification to suspend or revoke the
				licensee's license or registration.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 20 Ok
				  Reg 2655, eff 7-26-03
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 11 - License Revocation or Suspension and Prohibited Acts › Section 158:40-11-2 - Prohibited acts

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The following acts are prohibited:
(1) No person, entity, or firm may engage in
				electrical contracting or perform work without first obtaining the appropriate
				license or registration pursuant to this Chapter.
(2) No person shall perform work contrary to
				any provision of the standard of installation in OAC
				158:40-1-4,
				except as otherwise provided by law or rule. Each violation of the standard of
				installation in OAC
				158:40-1-4
				can be treated as a separate violation of this Chapter.
(3) No person shall offer to engage in work
				during the period his or her license is suspended or revoked.
(4) No employing firm shall employ or use an
				unlicensed or unregistered individual or entity to perform work.
(5) No person, entity, or firm may transfer a
				license or registration.
(6) No
				individual or entity, licensed pursuant to this Chapter, shall enter into an
				agreement for the use of his or her license with any firm or person which is,
				or has been adjudicated to be, in violation of any provision of the Act, or
				whose license is currently suspended or has within the last year been revoked,
				unless or until otherwise approved by the Board.
(7) No person shall make a materially false
				or fraudulent statement in an application for license.
(8) No person may alter a license.
(9) No licensee shall perform work without
				keeping their license on their person or in close proximity while performing
				work.
(10) No person may engage in
				cheating or any act involving the fraudulent misrepresentation of an applicant
				by an examinee.
(11) No person or
				entity shall deny access to the Construction Industries Board or its
				representative on a job site.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 13 - Procedures of the Variance and Appeals Board, Plan Review Applications and Filing Fees, Code Variance Applications and Filing Fee and Code Interpretation Appeals › Section 158:40-13-1 - Plan review applications and filing fees

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Applications for the review of plans and
				specifications to ensure conformance with State adopted installation codes may
				be submitted in writing to the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board. An
				application, and the appropriate filing fee, shall accompany the construction
				plans and specifications submitted for plan review. Plan review shall only be
				conducted for construction projects where a city or town has not adopted a
				trade installation code by ordinance that is more stringent than the standard
				of installation as described in OAC
				158:40-1-4.
				Applications shall only be reviewed if submitted prior to the bid dates for the
				project.
(b) The Board will advise
				the applicant through its liaison if the application is determined to be
				incomplete in order for the applicant to re-submit a complete plan review
				application.
(c) The plan review
				fee for:
(1) electrical plans and
				specifications shall be $75.00;
(2)
				electrical and mechanical or plumbing plans and specifications shall be
				$150.00;
(3) electrical, mechanical
				and plumbing plans and specifications shall be $200.00.
(4) If electrical, plumbing, and mechanical
				review is required, the fees will be equally distributed among the three
				trades.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 13 - Procedures of the Variance and Appeals Board, Plan Review Applications and Filing Fees, Code Variance Applications and Filing Fee and Code Interpretation Appeals › Section 158:40-13-2 - Procedures of the Variance and Appeals Board

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Administrator shall call a meeting of the Variance and
				  Appeals Board after the Administrator receives proper application for a
				  variance accompanied by the fifty dollar ($50.00) filing fee or receives proper
				  notice of an appeal of the Administrator's interpretation of the standard of
				  installation as described in OAC
				  158:40-1-4,as
				  applied to a particular installation. Variance and Appeals Board meetings are
				  held at the principal offices of the Construction Industries Board referenced
				  at OAC158:1-3-1 or at another
				  location named by the Administrator. The Variance and Appeals Board shall
				  comply with the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 23 Ok
				  Reg 1213, eff 5-25-06
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 13 - Procedures of the Variance and Appeals Board, Plan Review Applications and Filing Fees, Code Variance Applications and Filing Fee and Code Interpretation Appeals › Section 158:40-13-3 - Code variance applications and filing fee

