North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 11 - INSURANCE › Chapter 08 - ENGINEERING AND BUILDING CODES DIVISION › Section .0700 - QUALIFICATION BOARD STANDARD CERTIFICATE › Section 08 .0707 - SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Licensed County
				Electrical Inspector. Certificates issued pursuant to
				G.S.
				143-151.13(e) shall be for
				the electrical inspector level corresponding to the level at which the
				applicant is currently certified.
(b) Registered Architect, Licensed General
				Contractor, Licensed Plumbing or Heating Contractor, Licensed Electrical
				Contractor, Registered Professional Engineer. Applicants for certification
				under G.S.
				143-151.13(f) shall
				successfully complete the Board's prescribed short course, as set out in
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				08 .0706(g)(3), concerning
				State Building Code rules and code enforcement administration prior to being
				certified. Applicants under this Paragraph shall be currently registered or
				licensed (as of June 13, 1977) by the State of North Carolina as an architect,
				a general contractor, a plumbing or heating contractor, an electrical
				contractor, or a professional engineer to receive certification. The standard
				certificate shall authorize the person to practice as a qualified code
				enforcement official of the type and at the performance level determined by the
				Board to be appropriate, in accordance with
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				08 .0706, in light of the applicant's
				education, training, and experience.
(c) Certified Code Enforcement Official From
				Another State. Pursuant to G.S. 143.151.14(a), the Board may, without requiring
				an examination, issue a standard certificate to any person who successfully
				completes the Board's prescribed short course concerning State Building Code
				rules and code enforcement administration and who holds a currently valid
				certificate as a qualified code enforcement official from another state or
				territory whose standards are acceptable to the Board and not lower than those
				required of North Carolina applicants, under Article 9C of the North Carolina
				General Statutes and all applicable administrative rules governing Code
				Enforcement Officials.
(d)
				Certified Code Enforcement Official with International Code Council
				Certification. Applicants for certification pursuant to
				G.S.
				143-151.14(b) shall
				successfully complete the short course required by
				G.S.
				143-151.14(c) as set out in
				11 NCAC
				08 .0706(g)(3).
(e) Comity Applicants. Comity applicants as
				set out in in Paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Rule shall meet the experience
				requirements specified in
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				08 .0706 to be eligible for comity
				consideration. The successful completion of a law and administration course and
				a standard technical course, as set out in
				11 NCAC
				08 .0706(g)(3), in the area
				and level of the standard certificate must be completed within three years to
				maintain any standard certificate issued due to comity. Standard certificates
				issued under comity shall expire if required courses are not completed within
				the three-year period.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  143-151.13;
				  143-151.14;
Eff.
				  January 15, 1980;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1983;
Readopted
				  Eff. July 1, 2019.