2022 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 198B - Housing, buildings, and construction - building code 198B.4025 Continuing education requirements -- Waiver -- Revocation of program approval if continuing education records falsified.
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198B.4025
Continuing education requirements -- Waiver -- Revocation of
program approval if continuing education records falsified.
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An applicant for the renewal of an elevator contractor license or elevator
mechanic license shall submit a certificate of completion from a continuing
education course or courses that instruct licensees on new and existing
applicable administrative regulations of the department.
Licensed elevator contractors and licensed elevator mechanics shall complete
at least eight (8) hours of continuing education annually. Continuing education
for a renewal year shall be attended and completed during that renewal year.
Continuing education courses shall be taught by instructors employed by
continuing education providers that may include but shall not be limited to
association seminars and labor training programs. Continuing education
programs provided by the National Elevator Industry Educational Program or
the National Association of Elevator Contractors shall be approved to meet the
requirements for continuing education. The department may approve other
education programs that meet its requirements established through
administrative regulation under KRS 198B.4023(7).
A licensee who is unable to complete the continuing education requirements
for renewal under this section prior to the expiration of his or her license due to
temporary disability may apply for a waiver from the department. The waiver
shall be on a form provided by the department, with a notarized signature of
the licensee, and accompanied by a certified statement from a physician
attesting to the temporary disability. Application for medical waiver shall be
received by the department prior to the final day of the licensee's birth month.
Upon termination of the temporary disability, the licensee shall submit a
supplementary certified statement attesting to the termination of the temporary
disability and proof of attendance of at least eight (8) hours of continuing
education.
Falsifying or knowingly allowing another to falsify continuing education
attendance records or certificates of completion shall constitute grounds for
revocation of program approval required under this section.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 21, effective June 29, 2017. -Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 12, effective July 1, 2011.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2011). References to the "office" of
housing, buildings and construction in this section, as created by 2010 Ky. Acts
ch. 116, sec. 12, have been changed in codification to the "department" of
housing, buildings and construction to reflect the reorganization of certain parts
of the Executive Branch, as set forth in Executive Order 2009-535 and
confirmed by the General Assembly in 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24. This change was
made by the Reviser of Statutes pursuant to 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1938.
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