Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-330. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Contractor” means any person regularly offering to the general public services of such person or such person's employees in the field of electrical work, plumbing and piping work, solar work, heating, piping, cooling and she…

Sec. 20-331. Examining boards. (a) There shall be in the Department of Consumer Protection separate examining boards for each of the following occupations: (1) Electrical work; (2) plumbing and piping work; (3) heating, piping, cooling and sheet metal work; (4) elevator installat…

Sec. 20-332. Powers and duties of boards. (a) Each examining board established under section 20-331 shall have a seal and its members may administer oaths in the performance of their duties. Each board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a complete roster of all persons li…

Sec. 20-332a. Heating, Cooling, Piping and Sheet Metal Work Board: Regulations. The Heating, Cooling, Piping and Sheet Metal Work Board shall recommend regulations consistent with the provisions of sections 20-332 and 21a-7 to establish limited contractor and journeyman licenses …

Sec. 20-332b. Hiring ratios re apprentices, journeymen and contractors. Electrical, plumbing, heating, piping and cooling, sprinkler fitter and sheet metal work. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend existing regulations of Connecticut state agencies ad…

Sec. 20-332c. Apprentice, journeymen and contractor working group established. Membership. Report. (a) There is established a working group to discuss hiring ratios for apprentices, journeymen and contractors and study the hiring ratio relief process. The working group shall meet…

Sec. 20-332d. Limited license holder enrolled in unlimited license apprenticeship program considered journeyman or contractor for purposes of hiring ratio. While the holder of a limited license issued pursuant to chapter 393 is enrolled in an unlimited license apprenticeship prog…

Sec. 20-333. Requirements for licensure. Examinations. Denial or issuance pursuant to consent order. Fees. (a) To obtain a license under this chapter, an applicant shall have attained such applicant's eighteenth birthday and shall furnish such evidence of competency as the approp…

Sec. 20-333a. Reciprocity. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, upon the payment of the appropriate fee, as provided in section 20-335, grant a license or a card of registration provided for in this chapter, without an examination, to any currently practicing, competent p…

Sec. 20-334. License or registration required. Suspension, revocation or fine. (a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of any occupation subject to this chapter in this state, including offering to perform such work in any print, electronic, televisio…

Sec. 20-334a. Types of licenses. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following licenses may be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the boards, under the provisions of section 20-333: (1) (A) An unlimited contractor'…

Sec. 20-334b. Solar thermal work education and training required to be included in apprenticeship programs for plumbing and piping work and heating, piping and cooling work. Any apprenticeship program established for the purpose of providing education and training for persons see…

Sec. 20-334c. Fire protection sprinkler systems work training required to be included in apprenticeship programs for journeyman sprinkler fitter's work. Any apprenticeship program established for the purpose of providing education and training for persons seeking licensure for jo…

Sec. 20-334d. Continuing professional education requirements for electricians and plumbers. Regulations. Exemptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Accredited continuing professional education” means any education of an electrician or plumber that is (A) designed to maintain p…

Sec. 20-334e. Eligibility of holders of L-5 or L-6 licenses to take licensure examination for C-5 or C-6 license. Any person who has been issued an L-5 or L-6 license pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 20-334a shall be eligible to take the licensure examinat…

Sec. 20-334f. Gas hearth installer licenses. Regulations. Exemptions. Not later than July 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the appropriate boards established pursuant to section 20-331, shall adopt regulations consistent with sec…

Sec. 20-334g. Certificate for solar thermal work. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after consultation with either the Heating, Piping, Cooling and Sheet Metal Work Board or the Plumbing and Piping Work Board, as appropriate, shall issue a solar thermal work certificate au…

Sec. 20-335. License fee. Continuing professional education requirements. Expiration and renewal. Any person who has successfully completed an examination for such person's initial license under this chapter shall pay to the Department of Consumer Protection a fee of one hundred …

Sec. 20-336. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by any action of any board may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 8; P.A. 76-436, S. 438, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 84, 125; 77-614, S. 188, 610.) History: …

Sec. 20-337. Ownership of businesses. Nothing in this chapter shall require that the ownership or control of a business engaged in providing the work or services licensed under the provisions of this chapter be vested in a person licensed under this chapter, but all the work and …

Sec. 20-338. License as contractor and journeyman. Valid throughout state. The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue a separate license to persons qualified to engage in work as contractors and as journeymen. Any person licensed under this chapter shall be permitted to pe…

Sec. 20-338a. Work required to be performed by licensed persons. Any contractor who applies for a building permit from a local building official for any work required to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall cause such work to be performed …

Sec. 20-338b. Building permit applications. Who may sign. Electronic applications. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any licensed contractor who seeks to obtain a permit from a building official may sign the building permit application personally or delega…

Sec. 20-338c. Work not to commence until permit obtained. No person licensed pursuant to sections 20-330 to 20-341, inclusive, shall commence work within the scope of sections 20-330 to 20-341, inclusive, unless each applicable permit with respect to the specific work being perfo…

Sec. 20-338d. Requirements for contract to perform work on private residence. Amendments. Cancellation. Distribution of copies. (a) For the purposes of this section, “owner” and “private residence” have the same meanings as provided in section 20-419. (b) No written contract to p…

Sec. 20-338e. Requirements for invoices and work orders for work performed on private residence. Any contractor who is licensed under chapter 393 and engaged to perform work on a private residence, and any person who owns or controls a business that is engaged to perform work on,…

Sec. 20-339. Prior licenses. License valid throughout state. Section 20-339 is repealed. (February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 11; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 11.)

Sec. 20-340. Exemptions from licensing requirements. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Persons employed by any federal, state or municipal agency; (2) employees of any public service company regulated by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or of any cor…

Sec. 20-340a. Telephone electrical workers. (a) On and after such date as the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority no longer regulates a telephone company, as defined in section 16-1, a corporate affiliate of such telephone company, or a service provided by such company or corpo…

Sec. 20-340b. Exemption from licensing for certain telecommunications companies' employees. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Telecommunications electrical work” means work permitted to be performed by holders of a limited electrical contractor's license (T-1) as provided by regu…

Sec. 20-340c. Solar electric contractor and journeyman licenses. Regulations. The Electrical Work Board shall recommend regulations consistent with the provisions of sections 20-332 and 21a-7 to establish solar electric contractor and journeyman licenses, for solar electricity wo…

Sec. 20-340d. Swimming pool builder's license. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, (1) “swimming pool” means a permanent spa or any in-ground or partially above-ground structure intended for swimming that is greater than twenty-four inches in depth, and (2) “swimming pool b…

Sec. 20-340e. Swimming pool assembler's license. Regulations. Section 20-340e is repealed, effective January 1, 2018. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 405; P.A. 17-75, S. 5.)

Sec. 20-340f. Residential stair lift technician's license. Regulations. Fees. (a) Not later than December 31, 2016, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, after consultation with the Elevator Installation, Repair and Maintenance Board established pursuant to section 20-331, sha…

Sec. 20-341. Penalties for violations. (a) Any person who wilfully engages in or practices the work or occupation for which a license is required by this chapter or chapter 399b without having first obtained an apprentice permit or a certificate and license for such work, as appl…