Title 45, Title 45: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

45:5A-47.1 Pool and spa service business to secure business permit. 2. a. A pool and spa service business shall secure a business permit from the Pool and Spa Service Contractors and Pool and Spa Builders and Installers Advisory Committee prior to engaging in the performance of a…

45:5A-47.2 Subcontractors perform work under supervision of a licensee. 3. A subcontractor performing work under a pool and spa service business shall not be required to obtain a license under P.L.2019, c.22 (C.45:5A-39 et seq.), but shall perform work under the supervision of a …

45:5A-48. Licensee and employee identification cards 10. a. Every licensee and every employee or other person engaged in the unsupervised building, servicing, or maintenance of a pool shall, at all times during working hours, display an identification card issued by the board. Th…

45:5A-49. Employee requirements 11. No person shall be employed by a licensee to build, install, or service a pool or, except in the case of a licensee, shall otherwise engage in the building, installation, or service thereof: a. Unless the person is of good moral character; b. W…

45:5A-5. Organization of board; appointment of assistants; incurring of expenses At the meeting for organization after the first appointment of said board the members thereof shall choose from among their number a chairman, who shall preside at all meetings of the board, and a se…

45:5A-50. Licensee's responsibility for employee 12. a. A licensee shall be responsible for any unlawful or unprofessional conduct by an employee, except that the conduct shall not be a cause for suspension or revocation of a license, unless the board determines that the licensee…

45:5A-51. Municipal and county ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations disallowed 13. No municipality or county shall enact an ordinance or resolution or promulgate any rules or regulations relating to the licensing or registration of pool and spa service contractors or pool …

45:5A-52. Experience and knowledge requirements from another jurisdiction 14. If the board, after consultation with the committee, determines that an applicant holds a valid license from another jurisdiction which requires equal or greater experience and knowledge requirements, t…

45:5A-53. Rules, regulations 15. The board, after consultation with the committee, shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2019, c.22, s.15.

45:5A-54 Requirements of perimeter fence intrusion protection system. 2. A perimeter fence intrusion protection system shall: a. interface with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the burglar alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the business or law e…

45:5A-55 Regulations relative to licensed electrical contractors. 4. Only a licensed electrical contractor holding a valid business permit pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1962, c.162 (C.45:5A-9), shall install, service, maintain, or repair branch circuit wiring. No provision of this…

45:5A-6. Rules and regulations The board may adopt and amend all rules and regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State which may be reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the purposes of this act and for the conduct of the …

45:5A-8. Record of proceedings; register of license applications; contents The Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applications for licenses and business permits, which register shall show: (a) the name, age an…

45:5A-9 Electrical contractors, permit, license required; qualifications; examinations; fees. 9. (a) On or after July 1, 1963, no person shall advertise, enter into, engage in or work in business as an electrical contractor, unless such person has secured a business permit and su…

45:5A-9.1. Electrical contractors, letter of credit, liability insurance required 1. Every person who holds a business permit for electrical work pursuant to P.L.1962, c.162 (C.45:5A-1 et seq.) shall: a. Secure, maintain and file with the board proof of a bank letter of credit co…

45:5AA-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Landscape Irrigation Contractor Certification Act of 1991." L.1991,c.27,s.1.

45:5AA-10 Investigation, authority of board. 10. a. Should the board or the local enforcing agency have cause to believe that any person is in violation of any provision of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-1 et seq.) or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the board or the…

45:5AA-11. Other licenses, fees required of certificate holder The issuance of a certificate by the board shall authorize any certificate holder to perform landscape irrigation contracting in any municipality, county or other political subdivision of the State, and no further exa…

45:5AA-2 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: "Board" means the Landscape Irrigation Contractors Examining Board established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-5). "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. "Landscape irrigation contracting" means the …

45:5AA-3 Business permit, certification for landscape irrigation contractors. 3. a. No person shall advertise, enter into or engage in the business of landscape irrigation contracting unless the person has first secured a business permit from the board and such person or an offic…

45:5AA-4 Application for certification as landscape irrigation contractor. 4. A person seeking certification as a landscape irrigation contractor shall apply therefor on forms prescribed and provided by the board, and pay the application fee established by the board. In addition …

45:5AA-5 Board of Landscape Irrigation Contractors. 5. a. There is established in the Department of Community Affairs the Board of Landscape Irrigation Contractors, which shall consist of seven members, as follows: the Commissioner of Community Affairs, or the commissioner's desi…

45:5AA-6 Duties, powers of board. 6. The board shall: a. Review the qualifications of an applicant for certification as a landscape irrigation contractor; b. Insure the proper conduct and standards of examinations for the certification of landscape irrigation contractors; c. Issu…

