Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 50 - BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS › Chapter 30 - INDIVIDUAL LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS › Part II - Entry › Section 18VAC50-30-120 - Renewal

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Licenses
				  issued under this chapter to electricians, gas fitters, HVAC tradesmen, or
				  plumbers shall expire three years from the last day of the month in which they
				  were issued as indicated on the license.
B. All other licenses and certification cards
				  issued under this chapter shall expire two years from the last day of the month
				  in which they were issued as indicated on the license or certification
				  card.
C. Effective with all
				  licenses issued or renewed after December 31, 2007, as a condition of renewal
				  or reinstatement and pursuant to § 54.1-1133 of the Code of Virginia, all
				  individuals holding tradesman licenses with the trade designations of plumbing,
				  electrical, and heating ventilation and cooling shall be required to
				  satisfactorily complete three hours of continuing education for each
				  designation, and individuals holding licenses as liquefied petroleum gas
				  fitters and natural gas fitter providers, one hour of continuing education,
				  relating to the applicable building code, from a provider approved by the board
				  in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. An inactive tradesman is not
				  required to meet the continuing education requirements as a condition of
				  renewal.
D. Certified elevator
				  mechanics and certified accessibility mechanics, as a condition of renewal or
				  reinstatement and pursuant to § 54.1-1143 of the Code of Virginia, shall
				  be required to satisfactorily complete eight hours of continuing education
				  relating to the provisions of the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code
				  pertaining to elevators, escalators, and related conveyances. This continuing
				  education will be from a provider approved by the board in accordance with the
				  provisions of this chapter.
E.
				  Certified water well systems providers, as a condition of renewal or
				  reinstatement and pursuant to § 54.1-1129.1 B of the Code of Virginia,
				  shall be required to satisfactorily complete eight hours of continuing
				  education in the specialty of technical aspects of water well construction,
				  applicable statutory and regulatory provisions, and business practices related
				  to water well construction from a provider approved by the board in accordance
				  with the provisions of this chapter.
F. Certified automatic fire sprinkler
				  inspectors, as a condition of renewal and pursuant to § 54.1-1148 of the
				  Code of Virginia, shall be required to satisfactorily complete eight hours of
				  continuing education relating to changes and knowledge of the Virginia
				  Statewide Fire Prevention Code (13VAC5-51). No renewal will be permitted once
				  30 days from the expiration date have passed. After that date, the applicant
				  must apply for a new certification and meet the current entry
				  requirements.
G. Renewal fees are
				  as follows:
Tradesman license
$135
Liquefied petroleum gas fitter license
$90
Natural gas fitter provider license
$90
Backflow prevention device worker
								certification
$90
Elevator mechanic certification
$90
Certified accessibility mechanic
Certified automatic fire sprinkler inspector
$90
$90
Water well systems provider certification
$90
Residential building energy analyst license
$90
All fees are nonrefundable and shall not be
					 prorated.
Tradesman license renewal fees received on or before August
					 31, 2025, shall be $100. For all other renewal fees received on or before
					 August 31, 2025, the fee shall be $70.
H. The board will mail a renewal notice to
				  the regulant outlining procedures for renewal. Failure to receive this notice,
				  however, shall not relieve the regulant of the obligation to renew. If the
				  regulant fails to receive the renewal notice, a photocopy of the tradesman
				  license or backflow prevention device worker certification card may be
				  submitted with the required fee as an application for renewal within 30 days of
				  the expiration date.
I. The date on
				  which the renewal fee is received by the department or its agent will determine
				  whether the regulant is eligible for renewal or required to apply for
				  reinstatement.
J. The board may
				  deny renewal of a tradesman license or a backflow prevention device worker
				  certification card for the same reasons as it may refuse initial issuance or
				  discipline a regulant. The regulant has a right to appeal any such action by
				  the board under the Virginia Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et
				  seq. of the Code of Virginia).
K.
				  Failure to timely pay any monetary penalty, reimbursement of cost, or other fee
				  assessed by consent order or final order shall result in delaying or
				  withholding services provided by the department such as, but not limited to,
				  renewal, reinstatement, processing of a new application, or exam
				  administration.
L. Residential
				  building energy analysts, as a condition of renewal or reinstatement, shall
				  provide documentation of continued membership, in good standing, of a
				  certifying organization approved by the board and proof of insurance as
				  required in
				  18VAC50-30-40 I 4.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-201, 54.1-1102,
						and 54.1-1146 of the Code of Virginia.