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Applications for a variance from the
				standard of installation as described in OAC
				158:40-1-4
				shall be submitted to the Administrator. An application and the fifty dollar
				($50.00) filing fee shall accompany sufficient technical data submitted to
				support the proposed variance. Applications submitted after the use of
				materials or methods of construction not in conformance with the standard of
				installation as described in OAC
				158:40-1-4
				that are relevant to the application, or submitted where a city or town has
				adopted a more stringent trade installation code by ordinance, shall not be
				considered by the Variance and Appeals Board.
(b) The applicant and the Administrator or
				the Administrator's designee may offer testimony to the Variance and Appeals
				Board which is relevant to the code variance requested. If testimony will be
				offered to support the application, the applicant shall include in the
				application the identity of the applicant's witnesses by name, profession or
				occupation, address and telephone number, and a concise summary of the expected
				testimony of each witness. If the Administrator or the Administrator's designee
				contests the application and will offer testimony to rebut the application, the
				Administrator or the Administrator's designee will provide the applicant with
				the identity of the witnesses by name, profession or occupation, address and
				telephone number, and a concise summary of the expected testimony of each
				witness.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff
				  5-28-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 40 - Electrical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 13 - Procedures of the Variance and Appeals Board, Plan Review Applications and Filing Fees, Code Variance Applications and Filing Fee and Code Interpretation Appeals › Section 158:40-13-4 - Code interpretation appeals

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
An electrical contractor, or any party who has an ownership
				  interest in or who is in responsible charge of the design of or work on the
				  electrical installation, may appeal the Administrator's interpretation of the
				  standard of installation as described in OAC
				  158:40-1-4
				  as applied during the Administrator's review of electrical plans and
				  specifications or inspection of the electrical installation to the Variance and
				  Appeals Board created pursuant to 59 O.S. §
									1697.
				  Such appeals shall be made in writing to the Administrator within fourteen
				  (14)days after the Board's code interpretation or receipt of written notice of
				  the alleged code violation by the licensed electrical contractor, and shall be
				  heard only if based on a claim that:
(1) the true intent of the installation code
				has been incorrectly interpreted;
(2) the provisions of the code do not fully
				apply; or
(3) an equal or better
				form of installation is proposed.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 726,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1269, eff
				  5-28-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 158:50-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The rules in this Chapter set forth definitions, provide for
				  categories and limitations of licenses, provide for registration of
				  apprentices, establish bond and insurance requirements to preclude municipal
				  requirements, adopt standards for mechanical work, and otherwise govern the
				  licensee.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff
				  5-28-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 158:50-1-4 - Standard of installation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The standards of installation are the provisions of the
				  mechanical codes - the International Mechanical Code, the International Fuel
				  Gas Code, the mechanical portion of the International Residential Code, and the
				  medical gas system standards portion of the National Fire Protection
				  Association ("NFPA" 99) as referenced in the International Plumbing Code, as
				  revised and adopted by the OUBCC pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code
				  Commission Act.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732, eff 1-22-02 (emergency) ; Added at
					 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02 ; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 497, eff 11-14-03
					 (emergency) ; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 768, eff 4-26-04 ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg
					 1216, eff 5-25-06 ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2461, eff 7-11-09 ; Amended at 30 Ok
					 Reg 1543, eff 7-11-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 3 - Procedures of the Committee and the Hearing Board › Section 158:50-3-1 - Procedures of the Committee

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Committee shall serve the Board in an advisory capacity,
				  assist and advise the Board on all matters pertaining to the formation of rules
				  pursuant to the Act, and assist and advise the Administrator on the examination
				  of applicants for licenses as a mechanical contractor or journeyman and on all
				  matters related to the licensing of mechanical contractors and mechanical
				  journeymen and the registering of mechanical apprentices, in accordance with
				  this Chapter and the terms and conditions of the Act. The Committee shall make
				  up a part of the Mechanical Hearing Board.
(1) Committee meetings are generally, unless
				otherwise stated by the Administrator, held in the principal offices of the
				Construction Industries Board referenced at OAC
				158:1-3-1. The Committee
				shall oversee the continuing availability of the examination and shall meet as
				often as is necessary, but at least once each quarter. Meetings of the
				Committee will comply with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.
(2) The Committee shall work with the
				Construction Industries Board to provide for the administration, grading and
				processing of mechanical examinations, by contract or otherwise. The Committee
				may recommend regulations to the Administrator and to the Construction
				Industries Board, and shall act as advisor to the Administrator on mechanical
				matters.
(3) Application for
				licensure shall be done by filling out an application for examination on a form
				provided by the Mechanical License Unit.
(4) The public may communicate with the
				Committee, in person or by mail, through the Oklahoma Construction Industries
				Board. All records not privileged from disclosure by law are subject to the
				provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, 51 O.S. §
									24A.1,
et seq
. Copies will be provided upon payment of the fee for
				copies as set forth in OAC
				158:1-3-5.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 3 - Procedures of the Committee and the Hearing Board › Section 158:50-3-2 - Procedures of the Hearing Board

