Title 58, Title 58: Occupations and Professions

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: the individual's name; the indiv…

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: provide a list of current employees to the general contractor and the property owner for which the subcontractor engages in a construction trade; prov…

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…

58-55-301. License required -- License classifications -- Scope. (1) 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 under t…

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, that the division collects on initial, rene…

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

58-55-302.5. Continuing education requirements for contractor licensees -- Continuing education courses. (1) 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 by…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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) The commission, with the concurrence of the director, may adopt reasonable rules pursuant…

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

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, an applicant for licensure as an alarm company agent may be issued: 58-55-302 an interim permit; or subject to Subsection, a tem…

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

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…

58-55-401. Grounds for denial of license and disciplinary proceedings. (1) In accordance with Section, the division may: 58-1-401 refuse to issue a license to an applicant; refuse to renew the license of a licensee; revoke the right of a licensee to recover from the Residence Lie…

58-55-402. Investigation of regulated activity. (1) The division shall be responsible for the investigation of persons and activities in violation of the provisions of this chapter. (2) Investigation by the division shall include investigations of: licensees engaged in unlawful o…

58-55-402. 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, the division establishes in accordance with Section, that the division collects on initial, renewal, an…

58-55-403. Minimum time for division action. The division has at least five working days after receiving an application for licensure to determine whether to issue a license under this chapter.

58-55-404. Qualifications for licensure. (1) An applicant for a license under this section shall: submit an application the division approves; pay the fee the division determines in accordance with Section; and 63J-1-504 pass the examination requirements this section and rules th…

58-55-405. Continuing education requirements for plumbers. (1) During each two-year license term the division establishes by rule in accordance with Section, a licensed plumber shall complete 12 hours of continuing education. 58-55-108 (2) The commission shall establish by rule m…

58-55-501. Unlawful conduct. Unlawful conduct includes: (1) engaging in a construction trade, acting as a contractor, an alarm business or company, or an alarm company agent, or representing oneself to be engaged in a construction trade or to be acting as a contractor in a constr…

58-55-501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Automatic fire sprinkler system" means a fire suppression system designed to detect and automatically discharge an agent, a foam, or water over a fire. (2) "Commercial construction project" means a construction, alteration, repai…

58-55-502. [object Object] (1) The commission, with the concurrence of the director, may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to: define and limit the scope of practice for licenses issued under this part; and establish operating…

58-55-502. Unprofessional conduct. Unprofessional conduct includes: (1) failing to establish, maintain, or demonstrate financial responsibility while licensed as a contractor under this chapter; (2) disregarding or violating through gross negligence or a pattern of negligence: th…

58-55-503. Penalty for unlawful conduct -- Citations. (1) As used in this section: "Person" means, in reference to Subsection, an individual, and does not include a sole proprietorship, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, association, or organization of any typ…

58-55-503. Gas appliances and combustion systems. (1) This section applies to: an individual whose license authorizes the installation, repair, maintenance, cleaning, or replacement of a residential or a commercial gas appliance or a combustion system; and a person exempt from li…

58-55-504. Crane operators. (1) To operate a crane on a commercial construction project, an individual shall obtain certification as a crane operator from: the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators; or another organization the division determines offers an …

58-55-504. Crane operators -- Required certification -- Penalty for violation. (1) As used in this section: "Commercial construction projects" means construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or excavation projects that do not involve: single family detached housing; multifami…

58-55-505. Automatic fire sprinkler contractor. (1) A fire sprinkler contractor shall have a qualifier that meets the requirements described in Sectionand in Subsection. 58-55-107 (2) (2) The qualifier for a fire sprinkler contractor shall: be a qualifier for a licensed general b…

58-55-506. Elevator mechanic qualifications for licensure. (1) An applicant for licensure as an elevator mechanic shall: provide documentation showing at least three-years' work experience in the elevator industry, in construction, maintenance, or service and repair; pass a writt…

58-55-507. [object Object] (1) During each two-year license term the division establishes by rule in accordance with Section, a licensed elevator mechanic shall complete eight hours of continuing education. 58-55-108 (2) The commission shall establish by rule made in accordance w…

58-55-508. Qualifying installer -- Natural gas facilities. (1) Except as provided in Subsectionsand, a qualifying installer shall pay the costs to install natural gas facilities. (1)(b) (c) A gas corporation shall pay the engineering, inspecting, mapping, and locating costs of na…

58-55-601. Payment -- Account designated. When making any payment to a materialman, supplier, contractor, or subcontractor with whom a contractor has a running account, or with whom the contractor has more than one contract, or to whom the contractor is otherwise indebted, the co…

58-55-601. Unlawful conduct. A person engages in unlawful conduct if the person: (1) engages in a construction trade, acts as a contractor, or represents that the person engages in a construction trade or acts as a contractor in a trade requiring licensure without holding a licen…

58-55-602. Penalty for unlawful conduct. (1) An individual commits a class A misdemeanor by violating: Section; 58-55-503 Section; 58-55-504 Subsectionsthrough,, (10), and (12), (14)(e), or (21) through (24); or 58-55-601(1) (7) (9) failing to comply with a citation issued under …

58-55-602. Payment of construction funds -- Interest. (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 shall be considered individually in determining the amount to be paid t…