2019 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.
(1)
(2)
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;
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 two (2) years in Kentucky or in a jurisdiction
other than Kentucky, as demonstrated by verifiable documentation; or
3.
Have been regularly and principally licensed and employed as a
mechanical engineer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or a
jurisdiction other than Kentucky, for not less than two (2) years, as
demonstrated by verifiable documentation;
(d) Have passed an examination prescribed by the department 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 department.
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 two (2) years in Kentucky or in a jurisdiction other than
Kentucky, as demonstrated by verifiable documentation;
(d) Have passed an examination prescribed by the department 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)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Have paid a fee as established in administrative regulations promulgated by
the department.
If an applicant has obtained, while exempt from licensure under 198B.674(2), (7),
(8), (10), (13), or (14), work experience that the department determines to be
equivalent to the requirements of subsection (1)(c) or (2)(c) of this section, that
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 department shall issue an apprentice heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning mechanic's certificate to any person who registers as an
apprentice with the department.
(b) The department 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 Education and Workforce Development Cabinet,
Department of Workforce Investment, 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 department in writing of any change in address
or employer.
(e) Apprentices and pre-apprentices shall not be required to pay a fee to obtain a
certificate of registration or to renew a registration.
The satisfactory completion of one (1) academic year of a department-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
department-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: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 1, effective June 27, 2019; and ch. 173,
sec. 11, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 2, effective
July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 47, effective June 29, 2017. -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 (6/27/2019). This statute was amended by 2019
Ky. Acts chs. 7 and 173, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified
together.
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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