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) The Hearing Board shall meet as often as
				is necessary to enforce the requirements of the Act and this Chapter . The
				Hearing Board shall be comprised of a designee of the Oklahoma Construction
				Industries Board and the Committee.
(b) The standard of installation to be used
				by the Hearing Board for individual proceedings concerning the work of
				contractors, journeymen and apprentices shall be the applicable standard
				established pursuant to OAC
				158:50-1-4,
				unless a city or county mechanical requirement is otherwise applicable as a
				matter of law.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 5 - License Types, Limitations of Licenses, Contractor Special Requirements and Display of License Number and Firm Name › Section 158:50-5-1 - License types

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Mechanical licenses shall be issued as
				journeyman, contractor or inactive contractor.
(b) Licenses shall be issued for the
				following categories:
(1) HVAC limited or
				unlimited
(2) Natural Gas Piping
(3) Process Piping
(4) Refrigeration
(5) Sheet Metal
(6) Ground Source Piping
(7) Fueled Hearth Product Work
(8) Limited Residential (journeyman only)
(9) Limited Residential Installer
				(journeyman license type)
(10)
				Petroleum Refinery Process Piping (journeyman only)
(11) Medical Gas (journeyman only)
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 5 - License Types, Limitations of Licenses, Contractor Special Requirements and Display of License Number and Firm Name › Section 158:50-5-2 - Limitations of licenses

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
License duties.
(1) Journeyman is a person who possesses the
				knowledge and skills to perform mechanical work within a category or categories
				without direct supervision.
(2)
				Contractor is a person who possesses the knowledge and skills of a journeyman
				and who is responsible, either to the contractor or the contractor's employer,
				for planning, contracting, supervising, or furnishing labor and/or materials
				used for mechanical work. A mechanical contractor shall only be associated with
				and responsible for one mechanical firm. However, a mechanical contractor may
				be responsible for one firm with branch offices.
(A) Active contractor is one who is actively
				performing as a contractor and who has met the bond and insurance requirements
				for licensure.
(B) Inactive
				contractor is one who has met all the licensing requirements of a contractor,
				but has chosen not to currently perform as a contractor. An inactive contractor
				is not required to provide bond or insurance, and will be regulated as a
				journeyman.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 5 - License Types, Limitations of Licenses, Contractor Special Requirements and Display of License Number and Firm Name › Section 158:50-5-3 - Bond and insurance requirements

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(a)
Bond.
(1) A corporate surety bond, (the "bond") in
				the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) payable to the Oklahoma
				Construction Industries Board and approved by the Administrator shall be
				permanently deposited with the Bonds and Insurance Unit prior to the issuance
				of the mechanical contractor's license.
(2) Said bond shall be executed by the
				applicant for the contractor's license and by a surety authorized to do
				business in the State of Oklahoma, and shall be a continuous bond with a thirty
				(30) day cancellation notice to the Board.
(3) Said bond shall be in lieu of filing a
				bond with each municipality where the contractor works and shall be conditioned
				upon all of the following terms:
(A) The
				mechanical contractor, his or her agents and employees shall faithfully and
				properly conduct business in compliance with all the applicable provisions of
				ordinances and provisions of the municipality in which he is performing
				mechanical work;
(B) The mechanical
				contractor shall pay all fines and penalties imposed by courts of competent
				jurisdiction for the violation of said ordinances or provisions. The Board may
				seek payment through the surety bond of any fines or penalties, which the
				licensee fails to pay.
(C) The
				mechanical contractor shall protect, save harmless and indemnify the
				municipality and the State against any liability imposed by law against said
				municipality or State for the negligence of said contractor, his or her agents
				or employees, which arises from any act or omission of said individuals engaged
				in work pursuant to the Mechanical Licensing Act;
(D) Any person aggrieved may bring an action
				upon the bond for the recovery of the penalty thereof to the same extent and
				with equal rights as though such aggrieved person had been named as the obligee
				in the bond.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 5 - License Types, Limitations of Licenses, Contractor Special Requirements and Display of License Number and Firm Name › Section 158:50-5-4 - Display of license number and firm name

