Georgia Administrative Code

1. Any Georgia State Fire Department certified under Georgia State Firefighter Standard and Training Council may, after being evaluated by ISO and assigned a fire suppression rating, appeal their Public Protection Classification (PPC) Rating. The appeal form can be obtained onlin…

The State Construction Industry Licensing Board shall consist of members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, as provided by O.C.G.A. 43-14-3.

(1) Regular Board meetings shall be held on dates as scheduled by the Board. Regular Division meetings shall be held on dates as scheduled by the respective Division. (2) Special Board meetings shall be scheduled by the Division Director upon request by the Chairman or upon the r…

Rules and Regulations pertaining to the administration of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board shall be administered by the Executive Director through the Division Director, Professional Licensing Boards Division of the Office of the Secretary of State.

(1) Applications for license or certification must be completed in full on a form approved by the Division and submitted with the required fee. (2) The application fee shall be set by the Board in order to recover costs associated with processing the application. Fees shall be pu…

Applications for examination and the names of applicants shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed without written authorization from the applicant and approval by the appropriate division. Personal references submitted by third parties as part of an application shall not …

(1) The respective Divisions may enter into a formal written agreement with other state licensing Boards to offer licenses by Endorsement or by Reciprocity. (2) A person may be issued a Conditioned Air Contractor, Electrical Contractor, Low Voltage Contractor, Master Plumber, Jou…

(1) Any applicant for conditioned air contractor, electrical contractor, master plumber, or journeyman plumber who takes and fails the examination twice after July 1, 1989, must present satisfactory evidence to the appropriate division of the board that the applicant has complete…

(1) The applicant for statewide utility contractor examination must submit a completed application which: (a) Indicates if the applicant is a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation and, if a partnership or corporation, lists the names and addresses of the partners or of…

(1) Applicants for statewide utility manager certificate must: (a) submit a completed application; (b) meet the prerequisite experience requirement, as defined in this Rule; (c) pay the required fees; (d) and obtain a score of seventy (70) on the utility manager examination. (2) …

(1) Applicants for a statewide utility foreman certificate must submit a completed application with the required fee, which documents the successful completion of a division approved course of safety training as detailed in section of the board rules. (2) Applicants for a statewi…

(1) The Safety Training Course required of persons applying for utility foreman certification must be a course with at least 12 hours of actual instruction including Competent Person in Trenching and Excavation and Confined Space Entry Training. The course must give adequate inst…

(1) Medical gas piping is any piping system purveying oxygen, nitrous oxide, medical compressed air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or other nonflammable medical gas and/or a vacuum piping within a medical, dental, or other health care facility including a laboratory within a health c…

(1) As used in the rule: (a) "License" means the definition provided in O.C.G.A. § 43-1-34 to include a document, permit, certificate of registration, or other authorization issued by or on behalf of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board; (b) "Military" means the United…

(1) Statewide Class I Electrical Contractor licenses are restricted to electrical contracting involving single-phase electrical installations that do not exceed 200 amperes at the service drop or the service lateral. Class II Electrical Contractor licenses are unrestricted. (2) T…

(1) Statewide Class I Master Plumber licenses are limited to plumbing involving single-family dwellings and one-level dwellings designed for not more than two families and commercial structures not to exceed 10,000 square feet in area. Statewide Class II Master Plumber licenses a…

(1) Any applicant for conditioned air contractor, electrical contractor, master plumber, or journeyman plumber license who takes and fails the examination twice after July 1, 1989, must submit documentation of completion of a review course before being scheduled for a third exami…

(1) Class I Conditioned Air Contractor licenses are restricted to conditioned air contracting involving conditioned air systems or equipment not exceeding 175,000 BTU of heating and 60,000 BTU of cooling, and Class II licenses are unrestricted. For classifying systems, each compl…

Effective December 1, 2021, any business performing conditioned air contracting shall display, as set forth below, the business registration number. (a) The business registration number is the license number of the qualifying licensee, including the prefix CN or CR preceded by "G…

(1) Statewide Class LV-A low-voltage contractor licenses are restricted to alarm and general system low-voltage contracting. Statewide Class LV-T low voltage contractors licenses are restricted to telecommunication and general system low-voltage contracting. Statewide Class LV-G …

Licenses and certifications will be issued upon the appropriate division's determination of the applicants meeting the requirements given in Chapter 121-2 and Chapter 121-3 of these Rules.

(1) Licenses and certificates will be renewed biennially by the expiration date as provided by Rules of the Joint Secretary, Professional Licensing Boards Division. The renewal fees, late fees, and reinstatement fees will be set by the Board. Fees will be published in a separate …

(1) Conditioned Air Contractors are required to complete, prior to license renewal, continuing education as described in this Rule. Failure to document completion of the continuing education requirements to the satisfaction of the Division of Conditioned Air Contractors shall be …

(1) Any applicant for renewal of master or journeyman license is required to complete a minimum of 8 hours of continuing education within the 24 months prior to the license or certificate expiration date. An applicant for renewal who has been initially licensed for less than two …

(1) Electrical Contractors are required to complete, prior to license renewal, continuing education as described in this Rule. Failure to document completion of the continuing education requirements to the satisfaction of the Division of Electrical Contractors shall be grounds fo…

After notice and hearing, a Division may take disciplinary action against a licensee or certificate holder or may refuse to grant, renew, or restore a license or certificate to any person pursuant to O.C.G.A. 43-14-6; and all other appropriate sections of Chapter 14 of Title 43, …

"Unprofessional conduct" shall include, but not be limited to the following: (a) Violating local ordinances relating to the performance of contracted work covered by O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-14 including failure to obtain the required permits and inspections required by local ordinanc…

(1) Sole proprietorships, partnerships, or corporations engaging in contracting covered by O.C.G.A. 48-14 must have regularly connected with such business a person holding an appropriate and current license or certificate. Such persons must actually be engaged in the practice of …

(1) In cases where a utility contractor has more than one permanent office, then each permanent office shall be registered with the division. At least one person who holds a valid utility manager certificate shall be stationed in each office on a full-time basis and shall oversee…

(1) In the event that a licensed utility contractor temporarily does not have employed a utility manager certificate holder to oversee the work performed by the contractor, including any branch offices, the contractor must notify the Division of Utility Contractors within 5 days …