Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4101:16 - Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board › Chapter 4101:16-2 - Administrative Section › Section 4101:16-2-01 - Qualifications to take licensing examination

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In order to qualify to take an examination for a license issued
				by the appropriate specialty section, an individual must meet all of the
				following requirements:
(A) Make
			 application with the appropriate specialty section pursuant to rule
			 4101:16-2-02
			 of the Administrative Code;
(B) Be
			 at least eighteen years of age;
(C)
			 Be a citizen of the United States of America or provide documentation to
			 demonstrate that the individual is a legal resident alien of the United
			 States;
(D) Successfully pass the
			 criminal background test required by rule
			 4101:16-2-02
			 of the Administrative Code;
(E) Not
			 violated any provisions of Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code
			 or any rule adopted pursuant to that chapter;
(F) Not obtained or renewed a license issued
			 pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code by fraud, misrepresentation, or
			 deception;
(G) Not engaged in
			 fraud, misrepresentation, or deception in the conduct of business;
			 and
(H) Have been either:
(1) A tradesperson with at least five years
			 of experience in the trade for which the license is being applied immediately
			 prior to the date the application is filed. Credit may be given for time in
			 active military service to meet this requirement. Pursuant to rule
			 4101:16-3-01
			 of the Administrative Code, the tradesperson shall provide
			 the appropriate section with documentation demonstrating that the individual
			 has spent a majority of the required employment period as a
			 tradesperson;
(2) A currently
			 registered engineer in the state of Ohio with three years of business
			 experience in the construction industry trade for which they are applying to
			 take the examination;
(3) Have
			 other experience acceptable to the section of the board that authorizes
			 issuance of the type of license sought. Such acceptable
			 experience may include:
(a) Five years of
			 experience in the trade for which the individual is applying, even when such experience is not during the five
			 years preceding the application, under the following conditions:
(i) Three years of the five years of
			 experience must be obtained by performing construction work on commercial or
			 residential projects in the licensed trade for which
			 the individual is applying;
(ii)
			 Education programs, other than an apprentice program approved by the state of
			 Ohio, may be submitted in lieu of work experience by the applicant
			 up to a maximum of one year of the five years of experience
			 necessary;
(iii) An engineer not
			 currently registered in the state of Ohio must have at least five years of
			 business experience in the construction industry in the licensed trade for
			 which application is made;
(iv)
			 Experience doing maintenance or repair work may be considered as applicable to
			 the five years experience so long as it was maintenance and repair work done on
			 construction projects in the licensed trade for which the individual is
			 applying and subject to the rules promulgated by the Ohio board of building
			 standards pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code.
											All other
			 maintenance and repair experience on projects or structures not subject to the
			 rules of the Ohio board of building standards promulgated
			 pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code shall not be considered
			 applicable experience.
(v) The
			 individual shall provide documentation,
											such as W-2s or obtained permits, as the
			 appropriate specialty section requires to demonstrate that the individual
			 has spent a majority of  the required five
			 -year experience period in the licensed trade for
			 which the individual is applying.
(b) Five years experience as an Ohio
			 government inspector in the trade for which the individual is
			 applying.
(c) For the five years
			 immediately prior to the filing of the application, the individual is the full-time
			 owner, partner, or employee of a licensed
			 commercial contracting company in the trade for which the individual is
			 applying.
(d) Such acceptable
			 experience does not include:
(i)
			 Job experience in the construction industry as an inventory worker, counter
			 salesperson, manufacturer representative, purchasing agent, secretary, clerk,
			 or bookkeeper.
(ii) General
			 contractor experience that is not directly related to the trade for which the
			 individual is applying.