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(a) Each person issued a contractor license
				shall display the mechanical firm name and the contractor license number
				bearing the initials "OK" preceding that license number issued by the
				Administrator on all vehicles used to transport materials and tools in the
				operation of the business. Such names and numbers shall be printed in letters
				and numerals at least two (2) inches in height in a conspicuous location on
				both sides of each vehicle in contrasting color to the background
				color.
(b) The pocket license
				issued by the Administrator shall be on the mechanical person while on the
				job.
(c) The Mechanical Contractor
				State License Number must be displayed on all advertising, contracts, and bids.
				Advertising for the purposes of this section shall not include uniforms or
				promotional items including but not limited to pens, pencils, key chains, tape
				measures, and the like.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 20 Ok
				  Reg 2658, eff 7-26-03; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2872, eff
				  8-25-07
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-1.1 - Acceptance of Military education, training and experience toward qualification for licensure examination

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(a)
Licensure
				- military service.
See OAC
				158:1-3-10
				for provisions related to the application of substantially equivalent
				education, training, and experience completed as a member of the Armed Forces
				or Reserves of the United States, National Guard of any jurisdiction, the
				Military Reserves of any jurisdiction, or the Naval Militias of any
				jurisdiction toward satisfying the qualifications for examination and license
				or registration issuance.
(b)
Military spouse applicant.
See OAC
				158:1-3-10
				for provisions related to issuance of a license or registration in an
				equivalent category for the spouse of an active-duty member of the Armed Forces
				or Reserves of the United States.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-1.2 - Expediting issuances of license to military spouse

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
See OAC
				  158:1-3-11
				  for provisions related the Board expediting the issuance of a license for
				  spouses of certain members of the Armed Forces on active duty in this
				  State.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-1.3 - Renewals for licensee - post-military service

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See OAC
				  158:1-3-12
				  for provisions related to license renewal while a licensee holder is a member
				  of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty, and for provisions
				  related to a licensee whose license expires while on active duty as a member of
				  the National Guard or reserve component of the Armed Forces.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-2 - License and registration fees and renewals

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(a)
Examination fees for contractors and journeyman.
The Construction
				Industries Board, or its designated representative, may collect for the actual
				cost of any examination provided by this Chapter. The cost for each such
				examination referenced in OAC
				158:50-9-1
				shall be posted in plain view at the testing site that provides and administers
				the examination. Every person whose application for examination is approved
				shall be informed of the specific fee prior to sitting for the examination. The
				unit testing fee shall be the amount negotiated by the Administrator in
				accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, but
				cannot exceed the maximum allowable fee pursuant to 59 O.S. §
				1000.5(A)(2). Documentation confirming the contractual fee shall be available
				upon request.
(b)
Licensing,
				registration and application fee schedule for contractors, journeyman, and
				apprentices.
The licensure, application, registration and annual renewal
				fees shall be as follows:
(1) contractors
				application - $30.00
(2) initial
				contractor license - $300.00
(3)
				renewal contractor license - $200.00
(4) renewal contractor late fee - $100.00
(5) journeyman application -
				$25.00
(6) initial journeyman
				license - $50.00
(7) renewal
				journeyman license - $75.00
(8)
				renewal journeyman late fee - $25.00
(9) apprentice application - $5.00
(10) apprentice registration - $20.00
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-3 - Duration of licenses

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(a) All
				licenses shall have a duration of no more than one (1) year, and shall expire
				on the last day of the birth month of the licensee each year.
(b) Any license issued may be renewed by
				submitting the renewal application and the license fee for the next year by
				check or money order which must be delivered or mailed on or before the birth
				month expiration date.
(c) A
				license renewed under the provision of (b) of this Section is effective when
				notice of such renewal is issued by the Construction Industries
				Board.
(d) An expired license may
				be reinstated by submitting the license renewal fee and late fee with the
				filing of a renewal application and proof of meeting all license renewal
				requirements.
(e) A licensee who,
				during an investigation of the licensee by the Construction Industries Board,
				surrenders their license shall be treated as if the license had been revoked
				for one (1) year from the day of surrender.
(f) A license cannot be renewed until the
				licensee has paid any and all outstanding fines due and owing to any division
				of the Construction Industries Board.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732, eff 1-22-02 (emergency) ; Added at
					 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02 ; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2658, eff 7-26-03 ; Amended
					 at 21 Ok Reg 497, eff 11-14-03 (emergency) ; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 768, eff
					 4-26-04 ; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2087, eff 7-11-10 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1543,
					 eff 7-11-13
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-4 - Mechanical license application [REVOKED]

