Title 58, Occupations and Professions

58-55-103. Construction Services Commission created -- Functions -- Appointment -- Qualifications and terms of members -- Vacancies -- Expenses -- Meetings -- Concurrence. (1)(a) There is created within the division the Construction Services Commission. (b) The duties, functions,…

58-55-104. Board created -- Duties. (1) There is created the Electricians and Plumbers Licensing Board consisting of the following members: (a) three individuals: (i) licensed as master plumbers as defined in Section 58-55-401, or a journeyman plumber as defined in Section 58-55-…

58-55-104. Electrician Education Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Electrician Education Fund. (2) The fund consists of money from a surcharge fee, established by the division in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, placed on initial, renewa…

58-55-105. License required. (1)(a) A person engaged in a construction trade or acting as a contractor shall obtain a license under this chapter before performing work unless exempt from licensure under Section 58-1-307 or 58-55-110. (b) The only licenses required for a licensee …

58-55-105. Plumber Education Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Plumber Education Fund. (2) The fund consists of money from a surcharge fee, established by the division in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, placed on initial, renewal, and r…

58-55-106. Surcharge. (1)(a) The division shall collect a $1 surcharge from each applicant for an initial license, a renewal of a license, or a reinstatement of a license. (b) The $1 surcharge is in addition to other fees this chapter or the division authorizes in accordance with…

58-55-106. Surcharge fee. (1) In addition to any other fees authorized by this chapter or by the division in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, the division shall require each applicant for an initial license, renewal of a license, or reinstatement of a license under this chapter…

58-55-107. Licensee names -- License number use -- Qualifier. (1) The division may not issue a license in a name that the division determines may result in confusion for the name of another licensee. (2) Except as provided in Subsection (1), the division shall issue a license in …

58-55-108. Term of license -- Expiration -- Renewal and reinstatement. (1)(a) The division shall issue a license for a term of two years as the division establishes by rule the division makes in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (b) The div…

58-55-109. License denial. (1) The division shall deny an applicant a license under this chapter if: (a) the division suspended or revoked a license the applicant held under this chapter less than two years before the date of the application; (b)(i) the applicant is a partnership…

58-55-110. Exemptions from licensure. (1) As used in this section: (a)(i) "Sign contractor" means a sign installation contractor or nonelectrical outdoor advertising sign contractor, as classified and defined in division rules. (ii) "Sign contractor" does not include a sign insta…

58-55-111. Confidentiality of records and reports. (1) A credit report, a financial statement, and other information an applicant submits or requests to have submitted to the division to demonstrate financial responsibility in accordance with Section 58-55-205: (a) is a protected…

58-55-112. Unincorporated entities -- Reporting requirements. (1)(a)(i) A contractor that is an unincorporated entity shall file an ownership status report with the division every 30 days beginning 30 days after the day on which the division issues the license if the contractor h…

58-55-201. Boards created -- Duties. (1) There is created the Electrician and Plumbers Licensing Board consisting of the following members: (a) three members licensed from among the license classifications of master or journeyman plumber, of whom at least one represents a union o…

58-55-202. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Approved pre-licensure course provider" means a provider: (a) that is: (i) the Associated General Contractors of Utah; (ii) the Utah Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors; or (iii) the Utah Home Builders Association;…

58-55-203. Qualifications for licensure. (1) Each applicant for a license under this part shall: (a) submit a completed application on a form the division approves; (b) pay the fee the division determines in accordance with Section 63J-1-504; (c) complete a 25-hour pre-licensure …

58-55-204. Contractor continuing education requirements -- Continuing education courses. (1) During each two-year license term the division establishes by rule in accordance with Section 58-55-108, a contractor shall complete six hours of continuing education. (2)(a) Subject to S…

58-55-205. Financial responsibility. (1) Before issuing, renewing, or reinstating a contractor license, the division shall require an applicant to demonstrate financial responsibility by: (a)(i) completing a financial responsibility questionnaire the division prepares; and (ii) s…

58-55-206. Requirements when working for political subdivision or state agency. A political subdivision or state agency that requires a permit as a precondition to construction, alteration, improvement, demolition, or other repair work and requires a contractor license shall: (1)…

58-55-207. Payment -- Account designated. (1) A contractor that pays a material supplier, a contractor, or a subcontractor with which the contractor maintains a running account, holds multiple contracts, or owes an outstanding debt shall: (a) clearly designate the contract for wh…

58-55-208. Payment of construction funds. (1) All unpaid construction funds are payable to the contractor as provided in Section 13-8-5. (2) On projects involving multiple buildings, each building should be considered individually in determining the amount to be paid to the contr…

58-55-209. Payment to subcontractors and suppliers. (1) A contractor that receives construction funds for work performed and billed shall pay each subcontractor and supplier in proportion to the work the subcontractor or supplier performed on the work billed, unless otherwise agr…

58-55-210. Proof of licensure to begin or maintain litigation. A contractor may not bring or maintain a court action to collect compensation for work requiring a license under this chapter unless the contractor alleges and proves that the contractor held the required license: (1)…

