2015 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 198B - HOUSING, BUILDINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION - BUILDING CODE 198B.658 Qualifications for licensure and certification.
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198B.658 Qualifications for licensure and certification.
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(2)
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An applicant for a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor's
license shall:
(a) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Be a citizen of the United States or be a resident alien who is authorized to do
work in the United States;
(c) 1.
Have been regularly and principally employed or engaged in heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning trades as a journeyman heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic for not less than two (2) years
under the direction and supervision of a master heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning contractor; or
2.
Have been regularly and principally employed or engaged in the practice
of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting as a master
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor, or equivalent
thereof, for not less than five (5) years in a jurisdiction other than
Kentucky, as demonstrated by verifiable documentation;
(d) Have passed an examination prescribed by the board to determine the
applicant's competency to practice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
contracting; and
(e) Have paid a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by
the board.
An applicant for a journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic's
license shall:
(a) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Be a citizen of the United States or be a resident alien who is authorized to do
work in the United States;
(c) 1.
Have been regularly and principally employed or engaged in heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning trades for not less than two (2) years
under the direction and supervision of a master heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning contractor; or
2.
Have been regularly and principally employed or engaged in the
performance of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning work for not
less than four (4) years in a jurisdiction other than Kentucky, as
demonstrated by verifiable documentation;
(d) Have passed an examination prescribed by the board to determine the
applicant's competency to install, maintain, and repair heating and cooling
systems, heating and cooling service, burner service, and hydronic systems;
and
(e) Have paid a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by
the board.
If an applicant has obtained, while exempt from licensure under 198B.674(2), (7),
(8), (10), (13), or (14), work experience that the board determines to be equivalent
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to the requirements of subsection (1)(c) or (2)(c) of this section, such experience
may be considered as equivalent to one (1) year of employment toward the licensure
requirements for a master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor or
journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic, as applicable, not
to exceed one (1) year.
(a) The board shall issue an apprentice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
mechanic's certificate to any person who is registered with the board.
(b) The board shall establish by administrative regulation the minimum number of
hours of experience required by apprentices and shall maintain an apprentice
register to credit an apprentice for hours worked under the supervision of a
master heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractor and journeyman
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic. Experience gained under
the supervision of a Kentucky licensed master heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning contractor while registered as an apprentice with the Kentucky
Labor Cabinet, Department of Workplace Standards, in cooperation with the
United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
shall be accepted toward the two (2) year experience requirement for a
journeyman heating, ventilation, and air conditioning mechanic license.
(c) The apprentice register shall include the name, address, Social Security
number, employer, and dates of employment of the apprentice.
(d) The apprentice shall notify the board in writing of any change in address or
employer.
(e) Apprentices and pre-apprentices shall not be required to pay fees for a
certificate of registration or a registration renewal fee.
The satisfactory completion of one (1) academic year of a board-approved
curriculum or one (1) year of professional training in heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning work may be considered as equivalent to one (1) year of employment
toward the licensure requirements for a journeyman heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning mechanic, not to exceed one (1) year.
The satisfactory completion of one (1) academic year of teaching experience in a
board-approved or state-approved technical education program in heating,
ventilation, and air conditioning shall be considered as equivalent to one (1) year of
employment, as required by subsection (1)(c) or (2)(c) of this section. No more than
one (1) year of approved teaching experience may be used in meeting the
requirements of subsection (1)(c) or (2)(c) of this section.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 289, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 579, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 5, effective July 15,
1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2014). In codification, the Reviser of
Statutes has altered the internal numbering of subsection (4) of this statute from the
way it appeared in 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 3 under the authority of KRS
7.136(1)(a).
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