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Added at 19 Ok Reg 732,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02; Revoked at 27 Ok
				  Reg 2087, eff 7-11-10
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-4.1 - Exam equivalency

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(a) A
				mechanical journeyman or contractor from a state without an Oklahoma reciprocal
				agreement or statewide licensing who is seeking Oklahoma licensure may be
				eligible for exam equivalency I the category of the home state license or local
				jurisdiction license. If exam equivalency is approved by the Board, an
				applicant for journeyman license will not be required to take the Oklahoma
				journeyman license exam and the applicant for a contractor license will not be
				required to take the technical trade section of the Oklahoma contractor license
				exam. The applicant for the contractor exam will still be required to take and
				pass the Oklahoma business and law section of the contractor exam and all
				applicants will need to meet all other licensure requirements under Oklahoma
				law.
(b) Prior to an individual
				applying for exam equivalency, the Board must have previously approved the
				jurisdiction's exam for equivalency. An exam will be reviewed by the Committee
				and recommended to the Board if the exam is deemed to be substantially similar.
				Upon approval of exam equivalency by the Board, the individual applicant must:
(1) Complete the application form.
(2) Provide a certified letter from the
				current jurisdiction in which he or she is licensed through examination
				stating:
(A) he or she is currently licensed
				and in good standing,
(B) the
				category name of the license,
(C)
				he or she passed the licensing exam with a 70% or higher, and
(D) no disciplinary actions are
				pending.
(3) Meet all
				other requirements under Oklahoma law for licensure.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 9 - Qualifications for Mechanical Licensure, License and Registration Fees, Duration of License, Mechanical License Application, and Apprentice Registration › Section 158:50-9-7 - Continuing Education

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(a)
Continuing Education
				Requirements:
(1) No contractor or
				journeyman license shall be renewed unless the licensee has completed at least
				six (6) hours of continuing education ("CE") every three (3) years or
				thirty-six (36) months preceding the license expiration date. The continuing
				education course and instructor shall be approved in advance by the Committee.
				Exceptions to advance approval, or post-course approval, may be allowed by the
				Committee, or its designee, for substitute instructors in emergency situations
				when written notice of the emergency is provided to the Committee or its
				designee within seven (7) days of the course. The continuing education material
				shall cover codes and revisions adopted by the OUBCC and/or other trade related
				subject matters appropriate for topics of continuing education for licensees
				and approved by the Committee including: examination materials, manufacturers'
				installation of equipment or parts, the licensing Act, the trade regulations as
				set forth in this Chapter as well as the rules of the Construction Industries
				Board in OAC 158:10, and other trade or safety related subject matters approved
				by the Committee.
(2) If a license
				expires before the licensee completes the CE requirement, any CE that is
				completed while the license is expired will be applied to the CE requirement
				for the thirty-six (36) months preceding the date the license expired. Six (6)
				hours of CE will still have to be completed in order to meet the CE requirement
				for the subsequent thirty-six (36) month period.
(3) Credit will be given for CE programs
				approved by the Committee, or its designee.
(4) Except as provided herein, this Section
				shall apply to every licensed mechanical journeyman or contractor.
(5) A licensee is exempt from the education
				requirements of this Section for three (3) years from the date he or she passed
				their current licensing exam.
(6)
				The continuing education requirement provisions for Fueled Hearth Product Work
				corresponds with NFI certification requirements and are described in OAC
				158:50-5-2(b)(10).
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 158 - Construction Industries Board › Chapter 50 - Mechanical Industry Regulations › Subchapter 11 - License Revocation or Suspension and Prohibited Acts › Section 158:50-11-1 - License retention requirements

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All mechanical work performed by the licensee shall be
				  minimally in accordance with the standards of installation as described in OAC
				  158:50-1-4.
				  An exception shall be made only if the plans calling for other than the
				  standards of installation described in OAC
				  158:50-1-4
				  have been approved by the Office of State Fire Marshal.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 732,
				  eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at 19 Ok Reg 1276, eff 5-28-02; Amended at 23 Ok
				  Reg 1216, eff 5-25-06