45:5AA-7 Development of qualifying examination; renewal, granting of business permit, certificate. 7. a. The board shall develop an examination to evaluate the knowledge, ability, and fitness of applicants to perform as landscape irrigation contractors and for the certification t…

45:5AA-7.1 Standards for continuing education. 10. a. The board shall establish standards for continuing education for landscape irrigation contractors as a condition of certification renewal for certificates issued under its jurisdiction. The standards shall concern the subject …

45:5AA-8 Denial, suspension of certificate or business permit. 8. a. The board may refuse to admit a person to an examination or may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke any certificate or business permit issued by the board pursuant to this act upon proof that the a…

45:5AA-9 Violations, penalties. 9. a. If any person violates any provisions of P.L.1991, c.27 (C.45:5AA-1 et seq.), or any code, rule, regulation, or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, the board, or the local enforcing agency, may institute a civil action in a court of com…

45:5AAA-1 Short title. 1. Sections 1 through 24 of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.) shall be known and may be cited as the "Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractor Licensing Act." L.2023, c.237, s.1.

45:5AAA-10 Advertising, print, electronic media, indication of a contractor in New Jersey, inclusion in classified advertisement, directory, home improvement, elevation. 10. a. Except for individuals exempted pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-12), any individua…

45:5AAA-11 Applicability, home improvement, elevation contractor, residency. 13. The provisions of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.) shall apply to any individual who engages or seeks to engage in any of the activities in this State which are regulated by the board pursuant to…

45:5AAA-12 Applicability, exceptions, "The New Home Warranty and Builders' Registration Act" registered, professions, certain. 11. The provisions of sections 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, and 20 through 23 of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-7 et al.) shall not apply to: a. Any individual requi…

45:5AAA-13 Applicability, exceptions, registered home improvement, elevation contractor, at least five years. 12. a. The provisions of subsections a., b., and c. of section 7 of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-7) shall not apply to an individual who, as of the effective date of P.L.20…

45:5AAA-14 Superseding municipal ordinance, regulation, home improvement, elevation contractors licensing. 14. a. P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.) shall supersede any municipal ordinance or regulation that provides for the licensing of home improvement or home elevation contr…

45:5AAA-15 Municipality powers, inspection, contractor's work, equipment, regulation of standards, manners in which work is done; violations, recover fines, penalties. 15. a. P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.) shall not deny to any municipality the power, pursuant to the "State…

45:5AAA-16 Public information campaign. 16. a. The division shall establish and undertake a public information campaign to educate and inform contractors, applicable businesses, and the consumers of this State of the provisions of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.). b. The boar…

45:5AAA-17 Convert, home improvement contractor license, home elevation license. 17. a. Any individual seeking to convert a home improvement contractor license into a home elevation license may do so by submitting documentation, as prescribed by the board, demonstrating: (1) at l…

45:5AAA-18 Licensee, six hours, continuing education requirements, licensure renewal. 20. a. Each licensee shall complete not less than six hours of continuing education requirements as a condition of licensure renewal pursuant to P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.). b. The boar…

45:5AAA-19 Continuing education courses, delivery, classroom setting, Internet, video modalities. 21. a. Continuing education courses may be delivered in a classroom setting or, to the extent practicable, offered via the Internet or video modalities, subject to the approval by th…

45:5AAA-2 Definitions. 2. As used in P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.): "Board" means the New Jersey State Board of Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractors. "Contractor" means an individual providing home improvement or home elevation services, or both types of service…

45:5AAA-20 Continuing education requirements, completion, on, before biennial license expiration date; failure, reasonable processing fee, limits. 22. Continuing education requirements, as set forth by the board, shall be completed on or before the date the biennial license expir…

45:5AAA-21 Continuing education, significant intellectual, practical content, home improvement, home elevation contracting, workforce safety, business practice. 23. a. Not less than 50 percent of the continuing education courses of study that licensees are required to complete as…

45:5AAA-22 Course providers, records maintenance, successful completion, data transmitting. 24. Course providers shall maintain records of the successful completion of continuing education courses by licensees and shall transmit this data to the board in a manner as directed by t…

45:5AAA-3 "New Jersey State Board of Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractors" established. 3. There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, the New Jersey State Board of Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractors…

45:5AAA-4 Funds collected, retained, fees paid, initial licensure, renewal, reactivation, reinstatement. 4. a. The board shall be entitled to retain all funds collected as a result of fees paid for initial licensure and for licensure renewal, reactivation, and reinstatement to ad…

45:5AAA-5 Board organization; meetings. 5. a. The board shall organize within 60 days after the appointment of its members and shall annually elect from its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, and may appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the board. The board…

45:5AAA-6 Powers, duties. 6. The board shall have the following powers and duties: a. administer and enforce the provisions of P.L.2023, c.237 (C.45:5AAA-1 et al.); b. develop education requirements and develop or designate an examination or examinations to evaluate the knowledge…