58-55-211. Pay statement required. (1) On the day on which a contractor licensed under this part pays an individual for work that the individual performed, the contractor shall give the individual a written or electronic pay statement that states: (a) the individual's name; (b) t…

58-55-212. Construction Business Registry. (1) The division shall establish and maintain the Construction Business Registry as described in this section. (2) The Construction Business Registry shall consist of a database of contact information for licensed contractors. (3) The di…

58-55-213. Public Project Subcontractors. (1) Before engaging in a construction trade on a public project, a subcontractor shall: (a) provide a list of current employees to the general contractor and the property owner for which the subcontractor engages in a construction trade; …

58-55-301. License required -- License classifications -- Scope. (1)(a) A person engaged in the construction trades licensed under this chapter, as a contractor regulated under this chapter, as an alarm business or company, or as an alarm company agent, shall become licensed unde…

58-55-301. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Apprentice electrician" means an individual who is learning the electrician trade under the immediate supervision of a master electrician, residential master electrician, journeyman electrician, or a residential journeyman electr…

58-55-302. Qualifications for licensure. (1) Each applicant for a license under this chapter shall: (a) submit an application the division approves; (b) pay a fee as determined by the department under Section 63J-1-504; (c) meet the examination requirements established by this se…

58-55-302. Electrician Education Fund. (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Electrician Education Fund. (2) The fund consists of money from a surcharge the division establishes in accordance with Section 63J-1-504, that the division collects on ini…

58-55-302.5. Continuing education requirements for contractor licensees -- Continuing education courses. (1)(a) A contractor licensee under a license issued under this chapter shall complete six hours of approved continuing education during each two-year renewal cycle established…

58-55-302.7. Continuing education requirements for electricians, elevator mechanics, and plumbers. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Licensed electrician" means an individual licensed under this chapter as an apprentice electrician, journeyman electrician, master electrician, res…

58-55-303. Term of license -- Expiration -- Renewal. (1)(a) Each license issued under this chapter shall be issued in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle established by rule. (b) The division may by rule extend or shorten a renewal period by as much as one year to stagger th…

58-55-303. Qualifications for licensure. (1) An applicant for a license under this part shall: (a) submit an application the division approves; (b) pay the fee the division determines in accordance with Section 63J-1-504; and (c) pass the examination requirements described in thi…

58-55-304. Continuing education requirements for electricians. (1) During each two-year license term the division establishes by rule in accordance with Section 58-55-108, a licensed electrician shall complete 16 hours of continuing education. (2) The commission, with the concurr…

58-55-304. Licensee names -- License number use -- License qualifier. (1) No license may be issued by the division in a name that is identical to or so resembles the name of another licensee that the division determines that it may result in confusion or mistake. (2) The contract…

58-55-305. Exemptions from licensure. (1) In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307, the following persons may engage in acts or practices included within the practice of construction trades, subject to the stated circumstances and limitations, without bein…

58-55-306. Financial responsibility. (1) An applicant for licensure as a contractor, and a licensee applying for renewal or reinstatement of a contractor's license shall demonstrate to the division and the commission the applicant's or licensee's financial responsibility before t…

58-55-307. Confidentiality of records and reports. (1) Credit reports, financial statements, and other information submitted to the division by or at the request and direction of an applicant or licensee for the purpose of supporting a representation of financial responsibility: …

58-55-308. Scope of practice -- Installation, repair, maintenance, or replacement of gas appliance, combustion system, automatic fire sprinkler system, or battery-powered fence -- Rules. (1)(a) The commission, with the concurrence of the director, may adopt reasonable rules pursu…

58-55-308.1. Definitions -- Installation of natural gas facilities -- Scope of practice. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Gas corporation" is as defined in Section 54-2-1. (b) "Minimum system" means the minimum natural gas facilities necessary to serve each intended consumer, as…

58-55-310. Requirements when working for political subdivision or state agency. Each political subdivision and agency of the state and each board of education which requires the issuance of a permit or license as a precondition to the construction, alteration, improvement, demoli…

58-55-311. Evidence of licensure. An individual licensed as an alarm company agent shall: (1) carry a copy of the individual's license on the individual's person at all times while acting as a licensee; (2) display the license upon the request of a peace officer, a representative…

58-55-312. Interim and temporary permits for alarm company agents. (1) Upon receipt of a complete application for licensure in accordance with Section 58-55-302, an applicant for licensure as an alarm company agent may be issued: (a) an interim permit; or (b) subject to Subsectio…

58-55-313. Subcontractors. (1) As used in this section: (a) "First-tier subcontractor" means a subcontractor who contracts directly with the general contractor. (b) "Public project" means the contract is with or authorized by a public entity as defined in Section 63G-6a-103. (c) …

58-55-401. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Apprentice plumber" means an individual who is learning the plumbing trade. (2) "Journeyman plumber" means an individual who engages in the plumbing trade. (3) "Licensed plumber" means an individual licensed as an apprentice plum…